redistribute

I recently listened to Pete Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Podcast on grieving as a necessary precursor to addressing racial injustice (found here.) In his podcast, Pete spoke of the stages of learning about racism and racial injustice as the following:

1) Awakening, beginning to ask questions, beginning to seek knowledge.

2) Reading, listening to speakers and podcasts, watching videos and documentaries,...input, input, input.

3) The learner begins to put value to this knowledge and topic.  Once a person begins to learn about this, they begin to value this journey.   

4) Once this becomes a value, the person begins to prioritize life and actions around undoing racism.  

5) This stage is about owning this journey and having it live deep in your bones. 

Redistribution is word that often makes people itchy, but perhaps we can look at this concept through the lens of stewardship. When a person or institution begins to move into stages 3 and 4 of this journey, they will begin to value and prioritize anti-racism work and will begin re-examining and re-distributing their resources.  Linking arms in this restoration business of Jesus is a part of our Christian discipleship and our human growth.  

Time, gifts, passions, creativity, relational networks, money...how am I distributing these resources for racial justice, peace, and reconciliation in my community and in the world?   How can we structure our lives and organizations in ways that will value and prioritize healing and justice? 

Along with continued listening to and learning from people of color, consider listing ways you might steward (redistribute) your resources for the work of bringing about healing and racial justice.