by Drick Boyd | Jan 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
On Monday, January 19 POWER, the interfaith social justice organization of which I am a part, along with several other social justice and labor organizations have organized a march called MLK Day of Action, Resistance and Empowerment. The march will focus on racial...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
On the Saturday before Christmas, Bryan Miller and I attended the Philadelphia Gun Show in Oaks, PA. Bryan is the executive director of Heeding God’s Call (HGC), a faith-based organization dedicated to gun violence prevention. A major focus of HGC’s work...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
For me, the period of time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is usually a kind of personal sacred time. Each year I begin this five week season by making a list of all the people, events and things in the past year for which I am thankful. Then I go thru Advent with...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Over a week has passed since the announcement was made that Ferguson police officer Darrin Wilson would not be indicted for the killing of Michael Brown. Over the last week there have been demonstrations in Ferguson and cities around the country...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today, as I was preparing to board an early morning flight to Minnesota, where I will join my family for Thanksgiving, I heard the news of the St. Louis grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Wilson for the murder of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson. After...
by Drick Boyd | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
The other day as I was getting dressed in the locker room at my local Planet Fitness, a young man standing in front of the locker next to mine, asked “Sir, excuse me, what do you for a living?” When I told him I was a college professor, he said “I thought so. You...
