“The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long but it Bends Toward Justice.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. – 1964 – Commencement at Wesleyan University
Martin Luther King, Jr. – 1964 – Commencement at Wesleyan University
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MAY IS AAPI HERITAGE MONTH
Statements Supporting our AAPI Siblings Below 
Statement Adopted by the Anti-Racism Committee and affirmed by the Council of Central Florida Presbytery on April 13, 2021.
Click here to read a recent article, "Racism and Rising Violence against Asians One Filipina’s Perspective," by ARC member Cris Heceta
Statement Adopted by the Council of Central Florida Presbytery
on August 11, 2020. Appendices Adopted on August 24, 2020. |
ARC invites congregations and individuals to engage a number of June activities – including a:
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Throughout the month, ARC encourages everyone to embrace Justice in June – a 30-day calendar of resources cast in 10-minute, 25-minute, and 45-minute daily commitments. Resources include book excerpts, articles, podcasts, TED Talks, actions, and more. Click here to access the calendars.
ARC will host a Zoom meeting to debrief the experience on Sunday 6/27 from 3-4:30 pm. Contact Nancy Graham Ogne at to request a Zoom link. 
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, commemorates the formal end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, “Juneteenth” – two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation -- Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to announce the Civil War had ended and slaves had been freed. These were presumably the last slaves in the United States to learn of their freedom.
An ARC subteam has compiled Juneteenth liturgy resources, some of which will be featured at the Zoom Presbytery meeting on Thursday 6/3 at 2 pm. For more info, contact Cheryl Carson.
On that same day Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad, was serving in Florida, acting as a spy and nurse in the Union Army in Fernandina. To mark the 156th anniversary of Juneteenth and Tubman’s Florida connection with the day, CFP hosts a Harriet Movie Watch Party, open to any who wish to participate. ARC member and former CFP moderator Ralphetta Aker hosts. More Details Coming Soon!
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