by James Melson | Sep 3, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
As this new school year begins, I want to share a prayer by Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund. In the 1960’s, she was a young lawyer and civil rights leader who led Robert Kennedy on a tour through rural...
by James Melson | Aug 27, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
Tomorrow is August 28, a date that holds deep significance in the history of the modern civil rights movement. On that date in 1955, fourteen year old Emmett Till of Chicago was lynched in Money, MS. An all white jury failed to convict the men accused of his murder....
by James Melson | Aug 21, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
On August 20, 1619, the first Africans were imported to the Jamestown colony in Virginia. They arrived on a pirate ship called the White Lion after they were taken them from a Portuguese slave ship headed to Mexico. It is unclear if they were enslaved or treated...
by James Melson | Aug 7, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
This coming Sunday, a major “Unite the Right” rally is planned for Washington, DC. The city will be on edge as people spewing racial bigotry and hatred come to the nation’s capital to exercise their right to protest. Larger numbers of counter...
by James Melson | Jul 30, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
As I mentioned in the last post, I attended a conference at Chautauqua, NY last week where the theme was ” Resistance: The Ethics of Dissent.” One of the speakers was Sally Kohn who also contributed to the TED Radio Hour podcast episode “Why We...
by James Melson | Jul 16, 2018 | 2018, Weekly Reflection
Next week I am attending a faith-based conference at Chautauqua, NY. The theme of the conference is “Resistance.” There is so much injustice to resist in our own country and around the world. I am grateful for the hundreds of thousands of people who...
