Joanna 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...
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The 2024 Bob Moses Legacy Conference is an online gathering in honor of Robert Parris Moses, legendary Civil Rights leader and organizer and founder of The Algebra Project. The Bob Moses Legacy Conference convenes organizers, activists, researchers, educa...
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In the photo above, from November 2015, Makota Valdina Pinto — an esteemed elder in the Angola Candomblé tradition — offers popcorn in a rite of cleansing and blessing to participants in an annual march for religious tolerance and res...
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COME TO THE FOLDING CHAIR SIT-IN with RUBY SALES and SISTERS IN STRUGGLE in PHILADELPHIA, DEC 16 and 17 In response to voter suppression and other illegal acts of disenfranchisement that handed Donald Trump a victory he did not earn, Sisters in Struggle ...
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The Veterans of Hope Project and the Black Star Project are jointly sponsoring an intergenerational community conversation about the film “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Thursday, March 11, 8pm eastern time. Register here: https://bit.ly/JA...
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Veteran of Hope, Cleo Parker Robinson, brings a marvelous adaptation of Romeo and Juliet to Denver this weekend and next. If you’re in Colorado, don’t miss this extraordinary, danced interpretation of the classic Shakespearean play. Juliet...
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One of the great brave and beautiful warriors of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Dorie Ladner, passed on Monday, March 11. Dorie and her sister, Dr. Joyce Ladner, were two no-mess-taking Hattiesburg, Mississippi women who gave their ...
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One year after her passing, the legacy of Grace Lee Boggs continues to influence Detroit – and the world. Grace was a “Veteran of Hope,” a beloved friend and comrade of Vincent and Rosemarie. We remember her as we celebrate her life. Rea...
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Video of powerful memorial service for Brother Hollis Watkins Muhammad, one of the earliest SNCC activists in Mississippi who became a lifelong human rights organizer, teacher, mentor and community leader. The program, hosted by Tougaloo College, includ...
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On February 12, Dr. Charles H. Long, a distinguished historian of religions passed in North Carolina. Dr. Long was an extraordinary scholar whose unparalleled writings, lectures and conversations helped form several generations of academics in the areas...
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