by lindaoppenheim | Mar 22, 2018 | Article
“Rather than getting handclap and raised fist emojis from thousands of Americans, black youth activists have often been demonized, labeled as “thugs,” and deemed trivial in the systematic gun reform conversation,” Kayla Stewart reveals in her...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 31, 2017 | Events
In remembrance of lives lost to senseless gun violence. Featuring the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir and the Pemberton United Methodist Chancel Choir, Rev. William D. Carter III, Pastor. Free concert will be followed by a reception. Free will...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 24, 2017 | Documents, Opinion
Caroline Light addresses the inequity inherent in the recently passed bill in the Florida Senate to expand “Stand Your Ground” by noting that “The American legal system’s handling of violent self-defense has long favored white, property-owning...
by lindaoppenheim | May 22, 2016 | Article
“Most shootings with four deaths or injuries are invisible outside their communities. And most of the lives they scar are black. Seeking deeper insight into the phenomenon, The New York Times identified and analyzed 358 shootings with four or more casualties,...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 5, 2015 | Community Meeting, Events
Share an evening of comfort and hope with Minister William Carter, The Chancel Choir of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Robert Moore and others, in a program of word and song as we commemorate those who have lost their young lives to gun violence. The...
