By Mary Eshet In April, vandalism at Davidson College involved a blackboard with slurs, swastikas, a drawing of Hitler in chalk, and a handwritten message about killing “Jews and n*******.” …
Social Justice – Listen, Learn, Advocate
At the Greenspon Center we are listening, learning, and offering avenues for creating change everywhere – in Grier Heights, in Charlotte, and online. Greenspon Center advocates supported a July 24th …
Black and Brown and White: Now What?
During the past few months the topics of racial inequity and injustice have been front and center in our country in ways not seen since the Civil Rights Movement. Black …
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 …
Restorative Justice for Brooklyn: Trauma, Resilience and Faith
Our community engagement, education, and advocacy work around the historical injustice of urban renewal continues to grow and evolve. The thriving neighborhood of Brooklyn in 2nd Ward was demolished by the …
It’s Time to Talk about Race and Justice
In the 1960s and 1970s, an interesting notion took shape in the United States: racial colorblindness. The idea, which was born in mostly white communities, was that we had advanced …
We Are Brooklyn by: Charis Blackmon
“We are Brooklyn” is the thought that comes to mind as I sit in a room full of advocates for restorative justice. Some from the original Brooklyn neighborhood, others proximate …
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