Here is a short explanation of why there is no episode released this week. Instead, please take some time to join us in taking advantage of these resources, educating ourselves on how best to fight racial injustice, and to help defend life and those in need. And above all, pray for those who have died and their families, pray for those who are suffering, pray for peace, and pray that God will make good come from evil and suffering. #WelcomeToTheAdventure

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• The Racial Divide in the United States: A Reflection for the World Day of Peace 2015 — Imagine yourself as a White American teenager living in a poor urban area with few opportunities for you to get a
  good education and find meaningful employment. Imagine that some of your friends are trouble makers and when the
  African-American police come around they often intimidate them. This frightens you because another White friend of
  yours was shot and killed by African-American police when he reached into his pocket for his wallet which they thought
  was a gun. Since you were very young, your parents have cautioned you to avoid contact with the police because they
  may suspect you of wrongdoing.
• The Catholic Church and The Black Lives Matter Movement: The Racial Divide in the United States Revisited — By The Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D. Bishop of Belleville, Illinois on February 26, 2016 The 4th Anniversary of the death of Mr. Trayvon Martin, 17, in Sanford, Florida African-American History Month
• The Journey to Racial Justice — As our country this month commemorates the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of our nation’s most revered champions of racial justice, we cannot help but question whether his dream of racial unity will ever be attained. Even as we Americans celebrate his inspiring example, we feel the shame of witnessing public demonstrations of racial and ethnic violence and hatred such as we have not seen in decades.
• Open Wide Our Hearts The Enduring Call to Love: A Pastoral Letter Against Racism — Through his Cross and Resurrection, Christ united the one human race to the Father. However, even though Christ’s victory over sin and death is complete, we still live in a world affected by them. As bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, we want to address one particularly destructive and persistent form of evil. Despite many promising strides made in our country, racism still infects our nation
• Combatting Racism - USCCB Statements and Letters
• Statement of U.S. Bishop Chairmen in Wake of Death of George Floyd and National Protests — Racism is not a thing of the past or simply a throwaway political issue to be bandied about when convenient. It is a real and present danger that must be met head on. As members of the Church, we must stand for the more difficult right and just actions instead of the easy wrongs of indifference. We cannot turn a blind eye to these atrocities and yet still try to profess to respect every human life. We serve a God of love, mercy, and justice.
• COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH — Together with equality in the recognition of the dignity of each person and of every people there must also be an awareness that it will be possible to safeguard and promote human dignity only if this is done as a community, by the whole of humanity. Only through the mutual action of individuals and peoples sincerely concerned for the good of all men and women can a genuine universal brotherhood be attained[286]; otherwise, the persistence of conditions of serious disparity and inequality will make us all poorer.
• Petition: Justice For George Floyd
• "So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo — Widespread reporting on aspects of white supremacy--from police brutality to the mass incarceration of Black Americans--has put a media spotlight on racism in our society. Still, it is a difficult subject to talk about. How do you tell your roommate her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law take umbrage when you asked to touch her hair--and how do you make it right? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend?
• "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" by Robin J. DiAngelo — Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
• "Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor" by Layla F. Saad — This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
• "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates — Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder.
• '13th' - IMDB — An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
• 'Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker ' - IMDB — The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire.
• 'Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992' - IMDB — An in-depth look at the culture of Los Angeles in the ten years leading up to the 1992 uprising that erupted after the verdict of police officers cleared of beating Rodney King.
• 'Just Mercy' - IMDB — World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.
• 'Selma' - IMDB — A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alaba