by Drick Boyd | Sep 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am attending the annual conference of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) in Raleigh, NC for the next few days. I came here not knowing what to expect, except for using the time to network with other urban studies programs and like-minded...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Link: A full, fair funding formula is essential for racial equality in Pa. | Philadelphia Public School NotebookThe following appeared in the Friday (8/29) edition of the Philadelphia Public School Notebook, an open letter to the PA Legislature written on behalf of...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
A recent New York Times article on the ongoing events in Ferguson, MO was entitled “Among Whites, Protests Stir a Range of Emotions and a Lot of Perplexity.” The article points out that while many whites want to be sympathetic to the concerns of the protesters,...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Over the past week or so I have been holding four seemingly unrelated events together in my mind because in a strange way they seem to capture the essence of racial politics in our country today: the ongoing conflict and grief in Ferguson, MO over the shooting of an...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every summer I try to climb a mountain. Some years it is questionable that what I have climbed can actually be called a “mountain” but most years I do get to some sort of high place that has a “Mount” in front of it or “Mountain” behind it. I am what my college...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
About four months ago, my wife and I began attending a yoga class on Monday nights. Once a week we bend and contort our bodies in ways that are both surprising and often painful. Yet I look forward to each Monday because no matter how I feel when I start class, I...
