The Cape Gazette | March 9, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Cape High students Sierra Horsey and Davien Weathersby for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The ordinance coming up for discussion Monday, March 7, would allow the reel to remain where it is. This issue has been in limbo now for way too long, and it’s time to let the reel stand. Putting it on the LHS main campus was and continues to be an action that helps lift Black people to their rightful place in Lewes’ history. The sad irony is that we have to highlight the “Black” part of that history because it has never been recognized or celebrated the way white history has been. The reel’s presence makes the story of Lewes’ history a truer and richer one.
Read the entire Letter to the Editor here.
The Cape Gazette | February 15, 2022
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored Rehoboth Elementary students A’hmaj Thompson and Allen Brown for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence.
Each student received a $20 gift card to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth and a book about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve in that capacity.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
Lewes Mayor and City Council sets public hearing March 7
Nick Roth | February 18, 2022
The historic menhaden fishing net reel would be allowed to stay on the Lewes Historical Society campus if a proposed ordinance is passed by mayor and city council.
Lewes officials set a public hearing for Monday, March 7, to receive comments on an ordinance to amend city code related to museums and museum exhibitions.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here. Watch the WBOC-TV news segment here.
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored students Ian Mifflin and Emmanuel Brice for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
CAMP Rehoboth Community Center
It’s Letters release day! In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, Charlotte King, the Chair of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ), graces our first cover for 2022. Check it out here: https://conta.cc/3gsWY4R
