“If violence is wrong in America, it is wrong abroad.” —Malcolm X In November 1963, Malcolm X gave one of his last public speeches to a mostly Black audience in Detroit, MI. In one segment of “the Message to the Grassroots,” he highlights the hypocrisy of advocating nonviolent action within the US but promoting violent […]
We’re not all alike, and that’s not a problem
We’re in this life together and substantive solidarity is important. We share one planet, and if we kick one another off the rock, there is nowhere else for us to go. But we’re not all alike. There are differences between social groups that can make social solidarity challenging, and there are also differences within social groups that […]
Building Beloved Community on Bones?
The principles for managing great community conversations are about the same as the principles for managing great relationships: mutual respect, equity, integrity, freedom from violence or abuse, and a bias toward care and common growth. Last spring I worked with Daneen Akers and Stephen Eyer, co-directors of the narrative film Seventh-Gay Adventists, on a new […]