Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.” Rep. John Lewis “The way to…
On Sunday, February 18th, at 3 pm in Broadway, North Carolina, the Cameron Grove African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church held a Black History program focused on the theme, Celebrating Our History, Heritage, & Humanity. The program was uplifting, inspiring, and permeated with Black Culture and Excellence. The celebration opened with a Call to Worship by…
Women are a force. Do you feel it? It is the existence, the embrace, and the energy of women – it surrounds us. Can you hear it? It is the voices of women who have historically and still continually advocate for self through demanding respect, equity, and the dismantling of a patriarchy that has for…
Recently, I crossed paths with a college student who is an aspiring humanitarian. Our conversation focused on the state of the world, hopes for the future, the use of self in conflict management, and how care of self interfaces with calling. During our time together, she pondered and processed, “How do I take it all…
Various forms of art have long been a source of expression, empowerment, and preservation for Black and Brown people. The theme for Black History Month 2024 is African Americans and the Arts. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) webpage, this theme recognizes that, “…in fields of visual…
Sara Clarke Kaplan, Executive Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University in Washington D.C., stated these words, “There is no American history without African American history.” Kaplan further submits that the Black experience is rooted in “everything we think of as ‘American history.’” Kaplan has a valid point. The frame of…