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CRRC Quarterly Meeting - January 26, 2012 |
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The CRRC will hold its quarterly meeting on January 26, 2012 at the community center at St. Alban’s Church, 305 N. 30th Street, (PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION), 5:30 TO 7:30PM. Dinner will be provided by CRRC board, with donations accepted.
The program will be Professor Bob Darden talking about the Black Gospel Music Project that he co-founded, which is the world’s largest initiative to identify, acquire, digitize and catalog rare vinyl from gospel’s “Golden Age” (1845-1970). He will also talk about the books available on this subject.
Bob is a professor of journalism at Baylor University, has authored over two dozen books and hundreds of magazine articles, has been interviewed by and appeared in newspapers and magazines everywhere, and on programs like Fresh Air and All Things Considered.
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CRRC Joins St. Alban’s Outreach First Public Program at St. Alban’s January 26, 2012 |
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St. Alban’s Outreach Center is pleased to announce that the Community Race Relations Coalition (CRRC) has joined us during the fall. CRRC was established in 2001 to express concerns and provide information that helps citizens in Waco to deal with all forms of racial prejudices. One of its signal accomplishments was the proclamations that decried the racism of the early 20th century still pictured in the McLennan courthouse mural.
For 2012 CRRC will provide four public meetings in the St. Alban’s parish hall, each of which will focus on a theme of celebrating diversity. CRRC is very pleased to be included in the outreach ministry of St. Alban’s and to be able to provide programming in the St. Alban’s Parish Hall. For more information about CRRC see its website: www.crrcwco.org
The first meeting, January 26, 2012, will host Bob Darden, recently named Wacoan of the year, associate professor of journalism, Baylor University, author of 25 books and numerous articles. Darden will speak to the value of Black Gospel Music in American culture and describe the development of the Black Gospel collection at Baylor University that resulted from a New York Times op ed piece that he wrote. Darden’s first book on Black Gospel Music is People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music (Continuum 2005) and he is currently working on a two-volume set for Penn State University Press, Nothing but Love in God’s Water: The Influence of Black Gospel Music on the Civil Rights Movement.
Please make a dinner reservation by calling Jo Welter at 936-4599, or via e-mail to
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Waco Disproportionality Town Hall Meeting |
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Church Swap: A Grassroots Approach to Dismantling the Most Segregated Hour in America |
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The CRRC and Baylor University’s Academy for Leader Development and Civic Engagement are teaming up on a project that will work toward racial reconciliation, using the vehicle of “swapping churches” to achieve the goals of producing changes within individuals’ hearts, understanding the value of diversity in our lives, envisioning what unity among people looks like, and becoming more self-aware and more socially aware.
The “church swap” is one part of the experience and will entail participants who attend a church of predominantly the same color as they are, attending a church of the same denomination, but of predominantly a different color from themselves. A summary of other activities during the eight months follow.
Participants are being asked to make an eight-month commitment to the project – January through August, 2011. Activities of participants will be varied and will include orientation; reading the book Divided by Faith together and discussing it; meeting one of the authors of that book; taking a five-day civil rights tour together on a bus; swapping churches for 3 ½ months; rejoining home church; reading United by Faith and discussing it; attending a forum after the experience; journaling through the entire process; and meeting with facilitators and other participants throughout the process.
This project is being funded by a grant from the Kellogg Foundation and from the local Waco Foundation, and by the CRRC.
Project coordinators are looking for a few more participants fo this no-cost event and are really in need of white participants. If you have any questions at all about this, or if you are interested in all in participating in this experience, please call Jo Welter at 254-836-4599. |
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