Primary Staff Contacts:

Brittany - 608.843.9492

Marc - 904.803.5639

Other Staff Contacts:

Andrew - 414.899.3835

Dani - 904.962.3297

Pastor Barry - 904.228.4094

2nd Mile's location - 
North Pearl St Baptist Church

4003 N Pearl Street

2nd Mile 101

This week we believe God will work in and through you in transformative ways. Below you can find some notes to help guide your experience with the discussions our staff will lead, the devotional for the week with the extra videos, and a list of suggested resources to help you bring what you learned home and continue on the path of justice and righteousness.

Reading and listening list

Books:

• Divided by Faith by Michael Emerson & Christian Smith

• Disunity in Christ by Christena Cleveland

• Generous Justice by Tim Keller

• When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert

• Pretty much anything by John M. Perkins

Read literature and experience media from outside your experience:

• Lit (I particularly learn a lot from Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, and Ralph Ellison)

• Poets (Langston Hughes, Clint Smith)

• Music (While listening for the cultural expression and experience, not just entertainment)

• Watch films/tv with non-white protagonists

Podcasts:

• Pass the Mic

• Code Switch

• Truth’s Table

Interactives:

• Take the Implicit Bias Test: implicit.harvard.edu

• Play Spent: playspent.org

Social Media:

• Two private Facebook groups full of resources:

  • Pass the Mic

  • Be the Bridge to Racial Unity

• Follow some folks on Twitter: All the authors above, Jemar Tisby, Soong-chan Rah, Adam (A.T.) Tomason, Tyler Burns, Ekemini Uwan, BJ Thompson, Propaganda, Austin Channing Brown, Leroy Barber, Thabiti Anyabwile (!!!), Bryan Loritts, Leonce Crump, Sho Baraka, Carl Ellis, Karen (K.A.) Ellis