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Racial Equity Initiative (REI)

Seeking justice with compassion and understanding.

Living in Justice

Calvary’s Racial Equity Initiative was formed to lead the congregation in recognizing and dismantling racism and unconscious bias in our own hearts and minds, in the institution of the church, and in the broader culture.

What is Racial Equity?

The REI Planning Team has developed the following goals:


  1. Improve and increase communications and publicity about REI and community events.
  2. Continue to learn and educate the community about the history of systemic racism and the skills to dismantle its effects in our church and society, and within ourselves.
  3. Form strong alliances with the SF Black & Jewish Unity Coalition and the Presbytery of SF West Bay Area Antiracism Group.
  4. Explore, educate about, and advocate for reparations for African Americans at the church, local, state, and federal levels.

Upcoming REI Events



Join us for AAPI Heritage Month on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 11:30am with Speaker Eddy Zheng, the President and Founder of New Breath Foundation. We will explore dismantling the Model Minority Myth. Please click to register so we can get a headcount for refreshments.

Thank you for joining us at Calvary's
2024 January Anti-Racism Workshop! 


Hosted by our Racial Equity Initiative Team

Thank you for attending our Q&A with Paul & Tenisha on November 19!


It was an absolutely informative session with one of the couples featured in the documentary Lowballed.
If you haven't had a chance to watch the film yet, please stream it here for free.

Paul and Tenisha had a housing appraisal in Marin City, CA where the appraiser lowballed them by an incredulous amount because they had 'black items' in their house, like food, art, books, clothes, and more. After seeing several red flags on their appraisal, they experimented later on by taking their belongings out of their house and replaced them with 'white items' and their next appraisal was $500,000 higher than the previous one. The documentary highlights a few black and brown families across America that have experienced this part of systemic racism.

We continue to march forward in unity, action, and spirit for justice of the oppressed.

The Lounge filled with people eating lunch and watching the presenter, Jen Gee, talk about how difficult the citizenship test is.

Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.


Isaiah 1:17


REI Blog

Equality vs Equity - 3 People Standing at a Fence, One Side Can't See Over The Fence, The Other Can

Racial Equity Initiative: 2023 Goals

By Racial Equity Initiative Team • 16 Jun, 2023
The REI Planning Team has set our goals for 2023.  We will continue to pursue some of our goals from 2022, but we also added a new goal related to...

One Church, One Read: This is Ear Hustle

By Racial Equity Initiative Team • 21 Jul, 2022
Join the Calvary community in reading a book together this summer!
Book Cover and Author Image -

A Texas Insider’s View of Juneteenth: On Juneteenth

By Racial Equity Initiative Team • 05 Jun, 2022
As we prepare to celebrate Juneteenth, it's important to take the time to learn more about this important holiday.
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Contact Calvary's
REI Team

2515 Fillmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115


racialequity@calpres.org

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