An important milestone for our immigrant communities was achieved on Wednesday, December 5th, 2018. The newly elected Sheriff Garry McFadden ended the 287(g) agreement our Mecklenburg County jail has had …
“Never Again” is Not Enough
A friend of mine recently had the opportunity to speak with a Holocaust scholar who keeps an eye on antisemitism in many places. After the conversation, she told me that …
There’s No Place Like Home and Our Work in Expanding Affordable Housing: 2018 in Review by Judy Seldin-Cohen
Last January, ten volunteers braved a snowstorm to make a difference in the community’s affordable housing crisis. The Stan Greenspon Center affordable housing team has since grown to more than …
Dr. Cernyak-Spatz – a survivor, a teacher, and an inspiration
“Forgive? I don’t think there is anyone alive now who condemned me to death. And I’m still here.” – Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz, Queens University of Charlotte, Belk Chapel, November 13, …
A Christian Perspective on Kristallnacht
Wednesday evening I attended an 80th Anniversary Commemoration of Kristallnacht at Temple Israel in Charlotte. As I drove to the synagogue, I thought about what had happened in Pittsburgh eleven days …
Speeches, Secrets, and Superman! Three Engaging Courses Coming to Queens this Winter
Isidor I. Rabi, the Nobel laureate in physics, was once asked, ”Why did you become a scientist, rather than a doctor or lawyer or businessman, like the other immigrant kids …
80 years ago today…
80 years ago today, we awoke to a nightmare – if we ever went to sleep at all. 80 years ago today, any one who closed their eyes to the …
Charlotte Votes YES! to $50 Milloin Housing Bonds
$50 MILLION HOUSING BOND PASSED! Voters overwhelmingly approved $50 million in housing bonds to make Charlotte a more affordable location for those who wish to live here. The Stan Greenspon …
Reading for Social Change
As the days grow shorter and the temperatures drop, I know I love to sit in the evenings with a good book on my lap and a warm drink at …
Nights and Days of Brokenness
Eighty years ago, on the night of November 9th, 1938, the Nazi government stood by and watched as synagogues, Jewish owned businesses, schools, and homes were vandalized, looted, and destroyed. …