FAITHFUL VOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

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FAITHFUL VOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

FAITHFUL VOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICEFAITHFUL VOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICEFAITHFUL VOICES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
  • Home
  • About FVRJ
  • Taking Action
  • Resources
  • Calendar
  • Juneteenth
Summer 2021

Juneteenth

Juneteenth (June 19th) is the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in America. After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, owners in many isolated areas kept word from the people they had enslaved so they would not flee.

Resources
Rally crowd with one person holding up a cardboard sign saying White Silence Feeds White Violence

Addressing Racism in Iowa

Faith Leaders from all traditions and beliefs are welcome to sign the statement regarding racism in Iowa.

Hands of many skin tones all touching in a circle

FVRJ in the News

George Floyd Remembered In Des Moines, One Year After His Murder

IOWA PUBLIC RADIO, 5.26.21


Des Moines vigil speakers urge action against injustice and racism

DES MOINES REGISTER, 4.23.21

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