Community with Christ

“We are called to pray, and we are called to act. Our campus community must confront, condemn, and commit to stopping racism in its tracks. So when we see it, when we hear it, when we experience it, ETBU must speak up, speak out, and speak against! The ETBU Family must labor to ensure that every person is respected, valued, and protected.” —President J. Blair Blackburn

one, answered Jesus, is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God UNIT Y with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor "Praise the Lord for ETBU stepping up to be the Light on the Hill and beyond." W ITH as yourself.’ There is —Yvonne Juarez no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:28-31 CHRI ST

"We love because He first loved us. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen." 1 John 4:19-20 "Thank you all so much—

UNIT Y "Proud to be a Tiger. Communication is the key. Listening opens the door for better understanding and appreciation of our fellow man! Tiger Proud '99." —Leatrious Mitchell (’99) "We have to keep working toward

W ITH unity. We have to change our language. We have to change the way we communicate. We have to recognize that we are all created in the image of God. We’re all fearfully

Jesus shows us it must be personal. We must recognize before the community can be different, before our campus can be different, before our country can be different, I must be different. Jesus took I personally. I am responsible for change, I will make a difference in keeping the campus safe, I will make a difference in maintaining and improving race relations, I will make a difference in carrying out the mission of East Texas Baptist University.