On June 4, 2020 the Board of the REA issued a statement in response to the murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer. This coming week the trial of Derek Chauvin commences.
March 8th has been designated by the local community as a global day of prayer for justice for George Floyd and Black liberation. You can find much more information online. You can download this flyer which has information about various live streaming events, and we commend the following video interview to you, done by our REA member, PhD student, and local Minneapolis pastor Rev. Jia Starr Brown: