by James Melson | Nov 23, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
President Kennedy at American University June 10, 1963 Sunday was the 57th anniversary of the assassination of President John Kennedy. I can still remember being in second grade when our teacher shared that tragic news with us. My childhood memories of the next...
by James Melson | Nov 17, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Wilmington Coup of November 10, 1898: A White Supremacist Mob Posing in Front of the Burned Office of The Daily Record, a Black Newspaper It has been two weeks since the Presidential election of 2020. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic there was a record number of...
by James Melson | Nov 10, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Kamala Harris in the Shadow of Ruby Bridges by Bria Goeller The image posted above went viral after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected President and Vice President. Kamala Harris is the first woman of African American and South Asian descent to run and win on a...
by James Melson | Nov 2, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Dropping Off My Ballot Voting in Virginia was easy this year. For the first time, early voting through mail in, drop off, and in person voting was available to all registered voters. I dropped off my ballot on October 21 and found the process to be quick and safe. Yet...
by James Melson | Oct 27, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
(WTOP/Neal Augenstein) The photo above is from a temporary art installation in Washington, DC called “In America How Could This Happen…” The artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg invited family and friends of people who died from COVID-19 to join her in planting small...
by James Melson | Oct 20, 2020 | 2020, Weekly Reflection
Our national election is just two weeks away, and the voter turnout is expected to be record breaking. Yet as we prepare for this crucial election, I want to lift up two very different visions for voting. Unfortunately the one we have become all too familiar with is...
