by corneliuscorps | Aug 14, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
If you know a toddler, you know about Ms. Rachel. Because of our two year old granddaughter, I can sing along to many of the songs featured on Ms. Rachel’s hugely popular children’s show on YouTube and Netflix. Rachel Accurso is often described as the Mr....
by corneliuscorps | Aug 8, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
The lie was a promise to arrest, detain, and deport “the worst of the worst known criminals.” The truth is that most people swept up in mass arrests, detentions, and deportations do not have criminal records. Many are detained going to immigration hearings...
by corneliuscorps | Jul 17, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the death of John Lewis. He was one of the most courageous people in the modern Civil Rights Movement and continued his work for justice as a Congressman from Georgia for decades. In his honor and memory, there were nationwide...
by corneliuscorps | Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
Just a few days after our July 4th national independence day holiday, a disturbing and surrealistic scene occurred in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Over 100 federal law enforcement officers representing several agencies including ICE swept through the park which is...
by corneliuscorps | Jul 2, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
As we commemorate the 4th of July this year, I invite us to make a connection between 1852 and 2025. One of the most powerful and challenging speeches in American history was given by Frederick Douglass to The Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society on July 5, 1852. The...