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What Do You Have? Resisting the Spirit of Helplessness

I don’t know about you, but to me, there is much to be concerned about these days. Gone are the days when news was given in thirty minute blocks in the evening. If you missed David Brinkley or Walter Cronkite on the evening news, you were out of luck unless you took in the newspaper.Continue reading “What Do You Have? Resisting the Spirit of Helplessness”

“Between Legal Briefs and Hymns: The Double Consciousness of Black Liberation”

The Legal Genius Behind Brown v. Board of Education When Thurgood Marshall stood before the Supreme Court in 1954 to argue Brown v. Board of Education, he relied on a legal foundation built by Dr. Pauli Murray. Yet, for many, her name remains unfamiliar. A groundbreaking lawyer, activist, writer, and later an Episcopal priest, PauliContinue reading ““Between Legal Briefs and Hymns: The Double Consciousness of Black Liberation””

I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Every new day is the first day of the rest of your life. Most of those days consist of mundane routine events like going to school or work, eating dinner, driving your car, taking the bus, watching television or scrolling on social media. There are other days, however, that are notable. The happy notable orContinue reading “I Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer”