The Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio stand in solidarity with our local women religious and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), and all who strongly condemn the police-killing of another black man on the streets of our nation. We pray for and mourn with the family and friends of George Floyd and all who have lost loved ones to racial violence.
Racism is America’s original sin. Complacency has created today’s American culture of injustice. As American citizens, we have stood by and watched the evils of racism pervade our society without speaking out and demanding substantive action for change. We have failed to acknowledge the destructive role of white privilege.
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Killings of Innocent Black Americans by Police
For these deaths and all killings of innocent Americans by police due to skin color, we mourn.