“They are being thrown out the window of a burning house in Central America. Compassion doesn’t build a fence and say throw them back in the burning house.” - Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III
May 19th, 2014 - New building rules enacted by the North Carolina General Assembly in an effort to stifle Moral Monday protests do not deter the Forward Together Movement as they return in full force to Raleigh at the beginning of the 2014 Legislative Session.
Come hear Rev. William Barber II at the conference on New Populism, Thursday, May 22 4pm, and support the NC Moral Mondays Movement Freedom Summer Project. Atrium Ballroom, Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 All are invited to attend the all-day New Populism Conference, but that requires a registration of $35— for...
According to R. Drew Smith, director of the Public Influences of African American Churches Project, contemporary black church activism has centered around electoral activity, and only infrequently around direct public policy advocacy; the potential influence of black churches among broader publics has been significantly impaired by a lack of black church-related infrastructure devoted to policy...
The Reverend Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman is Director of the Office of Black Church Studies and Assistant Research Professor of Black Church Studies at Duke University Divinity School.