President Nelson coauthors op-ed with NAACP leaders calling for racial harmony

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In a piece published Monday on Medium.com, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and three leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are calling on all Americans to embrace Jesus Christ’s simple but challenging model that can lead to racial peace and harmony. The prophet is joined by Derrick Johnson (NAACP president and CEO), Leon Russell (NAACP chairman of the board) and the Rev. Amos C. Brown (NAACP chairman emeritus of religious affairs).

“Unitedly we declare that the answers to racism, prejudice, discrimination and hate will not come from government or law enforcement alone,” they write. “Solutions will come as we open our hearts to those whose lives are different than our own, as we work to build bonds of genuine friendship, and as we see each other as the brothers and sisters we are—for we are all children of a loving God. … Oneness is not sameness in America. We must all learn to value the differences.”

Read more at Medium.

Press release from Church Newsroom. Find more information at Deseret News and Church News

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Lead image: A press conference with the First Presidency, Elder Ronald A. Rasband, and national board members of the NAACP in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 17, 2018. Credit: Ravell Call, Deseret News
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