The rise in anti-Asian violence has shown how difficult it is for our churches to talk about race. The dialogue can be so complicated that oftentimes we forget to address these issues with our children and youth students. But if the church does not address these issues to the next generation, then rather than learning a biblical view of these issues, they will be educated by the world.

In this vein, the SOLA Network is pleased to present a talk from Christ Central Presbyterian Church, in which two church leaders discuss how they processed the rise in anti-Asian racism and the violence in Atlanta in March 2020. SOLA Editorial Board member Soojin Park, who is also youth director, has a conversation with Pastor Huey Lee, education pastor at CCPC, on how they were processing these events as well as addressing their youth students about how to deal with the complex emotions and questions that arose from these tragic events.

We hope this conversation will be edifying and educational for youth workers so that they can begin conversations about race and other difficult issues with their students. We also believe this will be helpful for parents to bring up the issue with their children.

Watch the video on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/RvbuAHTi9tY

Read the transcript:

https://sola.network/article/how-to-talk-about-anti-asian-racism-youth

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