Unblocking our Movement Chakra: The Epilogue
Unblocking Our Movement Chakra: The Epilogue “No movement can survive unless it is constantly growing and changing with the times. If it isn’t growing, it’s stagnant, and without the support of the people, no movement for liberation can exist, no matter how correct its analysis of the situation is.” – Assata Shakur I’ve received […]
Humanizing the homeless
Published in St. Louis American – April 27, 2017 I was totally disgusted when I read what happened to the residents of the New Life Evangelistic Center (NLEC) when the city finally forced the closing of the homeless shelter. New Life opened its doors in 1976 and carried out its mission until the downtown site […]
Get cops out of schools
Published in St. Louis American, April 19, 2017 Then came the mass shootings at Columbine High School in 1999, which resulted in increased federal funding for hiring police in schools through programs by the Department of Justice like ‘COPS in Schools” or “Safe Schools/Healthy Students.” Predominantly white or affluent schools like Columbine rejected the concept of cops […]