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On Views of Race and Inequality, Blacks and Whites Are Worlds Apart About four-in-ten blacks are doubtful that the U.S. will ever achieve racial equality Almost eight years after Barack Obama’s election as the nation’s first black president –an event that engendered a sense of optimism among many Americans about the future of […]
The Connecticut Conference sent two teams of first responders to Orlando, Florida, to offer care, support and public witness following the mass shooting that left 50 people dead and 53 wounded, most of them part of the gay Latino/a community. The C.A.R.E. (Church Awareness Response Effort) Team is made up of members of three New England […]
Labels like “Felon” Are an Unfair Life Sentence Lately, the Obama Administration and others on the local level have come to recognize that the words used to describe those who have offended against society, the vocabulary of incarceration, matter. The way we discuss people can interfere with their ability to reintegrate into society. The demands […]
Photo source: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/muhammad- ali Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) was an American former heavyweight champion boxer and one of the greatest sporting figures of the 20th century. An Olympic gold medalist and the first fighter to capture the heavyweight title three times, Ali won 56 times in his 21-year professional career. Ali’s outspokenness on issues of race, […]
Environmental Racism Humankind has so much become one family that we cannot ensure our own security unless we ensure the security of all others.” – Bertrand Russell, from Simple Prosperity Why Is Environmental Racism an Issue of Faith? People of faith are called to care for all of our neighbors, regardless of their race, their […]
photo credit: emilycheath.com Rev. Emily C. Heath Clergy, United Church of Christ My wife and I have a joke. We tell it when we are out in public, at an airport or a restaurant or concert, and I need to use the bathroom. When I stand up to find a restroom I say to her, […]
When Christians Won’t Say #BlackLivesMatter Kevin Wright Kevin Wright currently serves as the Minister of Education at The Riverside Church in the City of New York …[M]any Christians hesitate or refuse to say #BlackLivesMatter when one would think that their affinity for a marginalized Jewish man who preached a message of good news for the […]
New York City might be a liberal hub, but that doesn’t mean white parents want their children going to school with black kids. Rebecca Klein Editor, HuffPost Education New York City didn’t experience school desegregation in the 1960s and ‘70s like other metropolitan areas. Unlike in Little Rock, Arkansas, the National Guard was never brought in […]