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January 15, 2023 In 1848 Ellen Craft, an enslaved woman in Macon, Georgia, feared that her father – who was her White enslaver – would claim any child she bore as his property. And so, she and her husband, also enslaved, embarked on a remarkable
The General Commission on Religion and Raceby Dr. Arthuree Wright “Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything
November 17, 2022 In the wake of the election of Bishop Delores “Dee” Williamston, the first Black woman elected to the episcopacy in the South Central Jurisdiction, the latest installment of “Hollering for Change” looks at the history-making event. The Rev. Dr. Tori Butler speaks
October 26, 2022 The Rev. Telley Lynnette Gadson has spent most of her life battling obesity and shame. As Gadson puts it, even when she was a little girl, she wasn’t a “little” girl. “I was teased, taunted, laughed at,” Gadson said, from the boy
October 27, 2022 Editor’s note: UM News is using first names only for some of those interviewed due to the stigma associated with incarceration. Attendees of the sixth National Summit on Mass Incarceration were urged to go back into their churches and communities and open
August 15, 2022 When the Rev. Cynthia A. Wilson worked with the Rev. Junius Dotson at Discipleship Ministries, he decided to learn to play the piano. At any time during the day, the piano near her office might ring out. “It might have been lunchtime,”
July 19, 2022 Many are feeling shock and grief after the Rev. Autura Eason-Williams, a United Methodist district superintendent, was shot and killed in an apparent carjacking. Memphis, Tennessee, police responded to gunfire the afternoon of July 18 and found Eason-Williams shot outside her home.
July 13, 2022 Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joined Congressional Leadership and Members of the Florida Congressional Delegation for the Congressional statue dedication and unveiling ceremony in honor of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, in the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol. General Board
June 19, 2022 On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday. It marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two
May 24, 2022 A United Methodist women’s training center, theological college and district motorcycle project have revved up their offerings thanks to a collaboration between UMC Ministries and Harper Hill Global. UMC Ministries is a growing, volunteer-based organization that works alongside the Uganda-South Sudan Conference, and Harper Hill Global is a Nashville,
