Charlottesville may, for years to come, be associated with young White guys in their polo shirts and khaki pants carrying torches and shouting, “blood and soil,” and “you’re not going to replace us.” But that’s not the case with most White people. Most White people are ashamed to be associated with such disgust and terror. […]
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#RubyWooPilgrimage: To Our Sponsors, “Thank you.”
Thirty-four top Christian women leaders and influencers will embark on an historic journey this weekend. They will walk the land where the intersectional struggle for women’s equality in the United States took root, grew, bloomed, and scattered seeds to the rest of the world! These women are African American, Latina, Asian American, Euro American and […]
#RubyWooPilgrimage: Hear the Pulpits Roar
Four Snapshots. The year is 1979—the year of the Iran Hostage Crisis, Jimmy Carter’s run for a second term, inordinately long gas lines, my parent’s separation and the year I first hear the song: “I am Woman,” by Helen Reddy. I am 10 years old. Sitting in the passenger seat of our new station wagon, […]
Let’s Meet on Freedom Road
This time last year the 2016 Election opened a great chasm under our feet in the U.S., threatening to divide us forever. And, according to an April 2017 report published in The Washington Post, there was no greater indicator of the way people voted than their attitudes on race. Race divided our nation. And race […]
