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May. 30, 2008
GTCRP Local Task Force continues the work of T&R
by Kyle Lambelet
The Local Task Force of the Greensboro Truth and Community Reconciliation Project met last Tuesday evening, May 27th. Since it's genesis in 2002, the group has given life and energy to the process of Truth and Reconciliation in Greensboro, surrounding the events of Nov. 3rd, 1979 (read more in the Final Report of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission).
Since the closing of the Commission in 2006, the group...
May. 22, 2008
Be Not Distracted: A statement to North Carolina Voters
by the North Carolina Coalition of Civil Rights Activists and Ministers
The people of North Carolina and the nation face massive social problems that must be addressed now. Election campaigns are the only time when political leaders must stand up and say how they will address these problems so we can intelligently choose between the candidates.
Unfortunately, the pattern just before many Southern elections has featured a well-financed last-minute effort to distract us from thoughtfully choosing the candidates best able to address our economic and moral...
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. 11, 2008King 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...
Jan. 16, 2008
2007 End of Year Report
by the Beloved Community Center
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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...