The Veterans of Hope Blog

Back in January, on the Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast, Rachel Harding spoke with Ry Siggelkow about Remnants, sharing stories about the spirit and the faith that sustained social justice work in the Black Freedom Movement and in her family&...

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SHOULDERS   A man crosses the street in rain, stepping gently, looking two times north and south, because his son is asleep on his shoulder.   No car must splash him. No car drive too near to his shadow.   This man carries the world’s mos...

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  In 1964, Rosemarie and Vincent Harding, spent some time in eastern Europe, traveling for the Mennonite Central Committee, sharing insights on theological and social issues from their experience in the Black Freedom movement in the South (civil righ...

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In this essay, published Feb 5, 2021 in the New York Times, Michelle Alexander makes powerful connections between tipping and enslavement and calls for a livable minimum wage as a central component of racial and gender justice. Click here to go to New Y...

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  One night, earlier this month, I listened to the newest podcast in the series The Adoptee Next Door, hosted by Angela Tucker.  Angela is a thought leader, writer and adoptee rights activist who advocates powerfully in support of transracially adop...

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I. Recently, Rev. Jeri Wright and her father, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, asked me to join them in leading an early morning prayer fellowship.  They have been organizing this informal, online meeting since April, as a service of the Samuel Dewitt Proctor C...

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This is a magnificently beautiful song in honor of the Orixá, Nanã Buruku. In Candomblé, Nanã is an elder, feminine, earth-based energy. She is the energy of the primal connection between earth and water, the holy mud out of which life forms and to wh...

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This is such a WONDERFUL resource. Just saw it today. It includes oral testimonies from a range of Black women talking about their lives, their children, their grandchildren and their struggles, joys and insights. You can read transcripts or listen to aud...

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We are proud to announce the upcoming visit to the USA of Iyalorixá Valnizia de Ayrá (Mãe Val) — senior Candomblé priestess and community activist from Brazil.    Candomblé is a powerful, poetic and ancestral tradition developed by enslaved ...

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Very good article and videos featuring Native women activists who are using indigenous traditions of history, strength, organizing and ceremony to fight on behalf of water and land for everybody. Click here to see the videos and read the article.

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