Winter 2018
Reparations to Repair Today’s Widening Rifts: A White Millennial Endorsement of the Reparations Conversation
Henry Koenig Stone
“Today’s injustice is sufficient reason to substantiate the need to repair our society.” Managing Editor Henry Koenig Stone responds to the long-standing (and long-ignored) cries for reparations by pointing to systemic inequalities which cement the enduring impact of inequality over centuries.
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MLK’s Mantle in 2018: Barber, Theoharis, and Strategy for the Poor People’s Campaign
Chris Iosso
Senior Editor Chris Iosso draws parallels between the 2018 Poor People’s Campaign, led by William Barber and Liz Theoharis, to the Poor People’s Campaign carried out in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death. But will the Campaign succeed in its call for Moral Revival? “Denominations, pastors, and congregations will have a key role to play in determining how and whether the Campaign is heard and acted upon.”
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The multicultural legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Luis Collazo
“Each historical moment must identify its most pertinent strategies for change.” Dr. Luis G. Collazo writes to the international impact of Dr. King’s written and spoken words, believing that they helped to publicly justify people’s “right to resist the world” in the face of injustice.
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A National Call for Moral Revival: Rev. Jimmie Hawkins on the Renewed Poor People’s Campaign
Interview with Jimmie Hawkins
Rev. Hawkins, Director of the Office of Public Witness, PC(USA) in Washington, D.C., talks about the Moral Mondays movement, the Poor People’s Campaign, and the mechanisms of galvanizing movements for change.
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Ending the Reign of the Invisible Monster: Privilege
Rhashell Hunter
“There is an invisible monster that perpetually feeds the system of racism. And that monster’s name is privilege.” Rev. Hunter, Director of Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries of the PC(USA) in Louisville, KY, calls for us to awaken to the reality of privilege and finally take action to end racism.
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It is our responsibility to raise our children this way.
Addie Domske
“They come for us when we are sleeping at night in our beds, so why would we choose not to protest on the way? It is our responsibility to raise our children this way.”
Addie Domske calls for us to support the leaders of youth-driven movements for justice, from Ahed Tamimi to BLM leaders, to young DACA recipients, to the student survivors of Parkland.
(This article is cross-listed in our 2018 Symposium on Israel-Palestine. A version originally appeared in the Israel-Palestine Mission Network newsletter).
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Appalachia: A National Sacrifice Zone
Chloe Soliday
“We can all agree that human life is dependent on water. So why is it that, for years, not only has the water in Appalachia not been safe to drink…it isn’t even fit to bathe in?”
Creation Justice Ministries member Chloe Soliday writes of the connection between economic and ecological devastation in an attempt to bridge the divide on the issues facing the Appalachian region.
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Refuge for God’s Creation and People
Megan Wiens
“Even more forcefully than we did at Standing Rock, we need to join tribes as they continue to come together to fight the exploitation of their sacred land.”
Creation Justice Ministries member Megan Wiens writes of “parallel abuses” at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Bears Ears National Monument.
Why SDOP: Community’s Power for Social Change
An Interview with Alonzo Johnson, Coordinator for Self Development of People
““People investing in people,” was our saying for a long time, and I think the reality is that what is going to make this change in our society—I think it’s going to be people.”
After SDOP Sunday, Alonzo Johnson reflects with Unbound on the history of SDOP, what makes it uniquely effective, and paths forward for intersectional, grassroots change.
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