The Veterans of Hope Blog

In October, Iyalorixá Valnizia Pereira, Ebomi Marilene Cruz and Ogan Josuel Queiroz traveled from Salvador, Bahia Brazil for an 8-day residency in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina, co-sponsored by VOHP.  The elders from the Terreiro do Cobre...

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  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...

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Listen 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...

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“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, ...

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A 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):  

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An 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 ...

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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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In 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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  One 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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  Since founding her modern dance institution, the Denver icon has used her art to honor the African American experience—and as an agent for change. Now, as the nation reckons with systemic inequity, Cleo Parker Robinson reflects on her company’s...

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