The Veterans of Hope Blog

Join us for TWO amazing events on HARDING DAY — May 19, in honor of Rosemarie and Vincent Harding, at the Iliff School of Theology. In the morning, at 11am mountain time, Rachel Harding will be in conversation with poet Sonia Sanchez, theologian Rub...

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Last month Rachel was interviewed by Mitchell Atencio about holding on to encouragement in hard times, growing up with movement elders, and her mother’s teachings that all of us are capable of extraordinary things.   Read here to see the full c...

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In honor of the tenth anniversary of the publication of Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s memoir,  REMNANTS, the Veterans of Hope Project and the Iliff School of Theology are pleased to co-sponsor a conversation among poet/activist Sonia Sanchez, public ...

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It’s my parents’ birthday week! July 24 is my mother’s birthday and July 25 is my dad’s. Dr Lee Butler, the new president of the Iliff School of Theology, has initiated a THERE IS A RIVER OF FREEDOM fund to support an endowed professorship...

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Back in January, on the Leadership Center for Social Justice Podcast, Rachel Harding spoke with Ry Siggelkow about Remnants, sharing stories about the spirit and the faith that sustained social justice work in the Black Freedom Movement and in her family&...

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Not long ago, Rachel E. Harding was intereviewed by Barbara Holmes and Donny Bryant on their podcast. Rachel talked about her parents, Rosemarie and Vincent, and their way of being in the world; about their links to many movements and many spiritual tradi...

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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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“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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Vincent 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...

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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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