In the text below, Ruby provides a powerful reflection on the danger of the eugenicist (us/them) language of battle in the COVID-19 situation. Rather, she says, we are in a humanitarian crisis that requires us to treat and value each other with respect...
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...
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 ReadingJoin us for a day honoring the legacy of Dr. Vincent G. Harding through music, art, food and conversation. Sponsored by the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. We will be commemorating Vincent Harding’s life and work on the ninth anniv...
Continue ReadingVideo 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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