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Officials of the Kansas City branch of the Salvation Army remain quiet on the organization's demand that white donors to "apologize" for racism, and on calls by critics to repudiate the statement.
The Salvation Army of Kansas and Western Missouri 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 Kansas and Western Missouri is located at 3637 Broadway Blvd. It has 46 advisory board members.
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Salvation Army Kansas City Advisory Board
| Advisory Panel member | Affiliated Business, if Available |
| Richard H. Chamberlin | Newmark Grubb Zimmer |
| Abbie Dillard | Dillard HR Consulting |
| John Goodwin | Northwest Mutual |
| Patrick Martin | Cornerstone Companies |
| Christoper C. Nelson | SeaCrest Wealth Management |
| Steve Swanson | Centric |
| Jeff Turner | Commerce Bank |
| Sara Colt | N/A |
| Carl J. DiCapo | N/A |
| Anita B. Gorman | N/A |
| Payson W. Lowell | N/A |
| John B. Miller | N/A |
| Robert L. Stark | N/A |
| Forestine Beasley | Greg Patterson & Associates |
| Tracey Brogden Miller | WDAF FOX4 |
| Andrew Brought | Spencer Fane LLP |
| C. Doniele Carlson | Kansas City Southern |
| Gerry Clemen | Community Volunteer |
| Christine Cross | KC Business Journal |
| Steven T. Cox | Providence Financial Advisors, LLC |
| Liz Deckert | The Colt Group |
| Leon Dixon Jr. | Community Volunteer |
| Bob Dunn | JE Dunn |
| Jessica Earnshaw | YMCA |
| Todd Gafney | Commerce Bank |
| Edward Hayes | Community Volunteer |
| Katy Jennings | Walz Tetrick Advertising |
| Brian N. Kaufman | Prairie Capital Management LLC |
| Charles King | Evergy |
| Harold L. Lowenstein | Community Volunteer |
| Patrick Martin | Cornerstone Companies |
| LaTasha McCall | LM2 Construction & Consulting |
| Heather Meikenhous | Visible Concepts Group |
| Drew Meyerowich | Holland 1916, Inc. |
| Matt Olson | DEG |
| Rosemary Salarno | Vintage Market Days of KC |
| Scott Siemers | Cerner Corporation |
| Anne K. Simmons | BKD LLP |
| Michael T. Sullivan | American Century Investments |
| Steve Swanson | Centric |
| Matthew P. Sweeney | Lockton Companies, LLC |
| Kristin Tyson | CrossFirst Bank |
| Michael Vrabac | University of Kansas |
| Taylor Warwick | Saint Luke's Health System |
| Alex Wendel | Community Volunteer |
| Drew White | Tesseract Ventures LLC |
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