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An Interpreter of power relationships

A CRCW will be a person

WHO IS: An Interpreter of power relationships

• Someone who is a believer in the value of all people; a bridge builder; someone who has a righteous anger about the injustices in society and a determination to work for peace, justice and wholeness in the world.

• Someone who recognises and has a deep awareness of the influence of race and gender on individual, corporate and institutional life and positive commitment to opposing and overcoming racist, sexist and other oppressive forces wherever they are found

WHO KNOWS ABOUT

• Anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive Practice

• Historical, political, economic and social approaches to racism, sexism, homophobia, disability and other forms of discrimination

• Social Inclusion strategies

• Identifying needs and rights

• Collective positive action

WHO HAS SKILLS IN

• Supporting and promoting social inclusion through anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice

• Recognising and confronting institutional racism in the Church and society

• Recognising where in history the Church has been blind, or wrong; has made mistakes and sometimes turned the liberating power of the gospel into a means of oppression

• Positively and sensitively challenging all forms of discrimination and injustices in churches and communities

• Listening to & discerning between conflicting voices.

• Promoting social inclusion and equality for churches and communities

• Working with people in communities to plan for change and take collective action (Key Role C)

• Supporting communities to plan and take collective action (C3)

• Ensuring community participation in planning & taking collective action(C4)

• Contributing to the advocacy of community rights and needs (D3)

• Advocacy on behalf of all socially excluded groups in church and communities

SOME EXAMPLES

• REC

• Lawrence Enquiry & McPhearson Report

• Churches Action for Racial Equality

• Churches Commission for Racial Justice

• Apartheid in South Africa

• Northern Ireland

• Palestine / Israel

• Racial Justice Sunday service

• Adapting the church building and environment to be accessible

• Social Exclusion Unit reports

• Home Office Active Communities Office

• Lobbying & Direct action campaigns

• Drop the Debt

• Sojourners Community

• Different methods of including young people in decision-making

• Video-projects with ‘hard-to-reach’ young people

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