Posted on 12/20/2021 10:22:43 AM PST by NohSpinZone
The Salvation Army is hosting a two-day racial justice forum in Illinois in an effort to "help alleviate the pain of suffering humanity within our communities and institutions" after the organization sparked controversy last month with a racism guide that it has since retracted.
The Young Adult Racial Justice Forum, hosted by the Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, will take place in Hoffman Estates near Chicago on Jan. 8-Jan. 9 and will feature theologian and activist Esau McCaulley as a guest speaker.
"We believe racial justice is an urgent issue close to the heart of God," the event description states, "and therefore are eager to create opportunities to disciple our soldiers and stakeholders in ways that will encourage deeper holiness and to provide those in our ranks with the resources to help alleviate the pain of suffering humanity within our communities and institutions."
The forum comes after the Salvation Army faced a backlash in November for publishing a guide called "Let’s Talk About Racism" that contained racially charged language instructing White people and Christians to "evaluate" racist attitudes and practices. The organization later removed the guide from its website for further review.
"Elements of the recently issued ‘Let’s Talk About Racism’ guide led some to believe we think they should apologize for the color of their skin, or that The Salvation Army may have abandoned its Biblical beliefs for another philosophy or ideology," the Salvation Army posted on its website Nov. 25. "That was never our intention, so the guide has been removed for appropriate review."
Meanwhile, the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle campaigns have failed to meet fundraising goals in multiple states. The organization has denied that the racism guide has hurt donations.
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Yup, sadly, no more for them. #1 charity at our house? Us.
There are words, and there are actions. For the latter, there will be reactions. SA must think they will far better with a woke clientele than a non-political one. Good luck with that.
That’ll make things better, I’m sure.
ML/NJ
*fare better
Now all they need to do is make Jeremiah Wright the head of the organization.
Doubling down as most of us expected. The Woke Cult claims another victim.
Done with them for good.
They can do as they wish, they’ll be doing it without my monthly donation.
At the old Sears Center. I may drop by with a nice sign calling the SA racist. Then I’ll head to Cabela’s right across the street and check out some sporting goods.
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“Elements of the recently issued ‘Let’s Talk About Racism’ guide led some to believe we think they should apologize for the color of their skin,..”
It said that explicitly, you dope.
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That would make for a good 1st Amendment audit for YouTube.
> I guess they are doubling down on woke. <
It sure seems that way. So now not only am I no longer contributing, I think I’m going to ask for a refund.
In all seriousness, the real tragedy here is that the folks who will be hurt the most by this will be the needy folks at the street level. The SA does great work there. It’s a shame the SA leadership cares more about political correctness than about their primary mission.
Yu would think the Salvation Army would understand denial
Racial redress
Yep God sure spent a lot of time on that
Like slavery
And feminism
And queer rights
I’m sure queer rights are next.
Drag queen bell ringers coming to a location near you!
Of course they have. What else are they gonna do?
IMHO, the SA BOD should take the bull by the horns and fire anyone and everyone who had anything to do with this debacle. And their actions should be broadcast far and wide.
The SA is dead to me now. And, based on my reading, to a lot of other FReepers as well.
Someone needs to tell Gereral Peddle -”Get Woke, Go Broke”
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