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Jun. 11, 2008
African-American, Latino Perceptions
by Dr. Hollyce (Sherry) Giles
"How do we defy the logic that we [African-Americans and Latinos] are each other’s enemies? Until globalization itself goes, this is how it’s going to be. We can annihilate and cannibalize each other. Yet, there is no danger that doesn’t have a flip side—we can learn to understand each other’s language."
- Rev. Nelson Johnson, at the April 29th community meeting on the project’s findings
These sobering, yet hopeful reflections by...
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. 11, 2008
King Plus 40 Years: A Proposal for 12 months of Study on the Use of Power in Greensboro with a focus on the Progressive Mystique
by Rev. Nelson Johnson
King-Plus 40 years: a critique of the use of power (the progressive mystique) and the struggle for beloved community in Greensboro. I have come to the point of believing that the capacity to confuse people, promote conflict, and hide the real working of power in Greensboro is a most urgent question. Chafe hit the nail on the head when he identified a kind of deceptive “civilities” that promotes a “progressive mystique” which conceals a very reactionary use of...
Mar. 6, 2008
Different Stories But One Common Thread
by Demetria Ledbetter
On Sunday February 24, about 50 gathered at Faith Community Church to hear the stories of communities from the past - Sugartown, Persimmon Grove, Bass Chapel, Collin Grove and Raleigh Crossroads. Mildred Brown, John Hughes, Frank Miller, Theresa Meachum, James Raleigh and Mary Sapp all had different stories of communities that are lost, nearly extinct or being gentrified through urban re-development and suburban sprawl. At the end of the gathering many similarities held the pre-civil rights...
Feb. 8, 2008
A Bit of History
by Jean Rodenbough
He walked into the Emergency Department under his own steam, refusing a stretcher despite the stab wound in his back. A proud man, he had seen trouble during his 58 years but he persisted. I don’t know what the current struggle was about, enough to reward him with a knifing, but as Adjunct Chaplain for the evening I didn’t ask. All I needed to know was that he was here and I was here and there was a story to tell.
Born near the center of town, as a boy he played down by the...