Texas Episcopalians pledge $13M to heal those injured by its history of racism
More than 160 years after it elected a slave owner as its first bishop, the Episcopal Diocese of Texas is launching a $13 million initiative aimed at healing individuals and communities “directly injured” by its history of racism.
The funding, which the diocese called unprecedented for a racial justice project, will go toward “racial reconciliation projects and scholarships” at a number of historically black colleges, seminaries and organizations in Texas. Some of it will underwrite work by the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit that established a lynching memorial in Alabama.
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