  The launch of Freedom Fall last week here in Baltimore was amazing! We made history on Friday and Saturday of last week. As I wrote in my journal this morning, I felt truly invigorated by being a part of a movement devoid of superstars and egos. Movements are marathons so you won’t find...
On the evening of Thursday, October 5, 2006  I represented Young Clergy for Social Change at a prison reform protest rally down on Madison Street in Baltimore. The rally was organized by the Baltimore branches of the American Friends Service Committee and Critical Resistance to address the issues of policing, parole, illegal arrests, the...
This weekend I was honored to attend the National Memorial Service to honor the life of a great ancestor – Queen Mother Victoria Jackson Gray Adams. While I was saddened by the news of her transition; I was also happy because I knew she joined the Ancestors and lived an honorable life. I knew...
I learned in a television report and in the article linked below that a coalition of American Jews gathered yesterday in San Francisco to protest Israel’s military offensive in the Middle East. I’m thankful to see American Jews go against the stereotypical grain to challenge their own homeland on its foreign policy and addiction...
Taylor Branch’s 2nd part of the “King Trilogy” – Pillar of Fire – got off to a disappointing start so I put it down for now and picked up a collection of Steve Biko’s essays entitled I Write What I Like. Of course, I would like that book right? The book is amazing. I...
So let me get this straight – The Palestinians called for a truce amid the violence going on in the Gaza Strip and Israel said “no”? It’s time for the world community to raise their voices and agree with the European Union suggestion that Israel is employing a disproportionate level of violence against Palestine...
A couple of nights ago I watched Liberia: An Uncivil War; a documentary about the violence, unrest, and eventual and voluntary departure of President Charles Taylor from power in 2003. It really was an eye opening documentary. I realized while watching it that I missed this sad episode in human history because at the...
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