When the weight of systemic opression becomes too much to bear: People rise up. When justice does not roll down like water or righteousness like a mighty stream: People rise up. When a shared vision of transformative change is but a vote away: People rise up. In November voters rose to build a more inclusive...

Communications and Public Relations Deaconess Foundation is seeking a full-service communications and public relations agency/firm to assist the Foundation in the development and implementation of a strategic and sustainable multi-year communications plan aligned with the Foundation’s power-building strategy to advance child well-being through racial equity and public policy. The communications plan will include strategies to...

Without Sanctuary no one wants to discuss the war the war in america on everyone black or brown or poor there’s no refuge from the war so i live without sanctuary two-stepping back in time with no place to hide from the war the war in america on everyone black or brown or poor so...

First giving honor to God from whom all blessings flow, and then to our ancestors on whose shoulders we stand, for if they had not been, we would not be. These words, shared by Mama Frances Jarnegan on countless occasions, continue to empower me and give me strength and courage to “come in my own...