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...
Continue ReadingListen to reflections from Samuel Waymon, Nina Simone’s brother — about the powerful, beautiful, extraordinary song “Why? The King of Love is Dead” that Nina wrote within a day of Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination in 1968...
Continue ReadingWe are happy and proud to announce that civic leader, educator and community activist, Dr. Rachel Bassett Noel is being inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame! On Thursday, January 13 at 7:30pm mountain time, Rocky Mountain PBS will broad...
Continue Reading“There is no scarcity. There is no shortage. No lack of love, of compassion, of joy in the world. There is enough. There is more than enough.” – Rosemarie Freeney Harding “I am a citizen of a country that does not yet exist, ...
Continue ReadingA new initiative in Chicago is leading people on a riverine trail of the Underground Railroad in Chicago Read about it here (the writing and the photography are both beautiful):
Continue ReadingVincent and Rosemarie Harding were among a generation of scholar-activists powerfully committed to the liberation of Black people and to the transformation of U.S. society toward a more just, equitable, and compassionate multiracial democracy. On Octo...
Continue ReadingAn excellent conversation between John Yang of Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about connections and complexities in the relationship of African Americans and Asian Americans; and our shared struggles ...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingPlease join us for a Zoom program in honor of our co-founder – historian, teacher, activist, Dr. Vincent Harding – on Thursday, February 25 at 5pm mountain time (7pm eastern). Come and get your spirits lifted! The program is free but requi...
Continue ReadingIn 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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