January 21st, 2008
LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL From the University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center: ——- *AUTHOR’S NOTE: This response to a published statement by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama (Bishop C. C. J. Carpenter, Bishop Joseph A. Durick, Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. Harmon, the Reverend George M. Murray. the Reverend [Read More…]
January 21st, 2008
"Cowardice askes the question:"Is it safe"? Expediency asks the question:"Is it politic"? Vanity asks the question:"Is it popular?"But conscience asks the question:"Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one what [Read More…]
January 18th, 2008
January 18th, 2008
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." -Martin Luther King Jr.
January 17th, 2008
January 16th, 2008
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." -Martin Luther King Jr.
January 15th, 2008
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase" -Martin Luther King Jr.
January 14th, 2008
Interesting article from MSNBC.com about where things stand today. Racial harassment still infecting the workplace Despite decades of civil-rights progress, workers’ complaints are rising By Eve Tahmincioglu MSNBC contributor Sun., Jan. 13, 2008 Many of us are marveling at how seemingly far our society has come given a man with an African American heritage is [Read More…]
January 11th, 2008
I may have shared these before, but they are both really good and short articles, courtesy of the Level Playing Field Institute. Take a quick look: The Cost of Employee Turnover Due Solely to Unfairness in the Workplace The Cost of Hidden Bias at Work Have a great weekend!
January 11th, 2008
I hope you will consider attending Metropolitan Community College’s 23rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Celebration, free and open to the public. 23rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration‘Living the Dream’ Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. South Omaha Campus, Industrial Training Center 119 Keynote address: Rev. Dr. Selwyn Q. [Read More…]