Our Mission: Our purpose for being
To advance and advocate racial justice in Maine.
Our Vision: What we desire and what compels us
To achieve a more just Maine by living into our baptism: to seek and serve Christ in all persons, respect the dignity of every human being, and transform unjust structures of society.
The Right Reverend Thomas J. Brown, the tenth bishop of Maine shares a statement regarding racial justice and the Episcopal Church in Maine.
We will raise awareness of and address the evils of systemic racism in Maine through:
A major focus for the Racial Justice Council (RJC) is to promote the Sacred Ground program, launched in 2019 by The Episcopal Church, which offers discussion groups led by trained facilitators in order to make conversations about race safe and impactful.
RJC would like to invite you to participate in Sacred Ground in one of several different ways.
1) Tri-Diocesan Sacred Ground circles shared between Episcopal Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, meeting bi-weekly, online.
2) Sacred Ground circles between the Episcopal Dioceses of Maine and Alabama meeting bi-weekly, online.
3) You can begin a circle in your church, to meet in-person or online!
If you are interested in learning more about one of these opportunities to join a shared circle, please be in touch with Emily Keniston.
The Rev. Carol L. Huntington
she/her, retired deacon, Grace Church, Bath, an Anglo white person living in the Abenaki Territory, Wabanaki Confederacy on the shores of the Kinipek
Diane Potter
she/her, Christ Church, Gardiner, European American, white person in Wabanaki Territory
Ted Potter
he/him, Christ Church, Gardiner, European American, white person in Wabanaki Territory
June R. Smoot
she/her, St. David Episcopal Church, Kennebunk, a European-American/white person in Wabanaki territory
Roy Smoot
he/him, St. David Episcopal Church, Kennebunk, a European-American/white person in Wabanaki territory
Tom Van Buren
he/him, St. Brendan the Navigator Episcopal Church, Deer Isle