Probably by the time you’re reading this Stanley “Tookie” Williams is dead. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger denied clemency for Tookie suggesting that his actions to quell gang violence particularly in the Black community was insincere and hollow. Many of you have been following this story so you know that celebrities and other notables came out...
Blogging has become pretty important to me. Subsequently, I’ve read articles on blogging “best practices” and have tried to abide by most of them (besides the “keep your post short” one). So I know that I committed a pretty bad offense last week by only posting once. The statistics showed a steady decline in...
Here’s the first: Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion. And here’s the second – perhaps this prophecy has already come true…...
That’s what my brother, “Martin”, always says to me. An appreciated admonishment given the emotional rollercoaster that any advocate can experience from time to time. Does my work to help end genocide in Darfur even matter? Will my desire to galvanize the strength and resources of Baltimore’s young clergy ever be realized? Basically, will...
from l to r: student from Hopkins STAND, me, John Morlino (picture courtesy of Serena) Last Thursday evening, YOUNG CLERGY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE attended a Call to Action for Darfur held at the Interfaith Center on the campus of JHU. Like many other “call to action” events, the crowd was few in number, but...
Yesterday was an interesting day. I woke up and started getting ready as usual for another day – another grind. As my wife and I were about 5 minutes away from leaving the house, I got a call on my cell from my cousin. He told me that my Uncle Will had slipped away...
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