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Hosanna! People’s Seminary Presents: Sex, Race, & Money: Rolling Away The Stone In The Beloved Community

April 11, 2011
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Join us for the first Hosanna! Communities Initiative learning/teaching circle, SEX, RACE, & MONEY: Rolling Away the Stone in the Beloved Community. In this four-part liberation training program we will begin dreaming together what would make for missions of mutual liberation, that is those built on Lila Watson’s invitation: If you have come to...

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Marcus Garvey: Pan Africanist, Revolutionary, and yes…Christian

February 14, 2011
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The Honorable Marcus Garvey

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...

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Celebrating A Sweet Hour of Prayer

February 5, 2011
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The old folks in church used to sing a song that says, “Whisper a prayer in the morning. Whisper a prayer at noon. Whisper a prayer in the evening. It will keep your heart in tune.” Well before the rigors of research revealed the truth of this song; our Ancestors and Elders believed in...

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Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Condemns Attack on Black Youth by Jewish Men

December 2, 2010
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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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GUEST COMMENTARY: “Breaking Boundaries: Seven ways to build a movement that includes poor and rich” by Onleilove Alston

November 30, 2010
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The Jesus movement included everyone from tax collectors to sex workers; it truly was a movement of diversity. In today’s world, I am encouraged to see a movement of Christians who want to “preach good news to the poor.” But all too often, well-meaning progressive Christians from privileged backgrounds attempt to speak for or...

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Black People Will Decide If Martin O’Malley Wins or Loses Maryland’s Governor’s Race

September 27, 2010
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Governor Martin O'Malley

You should’ve seen the scene this past Saturday as I joined others in confronting the Governor about his plans to build a $104 Million Dollar Youth Jail in East Baltimore. The Baltimore branch of AFSCME held an endorsement party for Martin O’Malley as he seeks re-election as Governor of Maryland. As our small group...

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Wisdom From The Ancestors: The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey on Mastering Our Own Destiny

September 21, 2010
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Wisdom From The Ancestors: The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey on Mastering Our Own Destiny

MASTERS OF YOUR OWN DESTINY I repeat that God created you masters of your own destiny, masters of your own fate, and you can pay no higher tribute to your Divine Master than function as man, as He created you. The highest compliment we can pay to our Creator; the highest respect we can...

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O’Malley’s Youth Jail Is Not A Guarantee, Baltimore’s Black Community Can Stop It If We Want To!

September 20, 2010
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O’Malley’s Youth Jail Is Not A Guarantee, Baltimore’s Black Community Can Stop It If We Want To!

View Larger Map This is the site where Governor Martin O’Malley plans to build another youth prison in Baltimore City, Maryland. In addition to the youth prison, O’Malley wishes to build a prison for women as well in the same area. If the entire project goes to completion, Baltimore will have the Supermax for...

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Could this man be the next Baltimore City NAACP Branch President?

September 8, 2010
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The young adult crowd of Baltimore is stepping up in a number of arenas to assert themselves as the next generation of the city’s servant-leaders. As the stalwarts of yesterday assume new roles as mentors and guides, the 30-ish age crowd is straining to speak up and be recognized. Rev. Cortly C.D. Witherspoon is...

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Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, pushes for re-election with local ministers

September 7, 2010
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At the September meeting of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, made the case for her re-election. Touting her years of experience and multi-faceted approach for engaging crime in Baltimore, Jessamy criticized her challenger in the race, Gregg Bernstein, by saying, “he doesn’t think a prosecutor’s office should have anything...

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