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Salvation Army provides help to the community. | salvationarmyflorida.org
Officials of the Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles Metro 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 Los Angeles Metro is located at 2737 Sunset Blvd.. It has 34 advisory board members.
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Salvation Army Los Angeles Advisory Board
| Advisory Panel member | Affiliated Business, if Available |
| Steve Sletten | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP |
| Andrew Jameson | Path Content Group |
| Robert Buce | Palisades Holdings |
| Michael Jansen | Zenith Insurance Company |
| John McRoskey | Jones Lang LaSalle |
| Mike Birkholm | Birkholm Direct |
| Viktor Rzeteljski | KPMG |
| Tom Vozzo | Homeboy Industries |
| Steve Day | N/A |
| Karen Bayz | N/A |
| Steve Allen | Foothill Family Services |
| Sevan Aratounians | KPMG LLP |
| Philip Brozenick | Deloitte |
| Craig C. Darian | Occidental Entertainment Group Holdings, Inc. |
| Rick Dees | Dees Entertainment, Inc. |
| Jack Dell | American Alliance Capital Group |
| Sandra Dyson | HR Consultant |
| Lisa Chan Flagg | N/A |
| Lesley Green | Benchmark Resolution Group |
| Henry “Hank” Hilty Jr. | The A.F. Gilmore Company |
| Jonathan Hung | UOTC Barrage |
| Alonzo Jones | The Haven |
| Kathleen P. Martin | LA Opera (Retired) |
| Roger Martinez | Vasquez & Company, LLP |
| Brian Matthews | Payden & Rygel |
| Kate McRoskey | First Republic Bank |
| Louise Oliver | Goodwill |
| Mark Pender | Real Estate Development |
| Hon. Dean Pregerson | United States District Court – 2nd District |
| David Rognlien | Cadna Automotive |
| Fritz Coleman | NBS News (retired) |
| Lisa Guerrero | Inside Edition |
| Jim Brooks | Star Maintenance |
| Sharon Pregerson | Westwood Transitional Village & The Bessie Pregerson Child Development Center |
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