About the Sermon — “Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence” The “Beyond Vietnam” sermon was drafted by historian and activist Vincent Gordon Harding. Vincent Harding and his first wife, Rosemarie, were friends and colleagues of Ma...
Continue ReadingCame across this video today. Writer/Activist Ashley Yates describes it this way: “Black art made by Black people from with real love for other Black folks. No exploitation, just storytelling with textured depictions of our people that lack clich...
Continue ReadingThe Ring Shout is a powerful, ancestral ritual of song and rhythmic movement that Black people in the USA have practiced for many generations. It is a form of worship that we developed during slavery – combining the sacred songs of our strength and ...
Continue ReadingDear Friends, Please consider supporting The Veterans of Hope Project on or after #GivingTuesday. We are happy to report that the Project is planning (along with the Iliff School of Theology and Riverside Church in New York) an event to commemorate the 50...
Continue ReadingHuman creativity is straight up boundless. BOUND-LESS. Do you hear? Check out this short Instagram video that the Alvin Ailey dance company made, in social isolation, featuring the magnificent choreography of “I’ve Been Buked” — ...
Continue ReadingThe April 5, 2023 edition of Black Agenda Report features an open letter by my father first published in 1969 in “Negro Digest” — a monthly magazine of Black literature and scholarship published by Johnson Publications (home of “Eb...
Continue Reading– with Ruby Sales and Michelle Alexander at Riverside Church in NYC, April 4, 2017 The Veterans of Hope Project joins the Iliff School of Theology and Riverside Church for a commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...
Continue ReadingJoanna Shenk, a writer, activist and minister, has published an extended interview with Vincent Harding focussed on his experiences with the Mennonite Church, during and after the time he and Rosemarie were representatives of the Mennonites to the south...
Continue ReadingOn May 17, students, faculty and alumni from the Iliff School of Theology gathered to remember and celebrate the lives and spirit of our co-founders, Vincent and Rosemarie Freeney Harding, in honor of the third anniversary of Vincent’s passing. ...
Continue ReadingOne 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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