by Drick Boyd | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
One is guilty, but all are responsible (to paraphrase Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel). I awoke Thursday morning to the news of the tragic deaths of the nine people of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. Their only “crime” according to Dylann Roof, their killer, was...
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 | 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 | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
“He’s a walking contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction” – Kris Kristofferson “The Pilgrim”Recently, I came across an open letter written by Asian-American Activist Kil Ja Kim entitled “The White Anti-Racist is an Oxymoron.” I encourage you to read it for...
