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United by Love We Grow, Transform & Celebrate
The Kingian view of nonviolence: A love centered way of thinking, speaking, acting and engaging that leads to personal, cultural and societal transformation. King Center, Atlanta Happy MLK Day!
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Peace and Goodwill to all this Holiday Season!
“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King Jr
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Keepers of the Promise
Is it possible for multiple sectors to come and work together for lasting changes that can help guide this nation to the fillment of the promises of its founding fathers? These National foundation builders held high and inclusive visions that would offer freedom and liberty for all. As we move into the new year Choices…
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The Fight to Reduce Racial Disproportionality in the Justice System: A 50 Year Battle
New book: A Seat at the Table highlights work of Shirley Chisholm that led to the passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. A major component of this legislation is to address racial disproportionality in the justice system that still remains today. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice…
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Climate Change, Survival and the BIPOC Community
A fracking company in East Tx has placed pipelines directly under an Black historical home that is adjacent to a housing development intended to serve marginalized people. The residents/owners have been warned to prepare to evacuate at any time. Even though some are both land and mineral owners, they have never sold any land or…
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Acknowledging and Transforming the Past
From Maryland Governor Wes Moore On the morning of my inauguration, we honored the enslaved at the Annapolis docks with a wreath-laying ceremony. We then marched to the State House, built by enslaved hands, where I was sworn in as the 63rd Governor of Maryland. That ceremony was organized with love and intentionality, to inspire…
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July 2, 2024- 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim July 2, 2024, as the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. I call upon all Americans to…
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The Beauty of Oneness
“Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness.” Ola Joseph
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Grand Scale Pardons Issued Week of Juneteenth Celebrations
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) will be issuing a mass pardon for more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday. The pardons will be one of the country’s biggest acts of clemency involving the drug that’s now widely used recreationally. The pardons fall on the same week as Juneteenth celebrations across the country, which symbolizes the end of slavery.…
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In Commemoration of Juneteeth
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”– Rosa Parks | Do Black Codes continue today? Is everyone equally free? https://choicesinterlinkingforyouth.org/policy-reform-2/race-wrongful-convictions/
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