Empowering SOTV

As a programmatic team at Shepherd of the Valley Church, we provide educational and reflective experiences about systemic racism and white privilege to and with the SOTV community at all ages and stages of life. Through listening to BIPOC communities, learning and inward reflection/examination, we work to empower the SOTV community to speak and act boldly against racism.

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Explore, Learn, Connect, and Act at SOTV

Educate

  • Host a variety of educational activities such as book studies, movies, presentations, and conversations around topics of systemic racism, white privilege, anti-racism, and valuing diversity. We will encourage participants to identify and face their unconscious biases.

Advocate

  • Encourage advocacy by speaking truth to power, working for anti-racist policies and practices, and actively seeking racial justice in areas such as racial equity in health care, education, housing, employment, and law enforcement.

Action

  • Engage in direct action with partners within and outside of the church, building relationships of trust and solidarity with the goal of creating more just communities. This can include, but is not limited to, partnerships with the Equity Leadership Team, learning ministries at SOTV, Dakota County Coalition of Churches, and SPAS Advocates for Racial Equity.