Juneteenth – Finding Solutions to Systemic Racism in America
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Juneteenth – Finding Solutions to Systemic Racism in America

ByJordan

Today is Juneteenth, a day where black Americans like me celebrate the day that all slaves were freed in America. We celebrate June 19, 1865, the day the news that all black people were free finally reached Galveston, Texas, more than two years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Today, we celebrate,…

How to Help: A Black Christian Perspective on Race in America
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How to Help: A Black Christian Perspective on Race in America

ByJordan

America is hurting right now. Yesterday on Blackout Tuesday, a day where we stopped to listen to black voices on systemic racism in the United States, I chose this opportunity to use my voice not to sing, but to speak. Some were willing to listen, others weren’t. It was a difficult day for me. But…