Justice is a Journey: Reflections on Black Lives Matter Vigils
By Max Hall, August 26, 2020 — Last Saturday morning, I arrived at the Courthouse in Warrenton, Virginia. It was the tenth week in a row for our local Black Lives Matter Vigil. The...
Congressman John Lewis: Continuing the Path of a Great Legacy
By Holly Melvin Rodriguez — Our dear, fierce and compassionate warrior of justice, Congressman John Lewis, has retired from this life, his body at rest while his spirit takes a rightful place among the...
“Vigil for Action: Black Lives Matter”
By Scott Christian, Chair of the Northern Piedmont Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy — At 10 am on Saturday, July 11, sixty-five people participated in the fourth Vigil for Action: Black Lives...
“Stay angry. Stay constant. Do not let Black voices fall upon deaf ears”
Essay and artwork by Salem Schreiber Hansen, age 15. — George Floyd was a father and a citizen intent on bettering himself. He was another person, and another life, and lost it in a...
“Is America Possible?”
By Dr. Corey D. B. Walker – “In order for us as poor and oppressed people to become part of a society that is meaningful, the system under which we now exist has to...
COVID-19 Demands We Address the Health Implications of Racism
By Dora Muhammad, Congregation Engagement Director — Photo: My mother at a 1984 union protest in front of Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York — In early April when the Centers for Disease Control...