Minneapolis Review

Officials of the Minneapolis branch of the Salvation Army remain quiet on the organization's demand that white donors "apologize" for racism and on calls by critics to repudiate the statement.

The Salvation Army of the Twin Cities hasn't issued a public statement or addressed the matter on its Facebook page or Twitter account.

The demands were made earlier this year by the Salvation Army's Alexandria, Va.-based leadership, which released training materials to educate its white donors, volunteers and employees.

The materials call on white donors to the Salvation Army "to stop denying the existence of individual and systemic/institutional racism.” 

“They exist and are still at work to keep White Americans in power," they said.

"Many have come to believe that we live in a post-racial society, but racism is very real for our brothers and sisters who are refused jobs and housing, denied basic rights and brutalized and oppressed simply because of the color of their skin," one lesson explains. "There is an urgent need for Christians to evaluate racist attitudes and practices in light of our faith, and to live faithfully in today’s world."

Color Us United, a group "created to speak out against those who want to divide America," has demanded the Salvation Army "release a statement making clear that America isn’t a racist country."

The Salvation Army removed the training materials on Nov. 25, announcing it wasn't its "intention" to ask whites to apologize for being racist.

The Salvation Army of the Twin Cities is located at 2445 Prior Ave. North. It has 31 advisory board members.

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Salvation Army Minneapolis Advisory Board

Advisory Panel member	Affiliated Business, if Available
Tom Erdmann	N/A
Andy Schweizer	Wheelhouse Capital LLC.
Don Archibeque	Planifi LLC.
Rev. Greg Bodin	N/A
Christopher Burns	Henson & Efron, PA
Craig DiLorenzo	3M
Drinal Foster	Wells Fargo
Dan Hagen	N/A
Louis Henry Jr.	N/A
Douglas Hile	KleinBank
Christopher Hunt	N/A
Ezell Jones	Associated Insurance Agents, Inc.
Suzanne Kelly	N/A
Dr. Miriam Kim	KIM Neurosurgery
Aileen Lyle	University of Minnesota
Paul Nelson	N/A
James Reagan	N/A
Stephanie Rossi	JNBA Financial Advisors
Lori Simpson	N/A
Chuck Slocum	The Williston Group
Debra Spillane	N/A
Jack Spillane	N/A
Donna Svendsen	ServeMinnesota
Renee Wagner	N/A
Nancy Weidenfeller	Nancy Weidenfeller Consulting
Paul Weirtz	AT&T Minnesota
Jean Westberg	N/A
Brandon Bomar	N/A
Y. Marc Belton	N/A
David Frauenshuh	Frauenshuh Companies
Matt Frauenshuh	Fourteen Foods

Source: Metric Media News Service