Institutional Resources
“It is way past time for Catholics to become ‘unconditionally pro-life.’
First, understand the difference between being uncomfortable and being threatened. There is no way to tell the truth about race in this country without white people becoming uncomfortable. Because the plain truth is that if it were up to people of color, racism would have been resolved, over and done, a long time ago. The only reason for racism's persistence is that white people continue to benefit from it.
Repeat that last sentence. Make it your mantra. Because until the country accepts that truth, we will never move beyond superficial words and ineffective half-measures.”
Fr. Bryan Massingale, Fordham University, author of Racial Justice and the Catholic Church.
An excerpt from “The Assumptions of White Privilege and what we can do about it.” 6/1/2020 at the National Catholic Reporter.[i]
Institutional Work assembles those who hold power and leadership roles at an institution to authentically look at the policy, procedures and structures that create inequitable outcomes for people of color within the institution, as well as the people the institution serves. The work is designed to eradicate these barriers and obstacles that uphold systems of oppression and racial hierarchy.
