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Create a space in which we can begin to have some conversation about the lee jackson windows here in the cathedral and the larger issues of race and the legacy of slavery in our nation. If you do not know the recent history of events regarding these windows, i invite you to read about that history in the information we provided for you within your program in your program for tonights conversation. Tonight, please know is the first in an ongoing series of conversations over the next two years intended to foster conversation and a deeper understanding. While the leadership of the cathedral made the decision to remove the confederate battle flags from these windows, the larger question of whether the windows should stay in the sanctuary or be moved to a different location was intentionally left open for a period of two years so that we might engage in conversation and education around the difficult issues of race in our history and in our present life together. As i said in my letter that ....

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