Letter to My Children On Inheritance (Hybrid)

In Rebirth of a Nation: Reparations and Remaking America, author Joel Edward Goza wrestles with intergenerational crimes of racism that has haunted American history. For Joel, rather than reparations being merely the work of public policy, reparations is also a deeply personal matter that demands that parents and grandparents engage those they love in honest conversations about the complicity and compromises that have haunted our lives that have led our nation to catastrophy. During our time together, Joel and Cherry will utilize a letter written to Joel’s children to discuss our responsibility to begin the work of repentance if we desire an equitable and interracial democracy. Note: This program is relevant beyond specific religious frameworks; the spiritual terms used by Joel reflect language of the Black freedom movement itself- and are used in this context by deeply religious folks as well as committed atheists.

Joel Edward Goza is a Non-Resident Fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He has taught ethics at Simmons College of Kentucky and in Kentucky prisons, and works with national reparations organizations. Author of America’s Unholy Ghosts and Rebirth of a Nation, Joel is currently writing From Dust to Dust: Meditations on Striving and Surviving. His work appears in outlets such as the LA Times, The Hill, and Salon. A Wheaton and Duke graduate, he enjoys pestering his family in his free time.

Cherry Steinwender is Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for the Healing of Racism. Mrs. Steinwender co-authored Dialogue: Racism, a seminar that examines the history and sociological phenomenon of racism in the United States. She is the author of Bread is A Simple Food, Teaching Children About Cultures.

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