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Officials of the Cleveland branch of the Salvation Army remain quiet on the organization's demand that white donors to "apologize" for racism, and on calls by critics to repudiate the statement.
The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland 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 Greater Cleveland is located at 2507 E. 22nd St. It has 37 advisory board members.
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Salvation Army Cleveland Advisory Board
| Advisory Panel member | Affiliated Business, if Available |
| Bruce H. Akers | The City of Pepper Pike |
| Thomas Allen | Hartland & Co. |
| Craig Arnold | Eaton Corporation |
| Keith A. Ashmus | Dispute-Away, LCC |
| George S. Benson | The Riverside Company |
| Leon D. Bibb | WKYC TV 3 |
| John Colla | Clearstead |
| Jeffery Comi | N/A |
| Bill Davis | ECHO Health, Inc. |
| John Faile | N/A |
| Jeff Hastings | Collins & Scanlon LLP |
| Jay Holan | Sophelle |
| Timothy J. Holmes | PNC Financial Services Group |
| Robert E. Little | National City Bank |
| Vince Liuzzi | Premier Bank |
| Michael Mintun | Lincoln Electric |
| Larry Morrow | Larry Morrow, Inc. |
| Eileen Petridis | Falls |
| Donald L. Poe | Cleveland Vicon Company |
| Russell Raymond | Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
| Kenneth L. Rogat | Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC |
| Marilyn Ruckman | N/A |
| Charles Scholl | Oatey Company |
| Robert Shenton | Plante Moran |
| Roger L. Shumaker | McDonald Hopkins LLC |
| Carl Tippit | Clearstead |
| Raymond M. Murphy | JTM Company |
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