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For
General Information
Office
for Racial Justice
312-751-8336
Workshops on Racism & Ethnic Sensitivity
312-751-8348
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Director
Anita Baird, D.H.M.
Sister Anita Baird, DHM is the founding director of the Office
for Racial Justice, which was established by Cardinal Francis George,
O.M.I. July 1, 2000.
The Office is a direct outgrowth from the Archdiocese of Chicago's
Task Force on Racism as a response to the beating of Lenard Clark in
1997. The core mission of the Office is to address the sin of racism by
providing parishes and schools with the tools to initiate and enhance
their efforts to combat racism.
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Associate Director
Alicia Juarez-Garcia
Alicia Juarez was named Associate Director for the Workshops on Racism
and Ethnic Sensitivity in March of 2004 and is a member of the Anti-Racism
Implementation Team of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
Among her primary
responsibilities, Alicia coordinates workshops on racism in both Spanish
and English in a culturally sensitive manner throughout parishes in the
Archdiocese of Chicago and is responsible for the Archdioceses of
Chicago's Anti-Racism Implementation Team's website. www.dwellinmylove.org.
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Workshop Facilitator
Sister Lois Prebil
Lois Prebil, osf is a Joliet Franciscan who has worked with the
Workshops on Racism and Ethnic Sensitivity since 1998. Sr. Lois has a
master’s degree in Organization Development from Loyola University.
Sr. Lois works with all three phases of the workshops. She is a member
of the phase 1 team; she has designed phase 2 and presents phase 2
workshops; and she lends support to phase 3 teams. In addition, Sr. Lois
is a member of the Anti-Racism Implementation Team of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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Administrative Assistant
Gloria Mathis
Gloria joined the Office for Racial Justice in September 2000
as the Secretary for the Workshops on Racism & Ethnic Sensitivity.
As the secretary her responsibilities were to call parishes to check on
their participation in the Workshops as well as preparing all materials
for Phase I and some of the materials for Phase II workshops. Other
responsibilities with the Phase I Workshop were creating a database of
all the participants of the Workshop since its inception in 1997. In
September 2003, Gloria became the Administrative Assistant to the
Director of the Office for Racial Justice.
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