This is a marvelous interview with Ruby Sales from Krista Tippett’s radio program and podcast, On Being. Click below and hear it for yourself when you get a chance! “I grew up in the heart of southern apartheid. And I’m not saying that I didn’...
Continue ReadingOne year after her passing, the legacy of Grace Lee Boggs continues to influence Detroit – and the world. Grace was a “Veteran of Hope,” a beloved friend and comrade of Vincent and Rosemarie. We remember her as we celebrate her life. Rea...
Continue ReadingEight 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 ...
Continue ReadingCOME TO THE FOLDING CHAIR SIT-IN with RUBY SALES and SISTERS IN STRUGGLE in PHILADELPHIA, DEC 16 and 17 In response to voter suppression and other illegal acts of disenfranchisement that handed Donald Trump a victory he did not earn, Sisters in Struggle ...
Continue ReadingOn April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King delivered his sermon, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” in the Nave of the Riverside Church in New York City. The sermon became King’s major public statement against the War in Vietnam. King spoke eloquen...
Continue ReadingVeteran of Hope, Cleo Parker Robinson, brings a marvelous adaptation of Romeo and Juliet to Denver this weekend and next. If you’re in Colorado, don’t miss this extraordinary, danced interpretation of the classic Shakespearean play. Juliet...
Continue ReadingIn the photo above, from November 2015, Makota Valdina Pinto — an esteemed elder in the Angola Candomblé tradition — offers popcorn in a rite of cleansing and blessing to participants in an annual march for religious tolerance and res...
Continue ReadingJanuary 14, 2018 conversation with Profs. Clay Carson, Charles Long, Rachel Harding and Rev. Jay Williams at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA
Continue ReadingJoanna Shenk, a writer, activist and minister, has published an extended interview with Vincent Harding focussed on his experiences with the Mennonite Church, during and after the time he and Rosemarie were representatives of the Mennonites to the south...
Continue ReadingMarcella Pendergrass is a long-time racial and gender justice activist who grew up in Michigan and has been living in Seattle for many years. She is an amazing fire-woman with a profound sense of justice and community. She was nurtured in her activism...
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