The Veterans of Hope Blog

January 14, 2018 conversation with Profs. Clay Carson, Charles Long, Rachel Harding and Rev. Jay Williams at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA  

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  This is a wonderful reflection on the benefits of patience, contemplation and attention to the natural rhythms of the world — in teaching and in life.   From the blog of Prof. Nancy Lynne Westfield on the website of the Wabash Center for T...

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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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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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Today I am honoring my daddy, Vincent Harding, who passed into glory on this day, five years ago – May 19, 2014. When I think about my daddy and my mama, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, at this juncture of my life, what comes most strongly to my mind is ...

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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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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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  Eight days out from the recent presidential election, many folks are feeling the need for encouragement, even guidance from some of the elders of our country’s movements for social justice. There are a number of wonderful video interviews on ...

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This is an interview from 2003 — the PBS series “Religion and Ethics Newsweekly” came to Denver to talk to Rachel and her dad about the way art and spirituality feed struggles for social change.  You may enjoy what they had to say. As...

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My father wrote this two-page statement on immigration in 2008.  He used his experience as a historian and the commentary of his friend and comrade, Rev. Phil Lawson, to reflect on connections between the fugitive ancestors of African Americans and t...

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