By Pastor E. A. Deckard (Houston Forward Times) – I once heard a quote from an unknown source that was so powerful, I never forget it and have used it in many different variations throughout the years: “the dream of a dreamer only comes true if the dreamer has the faith to see it all […]
Commentary
A Balanced Viable Plan to Create Opportunity for All
By Kirk Clay – Evidence based civic engagement is a fairly nascent field. In fact, up until 20 years ago what people now think of as civic engagement for “people of color” was characterized naively as just minority outreach. Therefore, it’s no wonder that many organizations and efforts struggle to identify what an effective civic […]
A Conversation With Police on Race – NY Times Op Doc
By Geeta Gandbhir and Perri Peltz, NYTimes.com – In this short documentary, former officers share their thoughts on policing and race in America.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and The Gospel of Action
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., American Civil Rights Activist By Marc Morial – National Urban League Wednesday (To Be Equal #2)- There is no shortage of words in the English language to describe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By now-over five […]
Republicans Ignore Black People
By Julianne Malveaux – As I watched the Republican debate on October 10, I thought about Kanye West and the comments he made after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans. He said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people”. Later he tiptoed away from the comment by saying he “regretted” it, but he never apologized. Five years […]
The University of Missouri’s New President, Michael Middleton, and the New Campus Activism
By Marc Morial, NUL (To Be Equal #45) New York, NY – Michael Middleton, the University of Missouri’s new interim president faces the challenge of healing wounds that have been decades in the making, since the first African-American students fought for admission in the 1930s. As the first Black student to enroll as a freshman […]
Crime, Punishment and Justice for All
Marc Morial, NUL (National Urban League) – Let’s get this straight. Advocating for a smarter and fairer criminal justice system that strives to apply balance in sentencing and uses sensible, public-safety based practices to reduce our nation’s ever ballooning prison population does not mean that you are soft on crime, or that you stand against […]
National Higher Education Summit to Focus on Equity, Affordability – By Marc H. Morial
(To Be Equal #41) – New York – Next week, Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam will join dozens of other elected officials, university presidents and education experts for an unprecedented national summit , presented by the National Urban League and USA Funds, to […]
Connie Tucker , Muhammad Siddeeq and You
By Lucius Gantt – I recently attended the home going services for Connie Tucker, a true revolutionary in every sense of the phrase. I didn’t know Connie personally but I knew a lot about her. Almost everyone in the Black power movement, the Pan African movement, the Black activist movement, the Environmental Rights movement, the […]