The #BlackLivesMatter platform

You can read it here.

They crossed the street

I cannot find the video in a format where I can load it, but look what happened when #BlackLivesMatter protesters and counter-protesters met in Dallas over the weekend. Just watch it. It’s worth it, I promise.

How American view the #BlackLivesMatter movement

From the Pew Research Center, and you can read more here.

What is a Biblical response to #BlackLivesMatter?

I give these men a lot of credit. They stepped away and listened. I couldn’t disagree more with his conversation about “unborn children,” but I respect him for exploring #BlackLivesMatter.

Is a Trump supporter taking #BlackLivesMatter signs from a Hartford church?

For the 12th time since August, someone has taken a #BlackLivesMatter sign from the lawn of the Unitarian Society of Hartford (USH) (that’s the building, above), but this time, they replaced it with a “Trump for President” sign. The church’s response? From a press release: “Our faith calls us to build the Beloved Community, and rather than …

Check out the subversive “Homeland” graffiti:

“Homeland,” hired Arabic-speaking artists to write realistic graffiti for an episode, and these are some of the things they wrote: “Homeland is racist” and “Black lives matter.” And no one noticed, except other people who read Arabic. The show has long been problematic for people who like a little more diversity among the portrayals of Muslims in …

All roads lead to Ferguson

My friend, Bishop John Selders, native of Ferguson, Mo., and pastor at Amistad United Church of Christ in Hartford, is taking a group of students on a freedom and justice tour to Ferguson, to Baltimore, to Pittsburgh, to New York and to other places, and you can donate here. You can learn more here.