WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2024, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Optional community dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family)
A Cathedral's Complicity in Redlining and Restrictive Covenants
Telling the Truth for a More Just Future
As Saint Mark’s Cathedral considers redeveloping the St. Nicholas property for affordable housing, there is an opportunity to reflect on the history of North Capitol Hill in which racial redlining and restrictive covenants discriminated against people of color. Segregation suppressed homeownership and wealth building opportunities for people of color and has contributed to ongoing impact of housing inequities. Join to learn more about Seattle’s unique civil rights history and racial segregation and consider how church communities have responsibility to honestly face this and respond in just ways in our time.
Optional community dinner served at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family)
SPEAKERS
The Rev. Canon Carla Robinson
Canon for Multicultural Ministries and Community Transformation, Diocese of Olympia
Multicultural Ministries and Community Transformation
Sophie Betz
Research Associate, The University of Washington
Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
E.N. West
Lead Organizer, The Church Council of Greater Seattle
The Very Rev. Steve Thomason
Dean and Rector, Saint Mark's Cathedral
Affordable Housing on the St. Nicholas Site
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