Resolution regarding Trust Fund 35 and 88.
Resolution text
Resolved, That the 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church recognized that “the abomination and sin of racism continue to plague our society and our Church at great cost to human life and human dignity [and] we formally acknowledge our historic and contemporary participation in this evil and repent of it,” Resolution 2015-C019, 78th General Convention, and
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church affirmed that “every Episcopalian is called to a lifelong vocation of racial justice and equity and the dismantling of white supremacy, Resolution 2022-A125, 80th General Convention, and
Resolved, That we need to “[c]onduct a fearless and searching corporate moral inventory of the harm cause by white supremacy and the legacies of colonialism and imperialism … [and] [d]evelop a set of accountabilities for amendment of life, including financial, emotional, spiritual, and moral restitution at every level of the church,” Report to the 80th General Convention of the Presiding Officers’ Working Group on Truth-Telling, Reckoning, and Healing, p. 10, and
Resolved, That “we … need to be open to new ways of organizing our participation in God’s mission unencumbered by the historical manifestations of racism,” Report to the 80th General Convention of The Presiding Officers’ Working Group on Truth-Telling, Reckoning, and Healing, p. 29 and
Resolved, That restrictions of trust funds to “white” beneficiaries perpetuate white supremacy and the sin of racism and are contrary to our commitment to dismantling racism and promoting racial healing, justice, and reconciliation in the Church, and
Resolved, that trust funds 35 (the Lucy Nichols Trust Fund) and 88 (the Margaret Ann Thompson Trust Fund) be modified in the following manner:
(1) the income for trust fund 35 shall be used for “work among people” as opposed to “work among white people,” and
(2) the income for trust fund 88 shall be used “to aid weak parishes in the United States” as opposed “to aid weak parishes of the white population in the United States.”