On September 9, 2020, President Beebe, Pastor Lisea, Professors Telford Work, and Lisa DeBoer spoke in chapel addressing the College's plans for replacing the racist and colonial image of white Jesus Standing on North America. Pastor Lisea is a signatory on the faculty staff "Public Letter of Lament, Repentance, and Commitment". Professors Telford Work and Lisa DeBoer (advisors to the President on the chapel window) and President Beebe did not sign the open letter. Their talk marked one of the first times the subject of the window was addressed in chapel since the #WestmontWhiteJesus student movement started in February of 2019. The speakers did not name racism, white supremacy or settler colonialism. The full chapel address can be viewed below, and the comments on the window begin at 7:37:
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