by Drick Boyd | Feb 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
After several years of frustrating delays, on Feb. 18, Eastern University received final approval from the Philadelphia School District to open its charter school in the Fall of 2009. At that same meeting, Arlene Ackerman, Superintendent of the Philadelphia School...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nearly a month has passed since I was arrested for blocking the entrance to Colisimo’s gun shop (see January 18 blog). In terms of the overall experience getting arrested was easy; the difficult part was the 25 hours I spent in jail. Many people have asked me what it...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Recently I heard a PBS interview with Matt Miller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress about his new book The Tyranny of Dead Ideas. In this book Miller focuses on ways Americans think about economic issues that have become outmoded and even...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Most people remember Martin Luther King Jr. as a great leader who fought for racial justice. Many people commemorate the holiday set aside to honor him with acts of volunteer service, concerts, sermons, and recitations of his famous 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech....
by Drick Boyd | Jan 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
This week approximately 300 people from across the county will gather in Philadelphia for a peace conference entitled “Heeding God’s Call: A Gathering on Peace.” Sponsored by the historic peace churches (Quaker, Mennonite and Brethren), the stated purpose is “to...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Upon receiving the letter from Adam Beach that I posted below, a colleague at Eastern who had received the same email, posted a response that simply supplied a link to “another perspective” on the issue. Ther link (below) was to an article by syndicated columnist...
