Category: Frontpage
Mother Emanuel Nine Memorial Unveiled in Charleston International Airport
Mother Emanuel Nine Memorial unveiled in Charleston International Airport On April 15, 2017, a permanent memorial to honor the victims of the shooting in Mother Emanuel in Charleston, S.C. on June… Read More »
Recognizing Women’s History Means Remembering The Legacies Of Our Radical Black Foremothers
Recognizing Women’s History Means Remembering The Legacies Of Our Radical Black Foremothers By: Jenn M. Jackson March is Women’s History Month. While most publications and narratives will feature prominent women… Read More »
Self-Care as a Form of Resistance
Self-Care as a Form of Resistance Rev. Shakira Sanchez-Collins, MD, Columnist The other day I was making a purchase with my credit card. As expected, the clerk asked for… Read More »
Red Dress Sunday at Union Chapel AME Church
Red Dress Sunday at Union Chapel AME Church Like many other churches on February 12, 2017, Union Chapel AME Church, located in Cambridge, Maryland, participated in Red Dress Sunday, the… Read More »
How [We] Gonna Win When [We] Ain’t Right Within?
How [We] Gonna Win When [We] Ain’t Right Within? By Rev. Sidney Williams, Contributing Writer Lauryn Hill penned these lyrics to an incredible sound track on her hit song, “That… Read More »
It’s A Different World: 30 Years Later
It’s A Different World: 30 Years Later The 11th District Honors Tradition – Untraditionally By Mr. Juliun Kinsey, 11th Episcopal District It’s a different world in the Electrifying Eleventh… Read More »
Interview with Ms. Brittany N. Packnett
Interview with Ms. Brittany N. Packnett Brittany N. Packnett was raised in a tradition of social justice in St. Louis, Missouri. Today, Packnett works as an education executive and activist… Read More »
Thy Muslim Neighbor
Thy Muslim Neighbor Jennifer P. Sims, Ph.D., Contributing Writer Edward Said’s concept of Orientalism addresses Westerners’ general notions of “the East.” This includes our ideas of what Middle Eastern… Read More »
Lest We Forget: Transgenerational Perspectives
Lest We Forget: Transgenerational Perspectives Rev. Tamara Kersey, Contributing Writer But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen… Read More »
We are A Royal Priesthood (Part 2)
We are A Royal Priesthood (Part 2) Rev. Renita Green, Columnist Congregations also need to heal when a person in the body has been victimized by a spiritual or… Read More »
Bethel AME Church of Richmond, VA awarded $400K Federal Grant
Bethel AME Church of Richmond, VA awarded $400K Federal Grant By John R. Hall, III and Malinda Demps January 20, 2017, amid the backdrop of the presidential inauguration, a day… Read More »
Brazil Under Temer
Brazil under Temer Ms. Kiratiana Freelon, Special Correspondent These two pictures have much in common. There are no women in the photo. There are no black people…. Read More »