In case you missed it, or you just want to watch it again, the SDARJ Town Hall Meeting: Housing and Racism (Part ll) is available for viewing. Click here to view the video on the SDARJ YouTube Channel. Panelists discussed impediments to creating and obtaining affordable housing and what we can do individually and collectively to ensure that everyone has access to safe, sustainable housing.
Registration is required for this webinar. Please register at http://housing2.eventbrite.com. Please note that this webinar will be recorded.
In case you missed it or just want to view it again, the MLK, Jr. Monday Holiday Community Worship Service is available for viewing on the SDARJ YouTube channel. Click here to view it. The Reverend Doctor Deborah A. McCaffity, Pastor of St. George AME Church of Lewes, DE delivered an inspirational message. This year the Worship Service was co-sponsored by the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice and the NAACP Lower Sussex Youth Council #2719.
The theme this year, “Enough is Enough: Drive Out Hate with Love” reminds us of the on-going struggle for racial justice and the famous quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his speech Loving Your Enemies: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
WRDE-TV also featured the Worship Service as part of their Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday coverage. Click here to view the segment.
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Organization, Sussex County, Inc. invites you to participate in the Twenty-ninth Annual Commemorative Weekend Celebration in Honor of the late Civil Rights Leader, January 16 – 18, 2021.
Due to COVID, the Community Worship Service will be held via Zoom on Monday, January 18 at 10:00 AM. All are encouraged to attend. You may join the service via the Zoom link https://zoom.us/j/96187260177?pwd=T20zRlhSMmExUWNXTzM3L1U1UXBtQT09. The messenger this year will be the Reverend Doctor Deborah A. McCaffity, Pastor of St. George AME Church of Lewes, DE. This year the Worship Service is being co-sponsored by the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice and the NAACP Lower Sussex Youth Council #2719.
The theme this year, “Enough is Enough: Drive Out Hate with Love” reminds us of the on-going struggle for racial justice and the famous quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his speech Loving Your Enemies: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Your support is always needed and appreciated in perpetuating and nurturing the legacy, the vision and the dream of Dr. King. Donations to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Organization may be made to P.O Box 781, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971. Contributions will help fund scholarships for deserving youth in Sussex County and the on-going work of the Organization.
For information, please email SDARJ
As we move into the new year, the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice will continue its examination of racism in America. We intend to foster the type of on-going conversations that we must have in order for each of us to effectively work to dismantle structural racism and achieve racial justice.
Join us on January 12, 2021 at 7PM to watch a 20 minute video produced by the American Psychological Association that “outlines issues associated with race-related stress and is designed to promote critical thinking, increase empathy and encourage social perspective-taking.” The video will be followed by facilitated small group conversations on the issues raised by the video.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/94847876256
Please visit our “Hate Has No Home Here” page for an archive of news articles, Letters to the Editor, editorials, video coverage, and resources related to combating hatred.
We are inviting you to become a contributing member of SDARJ!
Our mission to educate, inform, and advocate for racial justice couldn’t be more critical and timely, given the challenges and divisions in our country. To address this pressing need, the Alliance plans to expand its programming and invite you join to us.
Since its inception in 2015, the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice has relied on individual donations to fund its programs and community outreach efforts. Free space for monthly meetings at Trinity Faith Christian Center and pro bono speakers were critical to establishing the Alliance as an important voice in southern Delaware and beyond.
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
