Lost to Drug Addiction, Found by Regaining Her Faith
Rev. Lisa Yerby-Bryson founded Praising Through Recovery, a faith-based addiction recovery program, to help women deal with and recover from addiction, drawing on her own experiences of substance abuse, incarceration, and a crisis of faith.
Here’s Why Faith Communities Are Honoring Grandparents
by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware
Modern grandparents seem to customize their titles, not preferring the grandma and grandpa of the past. Some want to be called...
This Faith-Based Reparations Fund Helps Kids Pay For College
The Justice League of Greater Lansing Michigan has raised over $400,000 for reparations scholarships to address the racial wealth gap, awarding $5,000 scholarships to 10 college-bound high school grads based on their essays examining the racial wealth gap and its effects on their families.
16,000 Faith Leaders Unite to Support Kamala Harris for President
Black Church PAC hosted a virtual call on August 5 with 16,000 faith leaders, raising over $500,000 for Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign and pledging their support for her agenda of justice, freedom, and inclusion.
Faith Leaders Gather To Demand Equality And Justice In Washington, D.C.
Religious leaders from various faiths gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. to demand justice and call for equality in pay, housing, voting rights, public safety, and health care.
Anonymous $20M Gift to HBCU Paul Quinn College Changes its Future
Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas has received a $20 million donation, the largest gift in its 152-year history, which will be used to invest in new academic programs, expand scholarship opportunities, and increase endowment.
Black Church Stands With Family of D’Vontaye Mitchell
Rev. Al Sharpton announced the firing of the security guards responsible for the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell during his eulogy at Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ in Milwaukee, demanding justice for the man who died during a mental health crisis.
How Can Churches Keep Young People From Leaving?
Koinonia Baptist Church in Baltimore has found success in engaging young people by forming genuine relationships, adapting to their needs, emphasizing educational and spiritual growth, and creating a culture of respect and reverence.
Rae Lewis-Thornton’s Faith-Filled Fight Against AIDS
Rae Lewis-Thornton, an ordained Baptist minister living with AIDS, is determined to live life to the fullest and educate others about the disease, despite the challenges of a strict regimen of survival strategies and the stigma still present in the Black community.
Rev. Barber Has A Message For Washington: Poor People Vote
On Saturday, Rev. William Barber III will convene The Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington D.C. and to the Polls, a somewhat unwieldy name for what could be a big political flex.
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Why Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Goes It Alone
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson over the past two years has been nearly as visible on the book circuit as she has been at the Supreme Court, recounting her personal struggles and professional successes and emphasizing that she is the embodiment of her “ancestors’ dreams.”
