Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Black Church Activism
We are in a critical day and time when the mere gestures of "protesting" and "occupying" are not enough to move the powers that be off of their staunch ideologies of elitism and unparalleled selfishness. The church is, in many instances, the last bastion of hope for many disenfranchised folks in our urban communities. We have to engage and empower, through "direct action", existing paradigms in the marketplace by exploring the role the modern day church institution will play or could play in developing progressive and assertive social, political, economic and spiritual reform and, by way of conclusion, ultimately multicultural transformation at the highest level. What are your thoughts?
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So true, we as a people in the United States have reached a precipice, a point by which we must decide where we are going. Do we remain stagnant and become relics in a country that is degenerating, or do we make the choice to save ourselves and move forward into what may be uncomfortable areas of our old beliefs? One thing is for certain, a choice must be made. As Confucius states, “Not making a choice, is making a choice.”
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