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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...
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. 4, 2008
40 years later, we remember Dr. King
by the Beloved Community Center
Forty years ago, on April 4th, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee as he stood with sanitation workers fighting against dehumanizing and unjust conditions.
We join with brothers and sisters across the world who mourn the loss of this great leader and celebrate his life and dream. We particular remember his naming, on April 4, 1967, of the giant triplets of evil, "racism, extreme materialism, and militarism," and join with him in calling for...
Mar. 31, 2008
Evoking King, Jesse Jackson presses on
by the News and Record
Nearly 40 years have passed since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. The memory remains fresh for the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
"It never gets far from my mind," Jackson said of the assassination, which he witnessed.
Friday will be the 40th anniversary of King's death.
Jackson, an A&T alumnus, spoke Sunday to a congregation that packed the pews at New Light Baptist Church. Jackson was in town for the weekend inauguration of Bennett ...
Jan. 29, 2008
BCC in Haverford's Bi-College News:Haverford Hosts MLK Symposium
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...