Resolved, the House of ______concurring, That the 75^th General Convention appoint a National Reconciliation Task Force of 12 members (3 bishops, 3 clergy, 6 lay persons) reflecting diverse classes, genders, ages, races, and cultures, to work over the next two triennia with the Anti-Racism Committee and appropriate Church Center offices: to identify the inequalities and imbalances that negatively affect diverse groups in the church; to formulate strategies to correct the inequalities and imbalances and to implement those strategies; and be it further
Resolved, That the Task Force solicit personal stories of oppression and repentance, as well as liturgical expressions of reconciliation encouraged, and that these stories and liturgical expressions of past and contemporary situations be shared in an open, passionate, respectful process so that our limited horizons might be expanded and our witness in the world enhanced; and be it further
Resolved, That the Task Force will report in writing on its program activities, strategies and progress annually to the Standing Commission on National Concerns and to the 76^th and 77^th General Conventions; and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $33,000 for the implementation of this resolution.