By Dr. Brenda on 3/20/2010 9:17 AM

Cultural Lenses
By Allison Ash

Looking at me, pale-skinned and blonde-haired, you would not know that I come from a diverse background with an African American great grandmother and an American Indian great grandfather. Though I grew up in a white neighborhood, I felt a call to racial reconciliation after learning about the issues of racism and racial injustice partly through the stories of my family members and the hardships they faced because of their race. Early on, I learned that this ministry needed to start with honest dialogue within a caring community where I would gain an awareness of my own lack of understanding and my limited cultural lens – a lesson I learned when I was the Director of Chapel at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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By Dr. Brenda on 3/4/2010 4:30 PM

A Voice for Justice in the Marketplace
By Karl Ostroski

Ethnic and racial reconciliation is hard. Ethnic and racial justice is harder.

A few years ago I worked as a supervisor for an IT call center. At the time we hired numerous people, one of them being a very outspoken African-American woman named Sarah*. In meeting with my boss, Jill*, for a periodic one-on-one Sarah mentioned that she didn’t see herself being able to advance at our company, observing that no African Americans had significant positions of leadership in our organization.

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