Cape Henlopen High School seniors Abigail Ikechi-Konkwo and Jordan Winkfield are the first two students in the school district to receive the African American/Black Achievement Recognition Award from the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ). The SDARJ’s Education Committee initiated the award to recognize students who represent ideals of leadership, effort and excellence in their schools.
The article below was published in the January 25, 2021 edition of Delaware Online.
Charlotte King is chair and co-creator of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, a non-partisan organization focused on ending racism and the effects of it. The organization, which began in 2015, has regular meetings that connect people of all different backgrounds to learn from one another. The organization also provides scholarships to students for pursue higher education. King was one of the leaders who planned and marched in peaceful protests over the summer after the death of George Floyd. She was awarded a Kandler Award from the American Civil Liberties Union in 2019 for her work.
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Dear Members and Friends,
Below is the SDARJ’s response to the Insurrection led by those white Americans who put their priviledge and entitlement before their love and commitment to Country.
January 6, 2021
What a devastating day for America. Instead of watching what would normally be the ceremonial congressional certification of the presidential election, the majority’s vote, we watched instead thousands of overwhelmingly white men and women storm the Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from doing just that. This day struck a frightening and devastating blow to the rule of law and to the dream of our democracy, and was indeed the pinnacle (let’s hope not just the beginning) of the horrible division of our country. And it raised again the specter of our unequal justice system.
Yes, eventually the National Guard was called out. Yes, the Capitol was cleared of the mob. Yes, a curfew was established, though not obeyed. But not until the rioters had broken into congressional chambers, until one of them sat at Nancy Pelosi’s desk, his feet up, a threatening note written, not until the confederate flag was brandished inside the building and those acting from their white privilege, born of white supremacy, were shouting “freedom” as they wreaked havoc on the building and terrorized those working inside. Yet, how quickly the National Guard was called to the peaceful protest at Lafayette Square, comprised of both Black and white people. As President Trump walked with his upside down bible to St. John’s, these people were being tear gassed, having done nothing but stand together and ask for justice.
Continue reading the response here.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett lead a host of top medical professionals as they discuss the vaccine, distribution, and next steps for Black Americans.
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Cape Gazette / Letter to the Editor
Sara Ford
December 18, 2020
If, as we move from this horrendous 2020 into a more hopeful 2021, we are committed to racial justice, we must do more than state our support for Black Lives Matter and other groups standing for racial and social justice. We must find ways to serve that commitment with action. Keeping the menhaden net wheel where it currently stands on the main Lewes Historical Society campus rather than removing it (scheduled for Jan. 31) would be such an action.
Read the entire Letter to the Editor here.
