Day of Remembrance & Repentance for the ‘Emanuel 9’

Partnering for Racial Justice

Virginia Interfaith Center is proud to partner with the Virginia Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) in support of its Day of Remembrance and Repentance for the Emanuel 9. On Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 at 7:00pm, the Synod’s Tapestry team will be hosting a Zoom meeting during which they will share the Declaration of the ELCA to People of African Descent, which was approved last summer at its national church-wide assembly, an action step to take, and a prayer.

On June 17th, 2015, Dylann Roof, a member on the rolls of St. Paul Lutheran Church ELCA in Charleston, SC, entered Mother Emanuel AME church for a prayer meeting. He proceeded to shoot and kill nine of the people in attendance in an act born of white supremacy and racial hatred.

For more information and supporting resources, visit the Virginia Synod’s website here.