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Apr. 2, 2009
Sheriff B.J. Barnes Engaged in heated Exchange over 287 (g) Policy
by Kathleen Jordan
On Monday March 30, 2009, roughly 300 concerned citizens of Guilford County met with Sheriff BJ Barnes to engage in a community dialogue regarding Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Section 287 (g)“allows the performance of immigration officer functions by state officers and employees”,...
Apr. 22, 2008
A 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...