D076 HD Committee #13 Report #10

House of Deputies Committee 13 - Stewardship & Socially Responsible Investing presents its Report #10 on Resolution D076 (Supporting Reparative Investment Vehicles) and moves:

Concur

Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,

That the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church reaffirm our commitments to reparations for slavery, to community development, and to the role of the church in leading the nation towards racial reconciliation; and we recognize the dioceses are at various stages in this essential work; and because this Convention remembers the 1969 Special General Convention, wherein, the Rev. Paul M. Washington, and attendee from Pennsylvania Barbara C. Harris, spoke to The Episcopal Church’s inadequate response to reparations, and called on all Black deputies to walk out in protest; and be it further

Resolved, that this convention asks the Executive Council to create and make available tools, comprehensive resources, and specific reparative capital vehicles so that the church can do this work.

 

That The 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church reaffirms our commitments to reparations for slavery, to community development, and to the role of the church in leading the nation towards racial reconciliation; and be it further

Resolved, That this Convention remembers the 1969 Special General Convention, wherein, the Rev. Paul M. Washington, and then lay delegate from Pennsylvania Barbara C. Harris, spoke to The Episcopal Church’s inadequate response to reparations, and called on all Black delegates to walk out in protest, and be it further

Resolved, That this Convention reaffirms our commitment to support, incubate, and explore opportunities that allow the Church to invest its resources in reparative capital vehicles, such as the AGENDA Fund, which has been born of an Episcopal collaboration with the Bishop Barbara C.Harris Center; and be it further;

Resolved, That this Convention calls upon the Church Pension Group and the Executive Council to study investing in the AGENDA Fund and other reparative capital vehicles that fulfill the Church’s reparations commitments; and be it further

Resolved, That this Convention recommends other church-affiliated institutions explore moving Church assets into other reparative capital vehicles.