Faith in Action

And this is what I saw:

What if your child saw this every day while walking home from school. Guess what? Many children in Park Heights do.

Here’s a video clip of today’s walkthru in Park Heights:

As relevant today in Baltimore City, Maryland as it was the day Baldwin spoke it.

Check out this video: (audio and video are slightly out of sync)

SDPC Integrity Not For Sale!

January 29, 2008

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. is committed to strengthening the internal capacity of African American congregations to enable them to engage in fruitful and strategic social justice ministries. The SDPC’s mission is to bring about effective and long-term change through education, advocacy and direct action. We have forthrightly addressed a number of issues including, Katrina, HIV/AIDS, healthcare access, end of life care, voter protection education, children’s rights, the prison industrial complex, media concerns and matters of faith.

It is unfortunate that both a misrepresentation of the facts and a zealous rush to judgment without benefit of any dialogue or informed research has resulted in a potential “divide and conquer” situation. Yes, we share the concerns about misogyny and the degrading and disempowering media images and messaging—both blatant and subtle—not just by BET, but in all American media. So yes, I signed the letter and I was not at all deceived.

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Just a few days ago I told you about Rudy Gay - one of the sons of our church who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA. Rudy is having a great year and his future is extremely bright.

However, Rudy isn’t the only young man from our church making great strides in the sport of basketball.

Jack McClinton plays for the Miami Hurricanes and is phenomenally gifted on the hardwood. The brotha got skills and almost on a weekly basis, Jack demonstrates why he’s one of the best collegiate players in the ACC and indeed the country.

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