by Drick Boyd | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today leaders from 26 faith-based organization, including Bryan Miller from Heeding God’s Call, stood with hundreds of other people calling on Congress to pass meaningful gun legislation. Even as House Speaker Paul Ryan considers sanctioning Rep. John Lewis for...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
A week ago my brother from California sent me a box of kumquats, a small and coveted fruit that looks like a mini-orange. However, when you bite into a kumquat, you are in for a surprise. What you will encounter is a contrast of tastes that is hard to describe,...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, As you may know, several years ago when my knees started hurting from all the pounding of years of running and basketball, I took up biking. Now most mornings and weekends, I am riding my bike somewhere. For the last 3 years I have also been riding to...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, June 21, I joined the Pennsylvania Principals Association for a news conference on the request for an increase in funding for public education throughout the state. In my role I was representing POWER. Four principals from across the state describe...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Looks like what drives me crazyDon’t have no effect on you –But I’m gonna keep on at itTil it drives you crazy too(“Evil,” Langston Hughes) Though I have read and studied many of Langston Hughes’ poems, I had not heard this one until a few weeks ago when...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Hello darkness, my old friendI’ve come to talk with you againBecause a vision softly creepingLeft its seeds while I was sleepingAnd the vision that was planted in my brainStill remains within the sound of silence” ...
