On Saturday, February 1, 2020 the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice partnered with Camp Rehoboth to organize a bus trip for over 50 joyful seekers to The National Museum of African American History and on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The museum is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive cultural destination devoted exclusively to […]
The Cape Gazette January 28, 2020 Dr. Marlene A Saunders I want to share with you what I learned by participating in seven Dialogue to Action meetings that took place Sept. 25 to Oct. 30, and Nov. 16 in Georgetown and Lewes. The sessions focused on understanding racism (primarily anti-Black) and inequality, and identifying strategies […]
During the January 2020 Town Hall meeting of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, Sandy Spence and Nancy Powell presented an update of the Delaware General Assembly. The presentation focused on the accomplishments of the General Assembly over the past year, upcoming items, and the importance of the census. To view the presentation on […]
I am writing to you on behalf of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, to condemn the anti-Semitic remarks made by Nelly Jordan, vice chair of the Sussex County Republican Committee. As you may know, SDARJ is a nonpartisan organization, and, as such, we do not write this condemnation against a party, but against […]
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) hosted Delaware historian and lecturer Sylvester Woolford at the October Town Hall Meeting. Woolford’s presentation “The Journey from Shirley Bulah to Rudy Bridges” traced the history of the “colored schools” that Pierre DuPont built when the state of Delaware did not provide education for black children. Between 1920 and 1930 DuPont built 85 schools, called the “Great Experiment,” intending to shrink the education gap between blacks and […]
Sylvester WoolfordPeople you should know Woolford has collected data about African Americans in Delaware before, during and after the Civil War, and presents his findings in lectures around the state. This article includes parts of a larger article available here. Sylvester Woolford will be our guest speaker at the October 8th Town Hall: : The […]
SDARJ Education/Scholarship Committee members and friends ready their presentation of “The Word: A Feast of African-American Creativity” for the Rotary Club of Milford, DE on September 9 at The Rookery North in Milford. “The Word” celebrates three centuries of poetry and prose by African American artists in a multimedia presentation of spoken word, music, video, and portraiture. Pictured, […]
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) presented “The Immigration Crisis: Stories from the Front Line” at the September 10 Town Hall Meeting. A panel of professionals shared their experiences and described some of the challenges that immigrants face in our local communities. Lending the perspective of a community organizer, Dalissy Washington, Licensed Clinical […]
On Aug. 24, I attended the Georgetown Prospect AME Church fundraiser where Mr. Bryan Stevenson, a former member of the church, was the keynote speaker. In June, a well-attended George White historical dedication and marker was unveiled in New Castle. Mr. Stevenson and I spoke about the marker’s recent disappearance. The 10 feet high historical […]
EdBuild, a nonprofit that focuses on education funding inequality, published its latest report highlighting the fiscal impact of segregation. “What we take away here is the whiter a community is on one side of the border, or the more nonwhite a community is on the other side of the border, the bigger the difference is in […]
