Reparations & Restitution Ministry
This page is a dynamic and evolving site for making connections, informational resources and sparking the imagination for the deep soul work that lies ahead of us. Our hope is that the resources offered here are vehicles for conversation and serve as secondary accompaniments to the relationships fostered through their use. Various offerings and resources will be added as we move along, but for now we invite you to get acquainted with what is here today. May Spirit guide your scrolling mouse and light a holy fire within your soul.
CONTACT
The Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey-Black
Canon Missioner for Diocesan Restitution and Reparations Ministries
The Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey-Black
Canon Missioner for Diocesan Restitution and Reparations Ministry
919-600-5303
EMAIL
Lindsey lives in Durham, but before landing in North Carolina, she served as a children’s and youth minister, school chaplain and co-chair for the Racial Reconciliation Commission in the Diocese of Louisiana. A deep believer in healing as a vital medium for issues stemming from race, Lindsey brings this perspective into every conversation and space she occupies, whether it’s on the parish or The Episcopal Church level. Creativity, artistic expressions and practices of embodiment infuse her approach to this work.
Lindsey is a lover of books, plants, hot tea and manifesting dreams her ancestors didn’t know they had. She is a writer, an auntie, a serious seeker of rest, a godparent and a human in deep need of laughter and silence in equal measure.
AN INVITATION
In her address to the 208th Annual Convention in November 2023, the Rev. Lindsey Ardrey invited those who are ready to join her on a spiritual (and crucial) quest. Watch her address in English or Spanish below:
FROM THE BISHOPS
“In this season of new beginnings, we invite your congregation to review the curriculum, to pray and discern, and then to commit and engage in this life-giving work. One of Jesus’ gospel promises to his followers is that we will know the truth, and the truth will set us free.”
As promised at the 208th Annual Convention, Bishop Sam Rodman and Bishop Jennifer Brooke-Davidson issued a pastoral letter to begin the new year, inviting the Diocese of North Carolina into the work of Racial Reckoning, Justice and Healing, and reparations and restitution.
GETTING STARTED
Initial Report
The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina’s History of Institutional Racism (Founding through 1960)
Start Here
A Guide to First Steps to Approaching Reparations Work
Initial Report
“Breathing Through a Difficult History” (A Companion Guide)
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- The Rev. Javier Almendarez-Bautista
- The Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey
- Alice Freeman
- Claude Green
- Joanne Jenkins
- Aleta Payne
- The Rev. Grey Maggiano
- The Rev. Hershey Mallette Stephens
- The Rev. Kelly Ryan
- The Rev. Canon Kathy Walker
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