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Salvation Army provides help to the community. | salvationarmyflorida.org
Officials of the Richmond branch of the Salvation Army remain quiet on the organization's demand that white donors "apologize" for racism and on calls by critics to repudiate the statement.
The Salvation Army of Central Virginia hasn't issued a public statement or addressed the matter on its Facebook page or Twitter account.
The demands were made earlier this year by the Salvation Army's Alexandria, Va.-based leadership, which released training materials to educate its white donors, volunteers and employees.
The materials call on white donors to the Salvation Army "to stop denying the existence of individual and systemic/institutional racism.”
“They exist and are still at work to keep White Americans in power," they said.
"Many have come to believe that we live in a post-racial society, but racism is very real for our brothers and sisters who are refused jobs and housing, denied basic rights and brutalized and oppressed simply because of the color of their skin," one lesson explains. "There is an urgent need for Christians to evaluate racist attitudes and practices in light of our faith, and to live faithfully in today’s world."
Color Us United, a group "created to speak out against those who want to divide America," has demanded the Salvation Army "release a statement making clear that America isn’t a racist country."
The Salvation Army removed the training materials on Nov. 25, announcing it wasn't its "intention" to ask whites to apologize for being racist.
The Salvation Army of Central Virginia is located at 2 West Grace St. It has 16 advisory board members.
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Salvation Army Richmond Advisory Board
| Advisory Panel member | Affiliated Business, if Available |
| Karen Wilson | Hunton Andrews Kurth |
| Jamie Head | Keiter CPAs |
| Ann Ramage | Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods |
| Scott Aronson | University of Richmond |
| Dr. Harold Babb | WWBT NBC 12 |
| Rodney Bryant | City of Richmond |
| Reggie Gordon | Government Consultant |
| Dick Guthrie | City of Richmond |
| Antionette V. Irving Ph.D. | Williams Mullen |
| Chuck James Esq. | Pruitt Associates, LLC |
| Michael Pruitt | Dominion Resources Services |
| Kevin Robinson | Coca-Cola Consolidated |
| Wayne Tyree | Puritan Cleaners |
| Norman Way | Bon Secours Mercy Health |
| La Kishah White MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP | Retired U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development |
| Mary Ann Wilson | N/A |
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