Faith & Values
Hattiloo Theatre panel explore 400 years of Africans in America
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell, The New Tri-State Defender It was quite an extraordinary encounter: a Christian, a Muslim and a Spiritualist on a panel at the Hattiloo Theatre talking about their belief systems during a discussion framed against a backdrop of 400 years of Africans living in America. One truth outweighed every likely point…
Read MoreMetanoia Community Development Corporation to Join CDF Freedom Schools® in a National Day of Social Action in Chicora Cherokee
Metanoia Community Development Corporation will join over 180 Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® sites in 87 cities and 28 states across the country Wednesday, July 17, for a National Day of Social Action to “Protect Children, Not Guns.” More than 200 local children and community members will march in the Chicora Cherokee neighborhood and leave…
Read MoreJennifer Berry Hawes to sign copies of “Grace Will Lead Us Home” at Turning Page Bookshop July 20
Turning Page Bookshop in Goose Creek will be hosting Post and Courier reporter Jennifer Berry Hawes on Saturday, July 20. She will be signing copies of her book “Grace Will Lead Us Home” from noon to 3 pm. A description of the book by the publisher, St. Martin’s Press: For the citizens of Charleston, SC,…
Read MoreMother Emanuel AME Church Hosts Summer Revival
Reverend Eric S. C. Manning, Pastor of Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church cordially invites all men, women, and children from all walks of life, ethnicity and religion to attend a Summer Revival as we believe in your Healing, Restoration, and Resilience on July 11 -12, 2019 – 6:30 PM located at Mother Emanuel AME…
Read More“Work Don’t Stop, You Do” – Wilfred Johnson, Wesley UMC Man Of The Year
By Barney Blakeney In every generation there comes along someone who harkens memories of days gone by, when behavior was determined by lessons learned in youth. Someone who reminds us that the substance of who we are is not bounded by contemporary comfort and motivates us to do just a little more –because that’s who…
Read MoreBishop Adam Jefferson Richardson Becomes Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
On June 26th during the AME Church’s Annual Council of Bishops and General Board Meeting Worship Service at the Birmingham-Jefferson County Convention Center in Birmingham, Alabama, the Right Reverend Adam Jefferson Richardson, Jr. was installed as the Senior Bishop of the AME Church. The Senior Bishop is the active Bishop with the longest tenure of…
Read MoreSocial Justice warrior Alice Marie Johnson is dancing free
By Karanja A. Ajanaku, The New Tri-State Defender kajanaku@tsdmemphis.com After 21 years in federal prison, Alice Marie Johnson sprinted across a roadway near where she had been locked up. Waiting were family, friends and social justice warriors. Nearly a year later, many of those same people (and many others) were in Memphis as Johnson danced…
Read MoreWhere Is Prevention In The Wake Of The Emanuel AME And Virginia Beach Shootings?
By Barney Blakeney As Charleston approaches the fourth anniversary of the June 17, 2015 shooting massacre at Emanuel AME Church, in the wake of the shooting massacre that took place last week in Virginia Beach, Va., I asked two local law enforcement officials what can be done to prevent the violent incidents that have become…
Read MoreLowcountry Non-profit Invites Public To Father’s Day Week Extravaganza
By Damion Smalls Father to Father, Inc. CEO Troy Strother is encouraging local families to participate in the organization’s series of events leading up to Father’s Day, which occurs June 16 this year. “We are here to help one father at a time. Come join us,” he requests. Established in 1998, Father to Father’s mission…
Read MoreMother Emanuel AME Church Announces Emanuel Nine 4th Anniversary Events
In advance of the four-year anniversary of the Emanuel Nine tragedy, Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church announced today plans and events scheduled to observe the fourth commemoration of June 17, 2015. Denise Quarles, daughter of Myra Quarles Singleton Thompson and Blondelle Coakley Gadsden, sister of Myra Thompson, along with Polly Sheppard, one of the survivors of the tragedy,…
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