Scholar Strike for Racial Justice

The faculty of Saint Paul School of Theology stands in solidarity with the #ScholarStrike for racial justice September 8/9. We commit to opening up space in our classrooms on the 8^th/9^th to speak out about brutalities by police and others, particularly against communities of color, and to affirm the public witness and liturgy of protestors. We also commit to explore historical and contemporary manifestations of racism and violence within our individual disciplines so that we can unmask white supremacy in our institution, the American church, and the academy. 

Isaiah 58: 1-2a,6 NRSV

Shout out, do not hold back!
Lift up your voice like a trumpet!
Announce to my people their rebellion,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet day after day they seek me
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness
and did not forsake the ordinance of their God

Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the thongs of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?