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 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 | Jul 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Down the street from me live three children I would guess who are all under the age of 10. Often they ride up and down the sidewalk on their bikes and scooters. Whenever I walk by their house with my dog and they are out playing, they run over to pet the dog. They...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
The following is an address I gave on Thursday, August 22 at the POWER Forum on “Philadelphia in Crisis: Race,Education and Economics. POWER is a network of 41 congregations in Philadelphia that have come together working on issue of economic justice,...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Below is the text of a letter to the editor I submitted to the Philadelphia Inquirer in response to an article about the challenges facing suburban public school districts that required them to raise property taxes and cut services. The letter seeks to point out that...
