SELF INFLICTED

SELF INFLICTED It was November 2nd, 2015. On this cold Monday afternoon, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was playing with a few other children in South-side Chicago’s Dawes park. Dwright Boone-Doty, then 21, approached Lee, and begin to earn his trust by playing basketball...

SELF INFLICTED

SELF INFLICTED It was November 2nd, 2015. On this cold Monday afternoon, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was playing with a few other children in South-side Chicago’s Dawes park. Dwright Boone-Doty, then 21, approached Lee, and begin to earn his trust by playing basketball...

SITUATION CRITICAL

SITUATION CRITICAL “Since White people in America hold most of the political, institutional, and economic power, they receive advantages that nonwhite groups do not. These benefits and advantages, of varying degrees, are known as White privilege. For many White...

TRAIN UP A CHILD

TRAIN UP A CHILD “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” -Proverbs 22:6. While most of us can likely recite that scripture by heart, do we understand its true value? When we consider the direction a child should go,...

CANCEL GOD

#CANCELGOD As far back as most of us can remember, we have had a front row seat to witness it. For the most part, we have stood around collectively, applauding its demise with our silent complicity. Others, oblivious to what has been occurring around us, have carried...