19:05:43	 From  Paige Hanks : Here is a link to The Roberson Project so you can learn more about the work being done. https://new.sewanee.edu/roberson-project/

19:07:16	 From  Paige Hanks : You can learn more about this four part guide to Becoming Beloved Community in The Episcopal Church here: https://episcopalchurch.org/beloved-community

19:12:24	 From  Paige Hanks : Learn about St. Paul’s in Richmond and their journey of truth and reconciliation. https://www.stpaulsrva.org/ourhistory

19:13:15	 From  Paige Hanks : Here is a link to Calvary’s story of their work. https://calvarymemphis.org/connect/history/

19:17:38	 From  Susan Darrow : from 2017 - Two stained-glass windows honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at the Washington National Cathedral will be removed immediately, the cathedral says.
 
19:22:10	 From  Mo & Sarah Kennedy : Question: Were there any Episcopal priests at the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, or at the passage of the U.S. Constitution, who argued that slavery should be banned in the U.S. as a way to ensure all men were created equal under the law?

19:22:46	 From  St. John's Church : Great job, Hannah.  I have a question about Lee.

19:26:10	 From  Fay Mackey : the school, Washington and Lee are making big changes. there are interesting articles about it.

19:26:57	 From  Suzy Post : Those of us in Lee County, the city council voted to remove the bust of Lee from in front of the courthouse

19:27:09	 From  William Klug : Can you comment on the racial composition of the facility and student body at Swanee.  Does Swanee’s admissions policy have an affirmative component to promote diversity?

19:27:11	 From  Suzy Post : And, to move it into a museum

19:30:48	 From  Ann Dieterle : If the Hamilton biography is to be believed, the question of slavery was tabled to keep the southern states from bailing on the union

19:33:52	 From  Greg Prescott : FYI Washington & Lee high school in Arlington, VA recently changed their name to Washington-Liberty High School

19:34:59	 From  Suzy Post : It was also taken out of the Declaration of independence to make sure it would pass by a majority, north and  south

19:38:19	 From  Doris Buchanan Johnson : 32 Anglican/Episcopal signers of the Declaration; only two clergy...one Presbyterian and one "pastor" in Connecticuit,

19:39:27	 From  Leila Mizer : Samuel Seabury the first American Episcopal Bishop, the second  Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA and the first bishop of Connecticut…John Witherspoon a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey.

19:42:31	 From  Hannah Pommersheim : Regents’ Statement: https://new.sewanee.edu/news/university-takes-next-step-toward-equality-and-diversity/statement-by-the-board-of-regents/

19:43:22	 From  Antwon Montgomery : Did the church come back together in 1865, if not when? Secondly,  did the  church come back together with the understanding that the Confederate church would be denounced? 

19:49:24	 From  Michael Cannon : Location matters!

19:50:40	 From  Suzy Post : Absolutely!!  I agree, I don’t support keeping American flags in the  Church, we also were able to remove it quietly and it is on the flagpole outside the Church building.

19:52:21	 From  Martha Goodwill : Sign up on this google doc so we can keep in touch:Beloved Community:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QSwsucwBv96zOXuEC-xvcIEecXzDl0vcsAx3pzdZo1w/edit#gid=0

19:53:15	 From  Martha Goodwill : UPCOMING EVENTS:Oct. 7: The Effects of COVID-19 on Our Communities, with Dr. Kanika Tomalin and Randy Russell Presenter: The Rev. Martha Goodwill, Deacon, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, St. Petersburg. Virtual event: 7:00 PM, watch on diocesan Facebook page or at https://www.dioswfl.org/tv.html

Nov. 16 & 17: Grace in a Year of Trials with Rt. Rev. Rob Wright, Bishop of Dio. of Atlanta
with The Very Rev. Randolph M. Hollerith, Dean of Washington National Cathedral and The Rev. Winnie Varghese, Priest at Trinity Wall Street and Author of Church Meets World. Virtual event: 7:00 PM
https://episcopalswfl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7PpQe9xUQca3u-7hJPp6hA

Dec. 5: Racial Reconciliation Series 2020 with The Rev. Dr. Michael Battle
In-person event: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
https://dayspringfla.org/event/racial-reconciliation-series/

19:54:02	 From  Martha Goodwill : We will post this recording here:   https://www.episcopalswfl.org/reconciliation.html

19:54:25	 From  Mo & Sarah Kennedy : Robert E Lee elementary has changed its name to Tampa Heights Elementary. OUr church, across the street, supported this change.