SDARJ Author

Be a part of a live, online conversation on September 15th with New York Times best-selling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., about his book Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, hosted by the Lewes Library, Browseabout Books, and the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.  Registration is required at the Lewes Public Library’s website: lewes.lib.de.us.

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) will host a discussion on “Christianity and Racism” at their virtual Town Hall Meeting at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 13.

A diverse panel of local clergy will discuss the interface of Christianity and structural racism, The panel includes Rev. Marjorie Belmont-Burns from the Lewes United Methodist Charge (Faith and Israel United Methodist Churches), Rev. Dania Griffin from the Antioch African Methodist Episcopal Church in Frankford, Rev. Vicki Gordy-Stith from the Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth, and Rev. Mark Harris from St. Peters Episcopal Church in Lewes. Rev. Paula Maiorano of the Unitarian Universalists of Southern DE will serve as moderator for the discussion.

Participants who register on Eventbrite will be invited to submit questions before the program. To register go to https://christianity.eventbrite.com

Voting during COVID-19 presented by The Delaware Faith Registrars of Kent County, DE. Invited guests inlcude David Lamar Williams, candidate for Governor of the State of Delaware; Donyale Hall, candidate for Lt. Governor of the State of Delaware; Gerald Rocha, Sr., City Council – 1st District of Dover, Delaware; Adewunmi Kuforiji, candidate for 34th Representative District of Dover, Delaware; and Leandra Marshall, candidate for Delaware’s Capital School District Board. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. REGISTER AT https://kent-co.eventbrite.com

We are looking for volunteers to assist the Sussex County chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to  call individuals in Sussex County for the purpose of encouraging them to vote. In addition, the calls will provide information about how to vote by mail, the suggested date to mail their ballot to the Department of Elections and where to get information about candidates.

The two sororities are undertaking this project with the League of Women Voters of Sussex County Delaware.

The target population for this effort are residents, 18-35, who live in the County’s 14 impacted the communities and the RDs and election districts for these communities.

Volunteers will be given a pre-election and election day script as well as a call list. The projected date for beginning the pre-election calls is October 10. Of course, the date for the election day calls is November 3rd.

The estimated number of calls to be made is 2,800. The number of volunteers determines the number of calls each volunteer will make.  For example, 50 volunteers means 56 calls per volunteer. 100 volunteers reduces the number to 28 per volunteer. Right now, we have 28 volunteers.

Both the LWVSCDE, the AKAs and the Deltas are receiving calls from individuals who have pledged to make calls. More are needed.

People who want to volunteer should contact:

Marlene Saunders (email: marlenesaunders145@gmail.com ; phone: 302-258-3976).

If you missed the SDARJ October Hall Town: Christianity and Racism or you want to see it again, you can view it on the SDARJ YouTube channel. A diverse panel of local clergy discussed the interface of Christianity and structural racism, The panel included Rev. Marjorie Belmont-Burns from the Lewes United Methodist Charge (Faith and Israel United Methodist Churches), Rev. Dania Griffin from the Antioch African Methodist Episcopal Church in Frankford, Rev. Vicki Gordy-Stith from the Epworth United Methodist Church in Rehoboth, and Rev. Mark Harris from St. Peters Episcopal Church in Lewes. Rev. Paula Maiorano of the Unitarian Universalists of Southern DE served as moderator for the discussion.