Photos of the Week – Sisters’ effort to ‘root out racism’ is 10 years strong
![Above: Sister Mary Jean Traeger (right) at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Springfield. Photo by Barbara Nelson. Reprinted with permission from the Illinois Times](http://dominicanleadershipconference.org/domlife/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/springfield_illinois_times.jpg)
Springfield Dominicans
The Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois, are committed to addressing systemic racism. The Springfield Dominican Anti-Racism Team (SDART), formed in June 2004, includes laypeople and sisters who are called to identify and understand systemic racism and to practice and promote anti-racism. A recent article in the Illinois Times, “Rooting out systemic racism: After a decade of quiet struggle, the Dominican Sisters have started a movement,” featured this initiative. Read article