Beyond the Trayvon Martin Mobilization

The urban rebellions had already fueled a demand for “law and order” among conservative politicians. Crime and violence in urban America was also the source of the creation of the image of “the dangerous Black man.” Willie Horton, a convicted felon who committed a series of crimes while on furlough under a special prison program in Massachusetts, became a focal point of the 1988 presidential campaign and the poster figure of the “dangerous Black man.”

NATIONAL, NEWS & VIEWS

prison industrial complex, spotlight

April 4, 2012

Lenten Thoughts for Weary Christians – The Silence of Easter

Holy Saturday is the silence of a period which straddles death and life; it is the silence of work done and yet unfinished. That silent and holy Saturday is the space between mourning and rejoicing; it is a time in which death has not yet been defeated, nor can victory be proclaimed. Holy Saturday is a time of doubt and unbelief. It is a time of a descent into hell.

FAITH

Holy Saturday, lenten, spotlight, Yolanda Pierce

March 29, 2012

Lenten Thoughts for Weary Christians – Healthy and Whole

Our nation is at this very moment considering one of the most significant pieces of legislation of our modern era - the Affordable Care Act, an attempt to insure some of the 49.9 million Americans who do not have health insurance. It is an imperfect plan for a flawed system, but it sheds light on a national crisis. There are too many sons and daughters, too many mothers and fathers who don't have access to the most basic of health care until there is a catastrophic medical event.

FAITH

health care, lenten, spotlight, Yolanda Pierce

March 27, 2012

VIDEO: Rally for Trayvon Martin – Baltimore, MD

This video features remarks by Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young in front of City Hall, Rev. Cortly C.D. Witherspoon, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaking to the crowd from a balcony on the outside of City Hall and Jamye Wooten of KineticsLive.com

BALTIMORE

Baltimore, C. D. Witherspoon, Jack Young, spotlight

March 27, 2012

Howard University Presents…Trayvon Martin “Am I Suspicious?” Campaign

A video depicting Howard University men standing against racial profiling and the killing of Trayvon Martin in March 2012.

NATIONAL

spotlight

March 27, 2012

Hand in Hand: Baltimore Program Services Children Charged as Adults

Ms. Turral started an organization called Hand in Hand Baltimore, which helps to connect charged juveniles with caring mentors (most of whom are graduate psychology based students) who are willing to help provide them with counseling, individual and group therapy, mentoring, academic enrichment, and case management.

BALTIMORE

courts, Jessica Turral, juvenile, prison, spotlight

March 24, 2012

Trayvon – Jasiri X

Jasiri X tells the heartbreaking story of Trayvon Martin, a unarmed 17 yr old boy, who was shot and killed by Neighborhood Block Captain George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012. George Zimmerman has to this date never been arrested or charged for the Murder of Trayvon.

MUSIC

jasari x, spotlight, zimmerman

March 21, 2012

Lenten Thoughts for Weary Christians – Justice for Trayvon

As Christians, we are often scared of emotions like rage and anger. When we experience these emotions, we believe that they are unholy or unrighteous or not Christ-like. And so we suffocate on our natural emotions, afraid that we sin by expressing them.

NATIONAL

justice, lenten, spotlight, Yolanda Pierce, zimmerman

March 21, 2012

Crying for Help: Parallels between Trayvon Martin and the Black Community and What We Must Do

Let us not get consumed with getting Zimmerman arrested. Zimmerman is just one of many. Let’s not get consumed with seeing that Trayvon “get’s justice.” He, too, is one of a slue of others who have not and will not in the present system. Instead, let’s use our energy to organize ourselves and empower ourselves so that we are not dependent on any other entity to protect us, defend us, or give us justice.

NATIONAL

justice, spotlight, zimmerman

Beyond the Trayvon Martin Mobilization

Lenten Thoughts for Weary Christians – The Silence of Easter

In Whose Image: Trayvon Martin and the War on Black Male Identity

Lenten Thoughts for Weary Christians – Healthy and Whole

VIDEO: Rally for Trayvon Martin – Baltimore, MD

Howard University Presents…Trayvon Martin “Am I Suspicious?” Campaign

Hand in Hand: Baltimore Program Services Children Charged as Adults

Trayvon – Jasiri X

Lenten Thoughts for Weary Christians – Justice for Trayvon

Crying for Help: Parallels between Trayvon Martin and the Black Community and What We Must Do

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