Upcoming Events & Programs
In 2024, Allies for Racial Justice reviewed our organizations’ many initiatives and the progress we’ve made in attaining our goals. We had achieved so much, but we still had work to do. We discerned to move forward with renewed faith and focus on our three vital priorities:
CONNECT
Let's start a conversation.
Bringing people together to CONNECT through engaging educational events.
From sporting events to enlightening artistic expressions such as plays, live music, and movies, ARJ promotes many events that are designed to CONNECT people interested in learning about past history and present-day issues to begin their racial justice journey.
Attracting & Educating
UNITE
Let's learn from each other.
Bringing people together to UNITE by growing authentic relationships through interactive programs.
Through lectures, workshops and specialized programs, we UNITE people by fostering honest, candid, two-way interactive dialogue — listening to one another’s lived experiences in ways that bring us closer together through empathy, understanding and trust.
Relating & Growing
ACT
Let's work together.
Bringing people together to ACT by supporting racial justice activities throughout our churches and communities.
Once people know better, they tend to want to do better and ACT in ways that are consistent with their values through community service and support for key issues such as racial equality, inclusion, and ending mass incarceration.
Engaging & Modeling
Upcoming Events
SAVE THE DATES
Civil Rights Immersion Trip - Tulsa, OK | June 2025 (Dates are not set yet. Click HERE to express your interest)
Juneteenth Event - St James Church | Jun. 21
Affirmations Concert - Leawood Sanctuary | Sep. 6, 6:30 PM
Civil Rights Trip 2026
Black History Month Civil Rights Trip Panel Discussion
Feb. 26 | 6 PM | Resurrection Leawood
Join us for a powerful evening at the Black History Month Civil Rights Trip Panel in the Foundry. Hear stories from participants who traveled to historic Civil Rights sites with Pastor Robert Johnson.
Black History Month Civil Rights Trip Panel Discussion
Feb. 26 | 6 PM | Resurrection Leawood
Join us for a powerful evening at the Black History Month Civil Rights Trip Panel in the Foundry. Hear stories from participants who traveled to historic Civil Rights sites with Pastor Robert Johnson.
Allies for Racial Justice (ARJ) is a partnership between St. James Church and Resurrection, two United Methodist churches. ARJ exists with the purpose of building authentic relationships to eliminate the existing racial divide in our communities and churches.
