Jan. 29, 2008

by Daniel Kent

Smooth Cole Porter music was quickly drowned out by the laughter and conversation by upwards of 60 individuals who attended the Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium on Saturday, January 26 in Stokes Auditorium. A panel of three social justice activists discussed experiences combating the status quo and making a difference in communities worldwide.

The Panel

Joyce Johnson, the first speaker and co-founder of the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro, North...  

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Jan. 22, 2008

by Julianne Malveaux

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Jan. 16, 2008

by the Beloved Community Center

2007 was a year of great challenges and significant accomplishments at the Beloved Community Center. We were challenged to continue living out the vision of beloved community, seeking to transform ourselves, social structures and systems all along the way. A major accomplishment was the historic visit of a delegation of 23 people to South Africa in November, 2007.

Pictured above are two members of the BCC delegation, Joyce Johnson and Rev. Jean Rodenbough, with Mrs. Leah Tutu, wife of...  

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Jan. 8, 2008

by the Beloved Communities Network

Now, it should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war. If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over. So it is that those of us who are yet determined that America will be are led down the path of protest and dissent, working for the health of our...  

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