by Drick Boyd | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dear Kamala, I want to thank you for the campaign you ran with fierceness, grace, and joy. I have been one of your supporters going back to the Democratic primary in 2020. I was so glad when you were nominated as the vice-presidential candidate and then ascended to...
by Drick Boyd | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
A New Year’s Resolution Like many people, at the beginning of 2024 I made New Years resolutions. One of those resolutions was to do all that I could to make sure Donald Trump is not re-elected to the presidency. Since then, I have donated money to the campaign first...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, July 24, I turned 71. A few years ago, when Cynthia and I were in our late 60s, we noted that being 60-something did not seem so old, but being 70-something – now that sounded old! Until now I haven’t used senior parking spaces at the supermarket, but I...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
I invite you to join me and my friend and Roots of Justice colleague Kyle Sullivan discussing what is causing so many white people to act in racially destructive ways and how we as people of conscience can address our friends, family members, and colleagues so caught...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will test and approve what is God’s will – God’s good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12.2, The New International Version) Don’t become so...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Introduction For the past few months, I have been exploring the ways in which our spirituality and spiritual practices can be shaped and informed by a commitment to resist racism in all its forms: interpersonal, cultural and structural. As a framework for discussing...