Kehinde Wiley’s New Exhibition Is a Chapel for Mourning New York Times - Dionne Searcey (SUMMARY) March 16, 2023 When Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition, “An Archaeology of Silence,” opens in the United States on March 18, the most important room some viewers might enter is one with no artwork at all. The “respite room” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco [...]
As peacemakers, the LIVE FREE community knows achieving peace in our time is possible. It will require tremendous effort, collaboration, and compromise from all involved. Peaceful solutions to conflicts must be sought, and all actors must be willing to compromise and take steps toward a mutually beneficial resolution. https://youtu.be/nWSjPZ9MeAI In this abridged version of Pastor Mike McBride's TEDx talk delivered on [...]
Indianapolis: An Unlikely Case Study in Co-Governance Progressive organizers have a policy problem. Left-leaning organizations often focus on electoral politics and are unable to support progressive action by lawmakers after election day. (U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is the country’s most dramatic example of the gap between electoral mobilization and policy advocacy.) But even when progressive advocates succeed in passing [...]
A great day in Gary: Common Council unanimously votes to fund mobile mental health unit NWI Times - Molly DeVore March 9, 2023 Marcella DeLavallade-Amos lost her only child in 2012 to a police shooting. "My son was shot in his shoulder, his thigh, his hand, his heart, his lungs, and his spine was shattered," she told the Gary Common Council [...]
Najee Seabrooks was a Paterson violence intervention activist who was killed by Paterson police officers on Friday, March 3rd. Najee was having a mental health crisis when police arrived at his home. The police presence turned his health crisis into a 5-hour standoff. Family and friends begged police to let them talk to Najee to help resolve the situation themselves. Police [...]
In Florida, Latino evangelicals mobilize against DeSantis’ crackdown on immigrants Publication: Religion News Services Author: Alejandra Molina Date: March 2, 2023 Summary: - After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered state regulators to deny licenses or renewals to those sheltering unaccompanied migrant children, more than 200 faith leaders and evangelical pastors of Spanish-speaking churches made their way to downtown Tallahassee last year [...]
Najee Seabrooks| Paterson Non-Violence Activist Shot Dead In Police Standoff Was Clearly In Crisis: Advocates Publication: South Passaic Daily Voice Author: Jerry DeMarco Date: March, 4, 2023 Summary: - The shooting death of a Paterson non-violence activist following a five-hour barricaded standoff with city police has a pained, shaken and angry community demanding answers. - Officers initially responded to a report [...]
Relief for Crystal Walthall At 2am on Wednesday, March 8th, Crystal Walthall's home was destroyed and the building condemned after a 5 alarm house fire in Yonkers, New York. All of her belongings were lost and nothing was salvageable. Our Sister in solidarity is in need of long-term support while she is without housing, and as she begins to build again. [...]
Coach Steve Kerr and Pastor Mike McBride speak out on Gun Violence Don’t turn away from our failure to protect our elders and children. The blood of the innocent cry out to us from the ground. America’s soil is drenched with blood. We are coming for you @leadermcconnell @gop @nra #BanAssaultWeapons #PassUniversalBackgroundChecks #FundCVI #ScaleMentalHealthInfrastructure #Buffalo #Uvalde #EndGunViolence #Enough #Peacemaker #livefreefire SHAME [...]
National Day of Prayer: Abolish the Death Penalty To commemorate National Day of Prayer, LIVE FREE and partnering organizations will host a national call on May 4th to pray for the end of the death penalty in the U.S. Join us! Register at the link on the graphic. bit.ly/ndopc
