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Dismantling Racism: Challenge and Success |
Dismantling Racism: Challenge and Success
During the summer of 2005, the Springfield Dominican congregation authorized its anti-racism team to officially begin the task of dismantling racism in the congregation. The decision made official a process that had begun many years before. Now, two years into the work of the anti-racism team, we asked four team members who partner with Springfield Dominican Sisters to share their thoughts. An edited version of their remarks appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of Just WORDS.
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| | Johnetta and Leroy Jordan are the parents of three grown daughters and a teenage grandson, all of whom are very active in their churches. Johnetta recently retired from an administrative position with the State of Illinois. Leroy is the director of the Office for Black Catholics in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois and a retired educator. | Merlin and Daphné Skretvedt met in Daphné’s homeland, St. Lucia, where he was a Peace Corps volunteer. They married in Minnesota and spent most of their life in France, where they worked for the UN and other international organizations until they retired in Edwardsville, Ill., to be near their grandchildren. |
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