Our Mission

As a collective of Christian churches, The Jesus & Justice Collective strives to bring people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities together in a reflection of God’s image to address racial injustices.

Joint Education

Education about oppressed populations, working within our churches to expand the reach among those who don’t yet understand the daily realities of our brothers’ & sisters’ lives.

Relational Partnerships

Forming targeted partnerships (by ethnicity) with churches to build relationships across cultural differences, create real life learning experiences, and serve our communities addressing key issues such as health, housing, education, and policing.

• “Unchained“- Generational Trauma & Healing: video & discussion about the Black experience in the US
• “Far East Deep South”: video & discussion about the Asian experience in the US
• Unsettling Truths: book talk with author Mark Charles about the Indigenous experience. and “Radical Inclusivity“: a discussion on the Bible, Jesus and Inclusion
• LatinX Panel discussion: four LatinX pastors discussing their experiences with the American church
• A Book Talk with Dominique DuBois Gilliard About Subversive Witness: can we learn to leverage privilege?  What does the Bible say?
• Health Equity and Jesus’ Kingdom: What does the Bible say about Health Equity and Jesus’s Kingdom? Focusing on Access to Healthy, Local Food to Under-Resourced Communities with experts in the field. (social influencers of health series 1).
• A Viewing and Discussion of “The Danger of A Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. “The Single Story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but they are incomplete.
• Taking a Look at Racial Trauma and Its Impact. To better understand what it is and the cumulative effects on an individual’s mental and physical health. As well as our own cognitive dissonance and roles in healing. 

• Active Allyship: a workshop providing effective techniques for minimizing the “Bystander Effect” and safely intervening to support people being harassed.
• Far East Deep South repeat screening with filmmaker Baldwin Chiu (Producer & Lead Subject) leading Q&A
• The Hispanic American Experience: A Panel Discussion to Further Explore How Faith, Culture & Racial Justice Harmonize.
• Health Equity and Jesus’ Kingdom: What does the Bible say about Health Equity and Jesus’s Kingdom? Focusing on Access to Healthy, Local Food to Under-Resourced Communities with experts in the field. (social influencers of health series 1).
• Community Resource Fair: Featured a variety of social justice organizations in our community making a real difference. Participants learned how they may get involved and support the efforts.
• What Does Love Require: Addressing Micro-inequities presentation and workshop.
• Asian American Pacific Island Heritage Month: Seminar on “Stop AAPI Hate, & Growth from Trauma”
• Taco Talks, Let’s Taco ’bout it’: Evenings dedicated to meaningful dialogue, community connection, and delicious food. Topic: DEI – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.