When I was young, I was involved in programs at a church in the low-income, predominantly African American neighborhood where my family lived. One day when I was 16 years old, some friends and I were walking down the street when we came across a couple of shiny new vans delivering a small hoard of whiteContinue reading “Why I Think We Should Examine Our Motivations to Help Others”
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The Crisis of Disengagement—A Tip Sheet by Adam Fletcher
Personal Engagement is the sustained connection a person has to the world within themselves. —Adam F. C. Fletcher In places throughout our society, people are wrestling with a challenge that feels insurmountable: People just don’t care, they aren’t showing up, or they’re not doing what we need them to, what they’re supposed to do, or even whatContinue reading “The Crisis of Disengagement—A Tip Sheet by Adam Fletcher”
Radical Engagement in My Own Life
I don’t understand. In the neighborhood where I grew up, in this last week there have been A LOT of shootings, several murders, three home invasions, and a lot of robberies. I turn on pop music though, and here’s another rapper claiming to “rep the hood” while they’re driving expensive cars, wearing expensive jewelry andContinue reading “Radical Engagement in My Own Life”