It Doesn’t Matter if you’re Black or White or Does it?

When reading the title of this post your mind may run down memory lane and think about Michael Jackson’s Black or White music video. Jackson made the statement that “It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white” and while many of us may want this to be true, our social systems suggest that it really […]

Police and Community Relations

On last Sunday I shared with our church family that I’d written an op-ed for the Baltimore Sun / Laurel Leader regarding the Ferguson,MO Grand Jury announcement. This past week protest have started in response to the Grand Jury announcement in New York. Around the country questions have been raised regarding police brutality and excessive […]

Turn Down For What?

Imagine a 28-year-old who has two degrees, tons of friends on Instagram and Facebook, on Friday nights they are at the bar taking shots screaming “TURN DOWN FOR WHAT”? While it may look like they are having fun, that same 28-year-old uses a friends Netflix password because they can’t afford the subscription. They hate that […]