“With our launch, we want to speak from the heart with entries about tangible ways that communities of the majority can reach out in partnership with marginalized communities of color in ways that are not patronizing but collaborative.“ Three-Fifths Magazine, … Continue reading “What’s In It For Me?” Charting The Pathways Toward Justice In A Transactional America.
“Let us have the courage of our admitted ignorance, of our doubts and uncertainties. At least we can try to discover what others… require, by… making it possible for ourselves to know men as they truly are, by listening to … Continue reading On Pluralism
No more lives torn apartThat wars would never startAnd time would heal all heartsAnd everyone would have a friendAnd right would always winAnd love would never end, noThis is my grown up Christmas list written by David Foster (music) and Linda Thompson-Jenner (lyrics). I … Continue reading And Right Will Always Win?
The final Christmas sermon Dr. King gave begins: “This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere, paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world … Continue reading The Foundation of Hope: The God Who Makes All Things New
Not one of us was here when this house was built. Our immediate ancestors may have had nothing to do with it, but here we are, the current occupants of a property with stress cracks and bowed walls and fissures … Continue reading My Grown-Up Christmas List: A Poem of Hope
The journey of America’s presidency reveals a dynamic rhythm, marked by bold strides during administrations ending in six and challenges that often arise in those ending in seven. This cycle of advancement and retreat reflects the nation’s ongoing struggle with … Continue reading “Lucky Number 6” & The Presidential Wish for 7
“In a circle, we are all equal, No one in front of you, No one behind you, No one above you and No one below you” While the circle can have many meanings and interpretations, less discussed, is how the … Continue reading Too Close to Fail: Why Meharry School of Global Health is Focused on the Political Determinants of Health
It was clear that in our historically maintained structures of systemic racism and colonialism, the comprehensive Behemoth of Health Inequity was and is an anchoring component of a system of injustice. Kevin Robinson It started back on September 8th, 2022. … Continue reading Slaying The Behemoth Of Health Inequity
I am a Black woman with a doctoral degree who is relatively healthy and by the time I turned 35, I had undergone multiple surgeries, experienced several pregnancy losses, and faced a near-fatal battle with sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening … Continue reading Surviving Sepsis and Systemic Racism: The Reality of Black Maternal Health in America
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