As soon as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s tickets opened for sale, we bought them. My children had fallen in love with the mirrors they saw in the characters after the first movie: strong Black men and women of power and … Continue reading A Shared Past Should Unify Our Future
In the words of the former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu, ‘We Cannot Be Afraid Of The Truth.’ His words were from a 2017 speech decrying monuments that glorified the confederacy – relics of a fractured nation, (The Broken … Continue reading Broken Toys In The Attic, and Forever Battles of Yesterday’s War.
“The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.” Psalms 24:1 NLT It is wonderful to be back from my sabbatical and engaging with you amazing readers again just in time … Continue reading *There Will Always Be Room: God’s Blessings in Unorthodox Places
The spiritual deficit of not welcoming the stranger by Lisa Colón DeLay If we let it, this story can expose our own notions and shortcomings related to hospitality and those in need. How do we—both as individuals and as a … Continue reading The Refugee Problem?
“Black Butterfly, you can do most anything your heart desires.Freedom comes from understanding who you are. It’s time to reclaim your place amongst the stars.Spread your wings and fly.” -Sounds of Blackness With a brilliant display of orange framed in ebony, … Continue reading Black Butterfly
Growing up in Worthington, Ohio, from the second grade until my 1980 graduation, I often found myself the only one in the room. You may ask what do you mean; were there no other children in the room? As an Island of … Continue reading The Only One In The Room
“Building the Bridge Together” was the aspirational mantra for Accord1, i.e., accord1.wordpress.com, my initial foray into the online communication world. At its inception in 2011, I was trusting in existing systems, highlighting “The Church” to be the mechanism to accomplish this … Continue reading Building Bridges not Walls
Several years ago, we embarked on a vacation visit to family in Maryland and northern Virginia. Afterward, we decided to journey a little farther south to a nearby church conference that we had learned of while with family. Upon our … Continue reading Strange Fruit in Full Disclosure
We speak from diverse voices, life experiences, and perspectives at Three-Fifths Magazine http://www.threefifths.online As a “Voice of Clarity, “We share in the quest to dismantle systemic racism. Continue reading The People Behind the Articles (click on the full picture below)
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