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The Spirit of Ella Baker Lives On Through Maryland Shaw

January 16, 2012
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Maryland Shaw

Even as many around the world are honoring the life of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. today; it need be known that celebrating him outside of context amounts to a dangerous narrowing of the Black Freedom Movement tradition in the United States. Dr. King didn’t work alone, but in concert with and propelled by...

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This Sunday I’ll Be Praying & Standing in Solidarity With A Woman Facing Eviction in West Baltimore

January 5, 2012
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People in Baltimore are organizing to stop foreclosures and evictions! More than symbolic gestures (which certainly has its place); I am more excited to see the development of this kind of direct organizing and activism in Baltimore. There is real potential here to raise the profile of the predatory practices of banks in Baltimore...

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Kwanzaa Reflection 2011: Today’s Principle is Nia – Purpose

December 30, 2011
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Habari Gani? Nia which means purpose. To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness. And in that spirit of Nia; I’d like to share this important article written by Dr. Adam Clark. CHRISTIANITY AND KWANZAA By Dr. Adam Clark (originally...

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Kwanzaa Reflection 2011: Today’s Principle is Ujamaa – Cooperative Economics

December 29, 2011
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Habari Gani? Ujamma – Cooperative Economics To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. It was a little more than three years ago when I giving particular attention to the development of the early Christian church as described in the book of Acts. Scripture says...

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Kwanzaa Reflection 2011: Today’s Principle is Ujima – Collective Work & Responsibility

December 28, 2011
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Habari Gani? Ujima – Collective Work & Responsibility To build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together. While preparing to write today’s reflection on Ujima, my eyes zoned in on the word “problems” in the description of this sacred value. I began...

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Kwanzaa Reflections 2011: Today’s Principle is Kujichagulia – Self-Determination

December 27, 2011
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Habari Gani? Kujichagulia! which means Self Determination – To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves. Self-Determination is such a beautiful principle which speaks to the freedom that all individuals and people-groups should be able to rightly exercise. Though not always using the term, I have been writing about “kujichagulia”...

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Kwanzaa Reflections 2011: Today’s Principle is Umoja – Unity

December 26, 2011
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So off the top let me say that yes – I am a follower of Christ and yes – I celebrate Kwanzaa. Some may see these affirmations as incompatible and polar opposites, however, there is no incongruity with me. I am thankful for Kwanzaa and truly appreciate the fact that the day after I...

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PLM 4th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration (Baltimore, MD)

December 26, 2011
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Sick & Tired of Being Sick & Tired: “Die-Vestment” in Black Baltimore

November 18, 2011
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Tobacco and Groceries

“I think I have some sense of what neighborhoods in Baltimore are like and what they need.”-M.J. “Jay” Brodie, President, Baltimore Development Corporation “I think I have some sense of what neighborhoods in Baltimore are like and what they need.” That was, in part, M.J. Brodie’s response to my critique of his agency’s impact...

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You Can Do Something To Help Maryland’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Today: FREE MARSHALL “EDDIE” CONWAY!

October 30, 2011
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You Can Do Something To Help Maryland’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Today: FREE MARSHALL “EDDIE” CONWAY!

Mr. Marshall “Eddie” Conway is a true servant of his community. Imprisoned for more than four decades for the crime of murdering a Baltimore City Police Officer – a crime for which he maintains his innocence – Mr. Conway has not allowed the prison cell to suppress his spirit and will to organize his...

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