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Apr. 29, 2008
Morning: November 3rd, 1979
by Jean Rodenbough
How long does it take to forget?
How long before the wounds
of that day vanish from scarred
earth, hearts, memory?
November was a cruel month.
Martyrs' names engraved on stone:
Jim, César, Mike, Sandi, Bill.
Other witnesses survive to tell
how once upon a time
an angry force reinforced
by civic power
unleashed its terror.
Weeping lingers, present and solitary.
Time is not the ruler here
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Apr. 23, 2008
Truth is the First Casualty of War and Presidential Campaigns!
by Dr. Claude Barnes
What did Obama say to deserve all the shrill attacks? Of course poor and working class whites are angry and bitter about their circumstances given the way they have been manipulated by their so called leaders and public officials over the last four decades. As more than one commentator observed, if they are not angry and bitter they should be or something is wrong with them (See
Apr. 22, 2008A Call to Break the Silence, to Stand for Peace and to Work for Social and Economic Justice
by Rev. Nelson Johnson and the Pulpit Forum of Greensboro and Vicinity
INTRODUCTION:
We come both as religious leaders and citizens of this nation to express our opposition to the culture of war with all its implications, now pervasive in our nation. We are persuaded that violence and war are not the solution to our current differences with Iraq, Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, other nations and/or peoples. In fact, war with its call to uncritical patriotism tends to prevent us from coming to terms with the true underlying causes of the...
Apr. 22, 2008
Framing the Beloved Community Context and Approach
by Rev. Nelson Johnson
What is the essential core, the non-reducible essence of BCC’s work? This is a most important question for all of us. Without a relatively grounded sense of our core work, all else that we do will be more flawed and deficient than it has to be. Is our work to increase the quality of education for our children? We must insure that our children are properly educated, and this is certainly included in our work. Is our essential work to win more labor campaigns and advance the rights...
Apr. 15, 2008
Building Campaigns or Beloved Community? A Reflection on the 2008 Presidential Campaign and Its Implications
by SaToya Truss and Wesley Morris
The scene was ripe with anticipation, this Wednesday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. There was a Town Hall Meeting with Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. As the diverse Crowd began to take its seat, my friends and I engaged in a conversation that would not have been possible during the previous Presidential election. We talked about the issues of race and gender and how this debate could have a truly meaningful discussion that has not taken place in this country for some...