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Standing With Refugees on the Border

July 30, 2018 No Comments

This is the end of my fourth day in McAllen, Texas. I’m here with a group from my church, Epworth United Methodist. What is happening here is unfathomable, and despite what our government wants us to believe, what has been reported of parents being separated from children, people being forced to stay for days, weeks, and months in cages, no

Standing With Refugees on the Border

July 30, 2018 No Comments

This is the end of my fourth day in McAllen, Texas. I’m here with a group from my church, Epworth United Methodist. What is happening here is unfathomable, and despite what our government wants us to believe, what has been reported of parents being separated from children, people being forced to stay for days, weeks, and months in cages, no

Challenging Homophobia at the State Department’s Religious Freedom Summit

July 27, 2018 No Comments

The U.S. State Department hosted a Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom from July 24 to 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. A coalition of LGBTQIA faith leaders and human rights activists were present at the summit to bring voice to the needs and concerns of their communities regarding religious practice, social equality, freedom, and human & civil rights. During the morning

Violence and Nonviolence Intensify in Ambazonia

July 20, 2018 No Comments

The Central African country of Cameroon—whose tourist slogan for years was “all of Africa in one country”—presents itself as a unifier of diverse environments, languages, and culture in this nation located in the middle of the continent. The last weeks in Cameroon, however, suggest the worst of conflict, corruption, and colonialism, primarily relating to the country’s intensifying repression against the

Violence and Nonviolence Intensify in Ambazonia

July 20, 2018 No Comments

The Central African country of Cameroon—whose tourist slogan for years was “all of Africa in one country”—presents itself as a unifier of diverse environments, languages, and culture in this nation located in the middle of the continent. The last weeks in Cameroon, however, suggest the worst of conflict, corruption, and colonialism, primarily relating to the country’s intensifying repression against the

The NFL’s New Rule Aims to Silence Voices of Dissent

May 31, 2018 No Comments

Would women have the right to vote today if they were told by men to only protest inside their homes? Would African Americans have equal protection under the law if the civil rights movement was confined to the churches? Would farmers and migrant workers have just working conditions in the fields if they were forced to boycott only when it