By Emily Orland, Greenspon Center Summer Intern In the week following George Floyd’s death, Charlotteans were angry. They protested, contacted city officials to demand reform of CMPD, and mourned the …
It’s Been a Long Time Coming – A Conversation Around Decolonizing Wealth and Dismantling Racism
Dismantling Racism Teach-In June 15, 2020 Noon – Virtual Online Program 6:00 pm – Historic Grace AME Zion Church, 229 S. Brevard Street, Charlotte, NC Please RSVP through eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-been-a-long-time-coming-a-restorative-justice-clt-teach-in-tickets-109025642632 …
20/20 and 2020 – A year of perfect vision or not?
“I always thought 2020 was going to be a hopeful year… Then I was dreadfully wrong… Then, perhaps, I was right.” – Judy Schindler For the past 18 years I had …
Holocaust Education and Dismantling Racism
Antisemitism, in all its ugly forms reaching back thousands of years, is a vicious form of racism that began as anti-Judaism. It evolved throughout time from discrimination based solely on …
Restorative Justice in CLT – Join the call to action and join the movement for change
by Reverend Dr. Willie Keaton “I can’t breathe.” It is time for Charlotte and the rest of America to listen to the dying words of George Floyd and Eric Garner. …
If you are white and asking “What can I do?”
Our African American siblings are struggling, in fact, they are drowning and dying, and need those of us who are white to not only understand but to create the change …
Summer Travel might be on hold, but Summer Learning is better than ever!
We have lost many things since the outbreak of COVID-19: Social proximity, going to our favorite restaurant or movie, birthday parties, hair cuts, and the list goes on. Of all …
Charlotte Lament & Mourn 100K – Interfaith Virtual Vigil
Join the Charlotte interfaith community, on June 1st at Noon, as we remember and honor the 100,000 individuals in the US who have died of COVID-19 in the past 3 …
Listen to our Peaceful Pause Program on Theopoetics with Reverend de’Angelo Dia
Reverend de’Angelo Dia is a poet, theologian, and doctoral student at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Reverend Dia joined the Greenspon Center on Sunday, May 17th, for a Peaceful Pause program on …
A Memory Resurfaces: A Survivor Reflects by Marianne Lieberman
The following reflection comes from Marianne Lieberman, one of our local Holocaust Survivors. Marianne wrote this piece as a response to the feelings of isolation and tension that were re-awakened …