Change requires courage or how do we move forward as a nation?

“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”– James Baldwin Change requires courage and after the events of the past week in the United States, it is abundantly clear that America needs to make some lifesaving changes for the sake of her future and citizens. We …

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Here we are again and why we say Black Lives Matter

Oakland, Cleveland, Ferguson and so many other cities and towns and now, Baton Rouge. Another Black person dead under questionable circumstances involving the police. Another life taken too soon. Another family left to grieve. Another community wanting answers. Wanting justice and knowing it’s unlikely to come. We have been down this road many times before …

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Truth and discomfort or why we must talk race

“Hey! Using the internet is appropriating white culture! I hope you don’t plan on using electricity, automobiles, or computers during your conference because whites invented all that, you know. Also, don’t plan on eating, because the chances that white farmers made the food is pretty high.” – Comment left on BGIM Facebook page “Just pointing …

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