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 as i walk toward the balcony where my hero fell,
i feel strangely drawn in
enwrapped
by invisible hands
of comfort and welcome.
hands that welcome the peacemakers of the world
“come and witness the place where a fellow peacemaker fell
and inherited the kin-dom of god.”
at…
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Tags: Audio, Chicago, City, derrion albert, interview, marginalized, Media, neighborhood, Poverty, Urban, Violence, Youth
“I’m here to stand up for Jesus,” said the anti-health reform protester to a CNN correspondent. “Government is getting too big.”
What does big government — or small government, for that matter — have to do with Jesus?
Non sequiturs like the…
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Tags: America, american way of life, blue dogs, Congress, conservatism, Conservative, conservative bible project, Democrat, fear, God, government, hate, Health, health insurance, health reform, individual freedom, jerry b jenkins, Jesus, left behind series, Liberal, mark of the beast, market, Movement, movie, newsweek, Politics, public option, Republican, Role of Government, Scripture, sin, socialism, tim lahaye, United Nations, worldview
The following is a message delivered at the “Stand for Freedom in Iran” rally that took place yesterday at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, across from the United Nations.
Hello! I’ve been deeply moved by this gathering. This is amazing! My name is…
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Tags: ancestor, Asia, Black, citizens, Civil Rights, crowd, dag hammarskjold plaza, Democracy, Democrat, Election, Elections, ethnic, Evangelicals, facebook, government, Human Rights, Iran, iranian government, jim crow, jim crow laws, justice, least of these, Movement, new generation, Politics, President, president ahmadinejad, roots, Segregation, Slavery, social network, solidarity, twitter, United Nations, White
Tea-totaling party animals are crying the mantra of the Ghosts of Conservatives-past, “Blankety blank blank will change our American way of life!” Now all the president’s men and women — especially the Blue Dogs — are not-so-discretely inching away —…
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Tags: America, american way of life, blue dogs, cancer, Capitalism, citizens, Conservatives, fear, government, Health, health insurance, health plan, health plans, health reform, Healthcare, insurance companies, insurance company, market, Medicare, Northern Ireland, pensions, President, private insurance, private insurance companies, private insurance company, public option, service, sloan kettering hospital, state, system, United States, way of life
I recently wrote and performed a spoken-word poem for the Transformational Development (TD) Conference at Eastern University, co-sponsored by Eastern and Food for the Hungry. Transformational development is the kind of development that does not only seek to transform the…
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Tags: development, faith, human dignity, marginalized peoples, poem, Poetry, Poverty, pray, self worth, spoken word, transformational development, wholeness
I stepped up to the automatic sliding doors, but they didn’t open. I knocked. The guard recognized me, waved, and the South Bronx-based special care facility opened arms of welcome. My half-sister lives there — for the past four years,…
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Tags: addict, Drugs, faith, Family, friend, half sister, Homeless, justice, neighbor, neighborhood, Poems, Poetry, Poverty, rikers island prison, south bronx, system, systemic injustice
Advocating for the poor is crucial in this time of recession, but maybe you’re a little nervous about actually walking into your member of Congress’ office, even after the great training you can get in preparation for the Mobilization to…
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Tags: advocacy, capitol hill, charles rangel, Congress, constituent, D.C., M2EP, member of congress, mobilization, Mobilization to End Poverty, organizing, Politics, Poverty, Washington
 We waited for 30 minutes. Standing, awkward, we looked up at the board. When I arrived at Penn Station the board said train #167, enroute to Washington D.C., “25 mins late”… Five minutes later, “30 mins late.” The terminal filled…
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Tags: Barack Obama, Bible, church, Community, community organizer, D.C., Democrat, dream, Evangelical, faith, I have a Dream, Inauguration, Jesus, King, mother, Mountaintop, Politics, Preaching, President, President Obama, Race, reconciliation, Republican, Rick Warren, Washington, White
Sunday, January 11 was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. I wrote this poem, And to the Little Ones, in honor of the day. It was originally performed as a spoken word piece at All Angels Church in New York City.
And to the Little Ones
Swiped from her…
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Tags: Children, crime, Gender, girls, human trafficking, marginalized, oppressed, organized crime, prostitution, Slavery, Trafficking, Women
Dark times
Regime change.
“How are we gonna make it?”
“How are we gonna live?”
Tomorrow?
Fear for breakfast
Trembling for brunch
Despair for dinner.
Dark thick air
Full of fumes
Can’t breathe.
Thick over the man on the street
With feet sticking out of his shoes.
Shoes wrapped in muslin.
It does not…
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In the wee hours of the morning on Wednesday, November 5, Wolf Blitzer listed “The Losers” in Tuesday’s historic election on CNN. Evangelicals were at the top of his list, joined by trickle-downers and social conservatives.
I wouldn’t have known I…
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Tags: Barack Obama, Black, Diversity, Divided by Faith, Evangelical, evangelical voter, Joe the plumber, People of Color, Race, Racism, White, White Evangelicals
Recently, I watched an ongoing New York Times online report by Jennifer Steinhauer and Ben Werschkul called “The Road to November.” The report focused on Greeley, Colorado. Located about 125 miles north of Colorado Springs — home to Religious Right leaders like…
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Tags: Barack Obama, Campaign, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Country First, debate, Evangelical, Jesus, John McCain, Kingdom of God, patriotic, patriotism
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