While it’s not spoken of much these days, it’s important to remember that the creation of a national holiday for Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. was fiercely opposed by those who self-identify as “conservatives” and many others, including then-president of the United States, Ronald Reagan. If we want the children to value the King Holiday;...
On the same day that Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was being formerly inaugurated into the office of Mayor of Baltimore, State Senator C. Anthony Muse met with Baltimore clergy at First Apostolic Faith Church to share his ideas related to a potential run for U.S. Senate. The Baltimore-native and and Prince George’s County Pastor currently is...
Jim Wallis writes a thought-provoking article about the “end” of the Iraq War entitled, It’s Finally Over – and it was Wrong.” It made me think about the first time I was arrested for direct action and civil disobedience in protest of the military invasion and occupation of Iraq four years ago. The action...
Hurricane Irene just completed a long and steady march through the Caribbean and up the eastern seaboard of the United States. It left tremendous amounts of damage along the way with its high winds and torrential rain. Many are still without power and trying to remove debris and regain a sense of normalcy. Municipalities...
In response to an article in the Baltimore Business Journal and public outcry from multiple community activists, the State Slots Commission provided the following letter about the Minority Business Enterprise and Women Business Enterprise goals related to Maryland’s casino construction projects – stating that the inclusionary goals remain intact. Click this link to read...
WHAT DO YOU CALL A REQUIREMENT THAT IS NOT REALLY REQUIRED? That’s the question I would ask Donald Fry (pictured), head of the influential Greater Baltimore Committee and Governor-appointed Chair of the Video Lottery Facility Location Commission. The Baltimore Business Journal reported last week that the 7 member commission voted to “ease” ...
The recent political endorsement of current Mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, by the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance has caused quite a stir and rightly so. Mayoral candidate, Senator Cathy Pugh in disrupting the endorsement forum last week at Friendship Baptist Church did more than reveal an egregious departure from tradition and fair process that would have allowed...
For the past maybe 15 years, those of us in the Black Church tradition have jointly witnessed the rise of ecclesial bodies and newly ordained bishops in denominations that theretofore did not engage in such practice. I still remember being a host of a Baltimore-based, two-way talk radio show some years ago and engaging...
Tributes, websites, songs, poems, and scholarships dedicated to The Honorable Marcus Garvey can be found all over the internet – and deservedly so. Marcus Mosiah Garvey, (August 18, 1887 – June 10, 1940) the Jamaican-born, Pan Africanist organizer made tremendous impact in this world – the reverbs of which many of us are still...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Rev. Heber Brown, III Vice President Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance pastor@pleasanthope.org IMA Condemns Attack On African American Youth By Group of Jewish Men Baltimore, MD, December 2, 2010 — The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance condemns the attack of the 15-year-old youth by a group of Jewish men on November 19th in the...
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