A Commitment to Progress

 

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lyrics:

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lyrics:

Lift ev’ry voice and sing,
‘Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on ’til victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
‘Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.

 

We declare our commitment to anti-racism.

We commit to learn and unlearn together in humility and to actively appeal for equity and social justice across all our interactions both inside and outside of our organization.

We are addressing the following questions:

• How do we participate, consciously or unconsciously in systemic racism?

• How has education played a role in creating systemic racism and how does education play its role in eliminating it?

• What meaningful actions will we take in service to the leadership and agency of people of color?

• Where are the possibilities for us to prioritize racial justice in our work?

As we explore these questions, we are compiling a list of resources for learning about and discussing race and racism with both adults and children. This is not an exhaustive list, and we will continue to update these resources as we find more. We do not have all the answers, and although we commit to being part of the solution, we know we will make mistakes. We humbly invite guidance and grace. We invite you to walk with us, learn with us, grow with us, teach us and change with us.

if you have ideas, comments, concerns or would like to add to this list of resources, please email liz@fottw.org.

For Adults

For You and Your Children

Liz Sheppard