by Drick Boyd | Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
In our preparation for our trip, Nathan repeatedly reminded us that regardless of what we planned and arranged to do, it most certainly would change. Change and the unexpected were the orders of our first week. Wednesday, August 3 was to be a day the work with local...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
NOTE: From July 31 to August 15, I traveled with seven other folks to Kenya as part of a project sponsored by Eastern University Urban Studies Program and BuildaBridge International in cooperation with the Center for Transforming Mission based in Nairobi, Kenya....
by Drick Boyd | Jul 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow (July 31) I will be joining six other folks from Eastern University and Builda Bridge International on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya. While there, we will working with Moses and Celmali Okonji, who have a school in Kibera, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi,...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week Philadelphia has played host to the Democratic National Convention. Lofty words and great promises have been made. Tears have been shed, anger expressed (both in and outside the convention) and numerous demonstrations have gone on amidst the sweltering heat...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
In response to my last Blog “We are at War” I received feedback from a high school friend named Steve. You can read his entire response in the Comments section of the last posting “We are at War.” He said I was jumping ahead of the investigation of the...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
This morning I woke up to the news of a sniper killing five Dallas police officers and injuring several others. The shooting occurred at the end of a peaceful demonstration to protest the police-inflicted deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando...
