A Time for Penance and Action to Help Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters
During this holy season of Lent in the Christian calendar it’s time to reflect and act to help the most vulnerable in our midst. With [...]
Read MorePursuing Justice in America for Lent
The brilliant lawyer and author of the critically important book Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson said, “We have to judge how we’re doing in America, not by looking [...]
Read MoreHonoring Dr. Dorothy Irene Height: Great Civil Rights, Women’s Rights and Children’s Rights Leader
“We African American Women seldom do just what we want to do, but always what we have to do. I am grateful to have been [...]
Read MoreConfronting Oscar-nominated Moonlight’s Moving and Powerful Truths
Everyone should watch the film Moonlight nominated for eight Academy Awards. Why?Because it’s a very powerful story of a poor Black boy’s struggles to reach adulthood with [...]
Read MoreRipping America Apart
“I had never been to Mexico. We left with just one trunk full of belongings. No furniture. A few metal cooking utensils. A small ceramic [...]
Read MoreMoral Courage: Standing up for What Is Right
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. Even a superficial look at history reveals that no social advance rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. [...]
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An Abominable Massacre of Poor Children’s Futures
The United States Congress and Trump Administration are engaged in a morally abominable massacre of the hopes, dreams and basic survival and development needs of [...]
Read MoreHope for the Future Through Your Vote
Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your work, says the Lord: [...]
Read MoreHow Much Do Black Child Lives Matter?
Four little girls were changing into choir robes and chatting in a church restroom preparing for the Youth Sunday services at 16th Street Baptist Church [...]
Read MoreREMEMBERING, RECLAIMING AND HONORING OUR ROOTS
“So Dad has joined the other [ancestors] up there. I feel that they do watch and guide, and I also feel that they join me [...]
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