Next Steps
How To Be A Better Ally Workshop

The following ideas were identified during our recent workshop. This list was compiled by our workshop facilitator, Rev. Anna Golladay.

External Growth Opportunities:

• NAACP Grant Writing Assistance
• Mentorship Program
• Hold Community Conversations around Hiring Policies/Implicit Bias
• Support Leaders of Color Running for Office & Host Town Halls for all Candidates
• Communicate to the Greater Community about Church’s Allyship

Internal Growth Opportunities:

• Look closely at congregational investments, expenditures and grants
• Write and adopt and Allyship Statement
• Rent Church Space to Organizations of Color
• Write and adopt an Anti-Discrimination Statement
• Identify Minority Owned Businesses for Church Projects
• Share Learnings of Workshop with Committees and Congregation
• Extend Ecological/Racial Justice Understandings
• Write and perform Skits during Worship on Boots & Sandals, etc
• Offer Kitchen Space for Food-Based Businesses
• Look at Stained Glass Behind Pulpit and Update for Historical Accuracy
• Look at Art throughout Building for Historical Accuracy
• Evaluate children’s books offering
• Look at Internal Employment Practices – Evaluate for Bias
• Create and Distribute a List of Businesses of Color for Congregation to Frequent