On June 20, one day after the Post & Courier published my op-ed, the Mayor’s office issued a press releasedisputing factual statements I’d made. This press release contains several erroneous statements, some of which were contradicted by the Mayor during the June 20 council meeting. This document is still on the city website–it was included in a …
On May 23rd, during the Citizens’ Participation portion of the Charleston City Council meeting, members of the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) spoke about the need for the city to hire an external auditor to investigate racial bias in the police department. At CAJM’s Nehemiah Assembly in April, we highlighted this issue in more detail and …
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In order to explain why the city of Charleston needs an external audit of its police department, I first need to ask a question. Why is it so hard, for many of us, to say that any police officers ever did anything wrong? We’re willing to criticize presidents and doctors and teachers if we believe …
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It’s almost time for the Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) to hold its 2017 Nehemiah Action Assembly, April 24, 7 PM, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church on Rivers Avenue. I think you’ll be glad you came, if you can make it. There’ll be some singing, some testimonials, and some questions for our public officials, asking them …
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The Charleston Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) joins the community in mourning the recent deaths of black men and women and police officers.All of us in Charleston have read their stories and heard the voices of their crying children. But we must do more. The moral weight of this moment calls us to do everything we …
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Under a new discipline plan being considered by the Charleston County School Board, students would not necessarily face suspension or expulsion if they show up to school high or start a fight in the cafeteria.The new Progressive Discipline Plan, up for final approval at the board’s July 25 meeting, decreases punishment for a few offenses …
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Last week’s Nehemiah Action at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church drew around 2,000 people from 30 area congregations to watch as leaders from the Charleston County School Board and the cities of Charleston and North Charleston were called out on the issues of arresting school children and complaints about racial profiling. Unfortunately, the Charleston Area Justice …
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Three times now these two church congregations, one white and one black, have come together. Their religious traditions and worship styles are very different. Their backgrounds and experiences, too, overlap little.One church, Circular Congregational, is a bastion of white, liberal Christianity in Charleston’s historic district. The other, Charity Missionary Baptist, is on Montague Avenue in …