"What if two people in Lansing tried to do something in their own way to make an impact?"
Lansing native's Kirra Pope and Ruthie Munk have one thing in common. They both wanted to make a difference.
"Our faith is very important to us," said Pope.
She says one of the things we both realized was our respected faith community have been silent in the fight for racial equality.
" Being a black woman you can't hide, and to see what's going on in this country is really breaking my heart," she adds.
"Some of the things my kids were saying to each other about things that happened to them set really heavy with me because they were experiencing a lot of negative race relations," says Munk.
And through faith and prayer, their dream became reality.
Munk says she had an idea of having churches in the Lansing area get together to pray about racial inequality. "So we started calling people and many of the Pastors in the Lansing community were up for it," she said.
And through their dedication, the Capital Area Day of Prayer for Racial Reconciliation was born. The event brought Christians from all religious backgrounds together to pray at the Riverview Church in
Reo Town Sunday.
"We as Christians need to step up and be one of the leaders in the community to see God's work move," Pope mentions. "
The duo hopes to have more events for the community in the future.
