Faith in Action

7:11AM - racing down my street toward the main road.  Yes - I’m a little above the speed limit and weaving a bit in and out of traffic, but I’m not driving recklessly. (I don’t think so anyway)  I don’t drive crazy when I’m running behind schedule.  I refuse to make hair-raising turns, ride people’s bumpers, or rush pedestrians through crosswalks.  Driving like that is just rude to me.

I’m making pretty good time.  I’m praying as I approach every traffic light and yes - God is answering my prayers.  All I see is a long line of “greens” - allowing my foot to remain heavy on the gas.  It’s early so there’s not too much traffic on the road. 

I’m in downtown Baltimore now and about to get on 95 headed toward Annapolis.  I’m sitting at a red light eating my peach flavored oatmeal when a white woman with a blue coat and a cardboard sign begins to walk down the aisle of vehicles.  Her sign reads: “I am homeless and hungry.  Can you help me?  God bless you.”  I don’t feel too good about giving the homeless cash these days, but I knew that I could help.  I rolled down the window:

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By last night at around 6 or 7pm, I was thinking to myself, if my life were to end today, I’ve had a magnificent journey.  I was so high off of the day’s activities that I was almost levitating.  Let me explain.

I woke up before the crack of dawn yesterday.  I had to prepare my testimony for the Darfur Divestment bill hearing.  I only had to type a page and a half, but I was upset with myself because I knew I should have done it the night before.  While I used to justify my last minute behavior by saying, “I thrive under pressure”; I’ve come to myself now and know that it’s really that I have a problem with procrastination sometimes.  (Lord knows I’ll be glad when I beat that demon.) 

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There were articles out some time ago asking “Where are the African Americans on the genocide in Darfur issue?” I’m glad to see that question fading away. We’re here. Inspired by the “Baltimore for Darfur” event that Young Clergy for Social Change organized with others, one of my younger brothers took the “Save Darfur” postcards to school and has started encouraging his teachers and peers to fill them out. I thought that was pretty cool. Not that I want my younger siblings to be clones of me - but I do want them to be aware of the world around them and feel like they have a responsibility to help make things right.

The link below shows some other people of African descent doing something about the genocide. While this issue has faded from the focus of the media, The Congressional Black Caucus has pledged to protest every Tuesday in front of the Sudanese Embassy in DC until the violence and injustice stops.

Click the link to read the article.

BAW: CBC to Protest Weekly at Sudanese Embassy Until Ending Genocide Addressed

It is articles like this one that give me further motivation to raise awareness about genocide in Darfur particularly among people of African descent.

Please do your best to attend this Wednesday night’s “Baltimore for Darfur“ event at Payne Memorial AME Church. We must do better - not because some article says so, but because as human beings and Africans ourselves it is the right thing to do.

Click the link below to read the article.

New America Media