by Brenda Capen | Feb 25, 2021 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
Bishop Kelly was featured in a conference ‘Bright Spot’ video. View here… By Madeline Pillow White United Methodist Bishop Leontine Kelly preaches during evening worship at the first reunion of the former Central Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church in College Park,...
by Brenda Capen | Feb 18, 2021 | News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
Observations from a self-professed ‘old white guy’ By Andrew Kissell I regularly hear things from my White brothers like, “Why do we have to rehash history? Why don’t we just start doing something about racism?” “Why do we need...
by Brenda Capen | Feb 4, 2021 | Church and Society, News, Racial Justice
By Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global A group of African American pastors urged Virginia lawmakers Jan. 7 to abolish the state’s death penalty, equating it to lynching and a declaration that Black lives do not matter. The ministers’ press conference, held on Zoom, was...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 5, 2020 | Larry Jent, Racial Justice
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by Brenda Capen | Oct 27, 2020 | Bishop Lewis News, News, Racial Justice, Virginia News
Dear Virginia Annual Conference, As I type this letter, I write it with an urgency to call the entire conference to join me and the Call to Action Work Group for Racial Justice and Reconciliation for a three-day period of “Prayer and Fasting for the Healing of the...
by Brenda Capen | Sep 9, 2020 | Racial Justice
On September 3, 1963, I started Ahrens Trade High School in Louisville KY. The was only one black person in the whole school. It was Richard Richardson. Segregation was standard practice then. No on in school would be friends with him. I...
