Unless we find the courage to face these deeper issues and begin to eradicate these age old realities, fixing law enforcement alone will not heal the cancer that is killing us.
If Advent is real to us, our hearts would break in grief at the image of Samaria Rice, or any parent anywhere, cradling the lifeless body of his or her child on a cold street;
A LITANY FOR THOSE WHO AREN’T READY FOR HEALING Let us not rush to the language of healing, before understanding the fullness of the injury and the depth of the wound. Let us not rush to offer a band-aid, when the gaping wound requires surgery and complete reconstruction. Let us not offer false equivalencies, thereby...
Download Litany #ACalltoResist – http://kineticslive.wpengine.com/2014/11/acalltoresist-sunday/ The #HandsUpDon’tSpend Movement Is Not For The Street But For the Wallet! Dr. Jamal Bryant and the Empowerment Movement call for National Economic Mobilization. Baltimore, MD, November 27, 2014 – Thanksgiving Day is a day to give thanks for God’s blessings and family. However, this Thanksgiving the nation is...
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Many media OUTLETS focus exclusively on the alleged violence wrought by Black youth, while the violence of the state against our communities goes unnamed. We are asking people, of all faith and non-faith traditions, to...