The next Racial Justice Task Force Movie Night is Friday, September 29th.  We will be viewing the 2017 Oscar nominated documentary, “I Am not Your Negro”, based on the writings of James Baldwin.  We’ll have a time of fellowship over dinner at 6 pm, begin the movie at 6:30, and have time for discussion afterwards.  Please come and bring a friend!  RSVP here

The Racial Justice Task Force invites you to Movie Nights at MAPC this summer.  To accommodate out-of-town weekend plans, the summer Movie Nights will be on Wednesdays rather than Fridays. 

We will be screening segments of The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project was first published in 2019, 400 years after the first Africans were brought as slaves to the United States. The project has appeared in book, podcast, and live event formats, and now, as a multi-episode documentary which we will be viewing together this summer.

We will meet at 6:30 pm for pizza, salad, goodies and beverages, and at 7 watch the film. Then we’ll have an opportunity for discussion before we head home.

Please come join in – your presence and your thoughts make us all richer!

The Racial Justice Task Force invites you to Movie Nights at MAPC this summer.  To accommodate out-of-town weekend plans, the summer Movie Nights will be on Wednesdays rather than Fridays. 

We will be screening segments of The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project was first published in 2019, 400 years after the first Africans were brought as slaves to the United States. The project has appeared in book, podcast, and live event formats, and now, as a multi-episode documentary which we will be viewing together this summer.

We will meet at 6:30 pm for pizza, salad, goodies and beverages, and at 7 watch the film. Then we’ll have an opportunity for discussion before we head home.

Remaining summer movie nights will be August 16.  These five summer evenings will allow us to complete the 1619 documentary series.

Please come join in – your presence and your thoughts make us all richer!

The Racial Justice Task Force invites you to Movie Nights at MAPC this summer.  To accommodate out-of-town weekend plans, the summer Movie Nights will be on Wednesdays rather than Fridays. 

We will be screening segments of The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project was first published in 2019, 400 years after the first Africans were brought as slaves to the United States. The project has appeared in book, podcast, and live event formats, and now, as a multi-episode documentary which we will be viewing together this summer.

We will meet at 6:30 pm for pizza, salad, goodies and beverages, and at 7 watch the film. Then we’ll have an opportunity for discussion before we head home.

The Racial Justice Task Force invites you to Movie Nights at MAPC this summer.  To accommodate out-of-town weekend plans, the summer Movie Nights will be on Wednesdays rather than Fridays. 

We will be screening segments of The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project was first published in 2019, 400 years after the first Africans were brought as slaves to the United States. The project has appeared in book, podcast, and live event formats, and now, as a multi-episode documentary which we will be viewing together this summer.

We will meet at 6:30 pm for pizza, salad, goodies and beverages, and at 7 watch the film. Then we’ll have an opportunity for discussion before we head home.

Remaining summer movie nights will be July 19 & 26, and August 16.  These five summer evenings will allow us to complete the 1619 documentary series.

Please come join in – your presence and your thoughts make us all richer!

The Racial Justice Task Force invites you to Movie Nights at MAPC this summer.  To accommodate out-of-town weekend plans, the summer Movie Nights will be on Wednesdays rather than Fridays. 

We will be screening segments of The 1619 Project. The 1619 Project was first published in 2019, 400 years after the first Africans were brought as slaves to the United States. The project has appeared in book, podcast, and live event formats, and now, as a multi-episode documentary which we will be viewing together this summer.

We will meet at 6:30 pm for pizza, salad, goodies and beverages, and at 7 watch the film. Then we’ll have an opportunity for discussion before we head home.

Remaining summer movie nights will be July 19 & 26, and August 16.  These five summer evenings will allow us to complete the 1619 documentary series.

Please come join in – your presence and your thoughts make us all richer!

Would you like to know about important sites in our great city that shaped the lives of enslaved people? What, you say - in New York City? We were the abolitionists! We were the Good Guys, right? That last phrase is the subtitle in the New York chapter of Clint Smith’s How the Word is Passed, the book we will use to inform our tour.

Come join in for a 90 minute tour in lower Manhattan on June 19th, a national holiday, at 11 am, led by fellow MAPCers that will uncover information and emotions that could influence us even today. We’ll  gather for a coffee or lunch afterward. Please sign up using the link below!

Tour Start time: April 1 @ 11am | Duration: Around 90 mins, ending at Hop Lee for a meal | Price: $25 (lunch not included)

A tour through two important ethnic neighborhoods of the Lower East Side, comparing the racial injustice placed on each community in the 19th century and how each community emerged from it.  Just some of the stops include Church of the Most Precious Blood, the first Italian American Church in New York;  the Mulberry Street tenements ; the site of the founding of the fraternal order of the Sons of Italy; Confucius Plaza, created in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act; Chatham Square, and its memorial to Asian Americans who died in defense of democracy; and the residence of Dr Sun-Yat-Sen, Father of Chinese Democracy. 

After the tour, as many as can, please gather at Hop Lee for conversation and a delicious Chinese meal! We welcome you all to join in!

Movie Night at MAPC March 24, 6:30 pm!

Our Racial Justice Task Force is screening the first episode of The 1619 Project on March 24 at 6:30 pm in the Parish Hall. Dinner (pizza, salad, dessert, beverages) will be provided. We know you are passionate about or interested in this cause and imagine you are interested in seeing the first episode of this important series and having an opportunity to briefly discuss it after the showing. There is not a charge for this event. Donations will however be gladly received.

Your presence matters, and your thoughts matter. Won’t you join in and if you can, bring a family member or friend?

Register below so we’ll know how much food to order. 

MAPC’s Racial Justice Task Force is sponsoring a Movie Night at the church Friday, January 13th, at 6:30 pm. We will meet for pizza, salad, dessert, and beverages, and watch a screening of “Till”.

 In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice. Till does not depict Emmett’s murder, but focuses on his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley’s, fight for justice.

 One member of our task force said he’s been reluctant to view this film. Others may feel that way, too. Here is an opportunity to experience this important work together with our MAPC family. Discussion will follow. Please join in! Sign up here for this free (donations accepted) event so we’ll know how much food to order.