Most Holy and Divine One,
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
The God of Sarah, Hagar, Rachel and Leah,
On this past Pentecost Sunday, as our nation began physically burning because of systemic oppression, help us God….
--Rev. Dr. Danielle J. Buhuro

The Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ writes to express our acknowledgement of the communal pain, outrage and lament felt by so many of our citizens.

The team at the Chicago Jobs Council is feeling grief and sadness. We are tired of the violence of white supremacy still raging in this country.

CRS is creating an Anti-Racism Transformation Team. The transformation team will be committed to dismantling institutional racism within CRS in all of its forms.

We grieve with and pray for those whose lives have been ripped apart by recent hateful acts of terror, but prayers are not enough.