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Meet Robert Smalls, Boat Captain for Union Navy who Escaped Slavery and Became 1st African-American Elected to U.S. Congress by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Robert Smalls was the first black man elected to U.S. Congress during Reconstruction. He was born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort, S.C., and started his remarkable, implausible journey to national prominence by […]
Former Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry, the first African American woman to lead a Northeast city, dies Former Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry, a social worker, civil rights leader and community organizer who rose to become the first African American woman elected to lead a major Northeastern city, died last year at the age of […]
Group Creates Religion Based on Beyonce-National Church of Bey The National Church of Bey, an organization that formed the new religion Beyism, is a real organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Based on pop star Beyoncé , she is not believed to be a part of it. Although this sounds like a joke and very similar to […]
With interfaith exhibit, Boston’s Abrahamic faith groups revisit their shared roots November 11, 2019 Aysha Kahn BOSTON (RNS) — Just over a year ago, the day after the deadly mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, more than a thousand locals gathered together on the Boston Common to mourn and pray. As […]
Please join Faith Church in supporting Mart’s House On Saturday, June 15th, Mart’s House reentry home on Capen St. in Hartford was devastated by a major fire. The seven women who were living at Mart’s are safe, but they lost everything. (Learn more about Mart’s House). Please consider a donation today to our Resettlement Program […]
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Diabetic Retinopathy Are you diabetic? If you have diabetes, you may get a condition called diabetic retinopathy. This eye disease happens when high levels of blood sugar damage blood vessels in a part of your eye called the retina. This can cause vision problems. For people with diabetes, it’s the most common cause of vision loss and blindness. Read the article HERE. Driving With Diabetes: How to Stay […]
Do You Know Cornelius Strong? Cornelius Strong enlisted from Hartford as a sargeant in Company G of the Twenty Ninth Regiment on December 23, 1863. Born in CT, he was 22 years old, single, and worked as a waiter. He was a member of the African American Religious Society of Hartford, the predecessor to Faith […]
Public radio’s ‘Preach’ podcast explores religion’s messy side September 4, 2019 by Jana Riess (RNS) — Religion is messy, says Lee Hale, a reporter at KUER, the NPR station in Salt Lake City. And for many Americans, especially young people like the 30-year-old Hale, that messiness is something to celebrate, not sweep under the carpet. That’s […]
Yeezianity – The Church of Yeezus (Photo by Gabriel Olsen/FilmMagic) Yeezianity is a religion based on Kanye West. The 36-year-old rapper has in fact inspired a new religion called Yeezianity, in which followers believe “that the one who calls himself Yeezus is a divine being who has been sent by God to usher in a […]
SOMEONE HAS YOUR PASSWORD By Chris Gaarde, Assistant Editor, American Consequences In just the first six months of 2019, there were 4.1 billion “compromised records” in data breaches… including passwords, usernames, private photos, credit card data, and even Social Security numbers. Earlier this year Google introduced an optional Chrome browser extension – kind of like an app for […]
Tong tackles three immigration issues in four days by Kelan Lyons In the first four days of September, Attorney General William Tong’s office has been involved in three different immigration-related cases, joining several coalitions of like-minded state attorneys general who object to — and are demanding information about — the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrants. […]