Join 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...
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What we’re reading now: THEY GOT DADDY: ONE FAMILY’S RECKONING WITH RACISM AND FAITH, by Sharon Tubbs. A multigenerational family story of the Black South, migration north, and the connections between historical traumas and daily life in the 2...
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Video 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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Looking for new and creative ways to commemorate Black History Month? Check out the Liberation Calendar — a month long set of reflections, inspirations, and community-building activities for individuals, families, organizations, classes, whoever w...
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SHOULDERS A man crosses the street in rain, stepping gently, looking two times north and south, because his son is asleep on his shoulder. No car must splash him. No car drive too near to his shadow. This man carries the world’s mos...
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One of the great brave and beautiful warriors of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Dorie Ladner, passed on Monday, March 11. Dorie and her sister, Dr. Joyce Ladner, were two no-mess-taking Hattiesburg, Mississippi women who gave their ...
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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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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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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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