In recent days, I had two dreams (that I can remember) that heighten my awareness of my dependency on and fear of all these technological devices I have around me. I think my subconscious might be trying to warn me. Continue reading “All These Devices”
Demanding Gun Control
Like the rest of America, I am distraught and outraged by yet another mass shooting in one of our high schools during which 17 innocent lives were taken. And like the youth who are speaking out, I’m also weary of the thoughts and prayers offered by lawmakers who have no intention of doing anything about the problem. The days of thoughts and prayers only must come to an end in 2018. Continue reading “Demanding Gun Control”
Black Fraternal Life
It’s hard to believe that 2018 marks 40 years as a member of my beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. I was at the University of Southern California in 1978 when I attended the Rush event to consider joining my father’s sister organization. My father was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first fraternal organization established by African American college men at Cornell University in 1906. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was the first of its kind, too, having been established at Howard University, just two years later in 1908. These forty years as part of the “Divine Nine” have not just been wonderful, but inspiring. Continue reading “Black Fraternal Life”
LGBTQ Equal Rights Under the Law
Section 1 of the 14 Amendment of our Constitution guarantees all citizens of the United States their rights to life, liberty, and property as well as an equal protection under the law. This applies to all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or their gender identity. The freedom of religion doesn’t give the state a right to deprive any group of their rights. https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/constitution.pdf So why are Evangelicals so hell bent on denying citizens who identify within the LGBTQ umbrella their Constitutional rights? Continue reading “LGBTQ Equal Rights Under the Law”