REB members at The City Club,
learning from Dr. Rev. William Barber II,
Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign
(August 2025)
September 2025 Protecting Democracy Forum was standing room only!
Both panels shared personal stories, their organizational efforts, and concrete ideas for building democracy.
The crowd listened raptly to Prof. Ayesha Bell Hardaway.
The Book Club schedule for 2025-26 is live now - come read, learn & take action with us!
Learn more about being a Racial Equity Buddy HERE and attend our events to meet others who are looking for buddies.
From Awareness to Vigilance:
Education should lead to Informed Action.
Informed Action should lead to Unity, Justice and Repair.
The REB book club was the impetus for Forest Hill Church's debt-elimination program, as part of its Racial Repair Restoration Task Force, and Channel 5 interviewed Natasha Lovelace, the inaugural recipient. Her college debt of 65k will be paid off in two years! Let's continue to spread the news of this work and our capacity to repair.
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Natasha is in the middle. To her right is Marina Grant, the chair of the Racial Repair Restoration Task Force of Forest Hill Church, and Mark Chupp, a Task Force Member. Behind Mar, is Will Fenton-Jones, the director Director of Multicultural Ministries at West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church. Next to Will is Task Force member Danielle Cosgrove, to her left is Gordon Landefeld, of the Presbytery of the Western Reserve, then Task Force member Jeannine Gury. In front is Ryan Wallace, pastor of Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland Heights and Quentin Smith is to Natasha's left.
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We're hosting a performance of The Unlikely Friendship of Mary McLeod Bethune & Eleanor Roosevelt on November 8, 3:00 pm at Community Church of Chesterland.
REB folks are attending the Social Justice Institute's Live from Death Row event, Saturday, October 25, 2025, 6:00 pm at Case Western.
And we'll also be at Debbie Plummer's new show, The God I Know, a timely new show that explores the intersection of personal identity, religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.