“Think Globally – Act Locally” That’s the motto I live by when it comes to my personal activism and advocacy involvement. Many of you know that I have been raising my voice for the protection of the people of Darfur since learning what was going on a couple of years back. I’ve attended rallies...
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Baltimore Leads the Nation in MURDERS
According to this Examiner article that will be the headline by the end of the year. My question for every candidate for political office is: “What is your plan to address this problem?” This problem isn’t new to Baltimore. It’s been around for years (though it was quieted significantly during the last gubernatorial race). But,...
Youth Ministers Must Broaden Their Ministries
I read Dan Rodericks’ lastest piece in The Baltimore Sun and I had to stop. Dan wrote about Christopher Clarke – an 18 year old senior at Patterson Senior High School who was caught between a gun battle and shot in my old neighborhood. Police found his body under a car. Chris wasn’t a drug...
Examiner – City Students Rally at “Die-in”
Ron Cassie, The Examiner Mar 23, 2007 3:00 AM (7 hrs ago) Current rank: # 56 of 24,176 BALTIMORE – Chanting “No education, no life”, more than 100 city students from more than a dozen Baltimore high schools demonstrated at a “die-in” in front of Baltimore City public school headquarters Thursday morning. Falling to...
Christian Peace Witness for Iraq in DC
I was blessed to be a participant in a powerful weekend of Faith and prayer for peace this past weekend in DC. The weekend’s events were organized by Christian Peace Witness - a coalition of Christian organizations calling for an end to the war, the redeployment of American soldiers, and the rebuilding of Iraq....
A Day for Darfur Pt.3
Joe Madison is testifying for the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee. He drops stats, facts, and figures left and right. While half of my brain is listening to him – the other half is trying to organize my thoughts and sound half way intelligent while testifying. Madison is done and Walter Fauntroy goes next. ...
I didn’t have to go to church to get a sermon
Last week this time, my wife and I were enjoying a wonderful mid-winter vacation in a part of the world that many would consider “paradise on earth”. We were arrested by the scene above while returning from watching the sunrise. -A homeless man sleeping on the porch of a church with a single sheet...
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