SDARJ February Town Hall Meeting: Racism and Housing (Part 2)
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MLK, Jr. Monday Holiday Community Worship Service video
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.
MLK, Jr. Monday Holiday Community Worship Service
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
SDARJ’s RESPONSE TO INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL
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.
Making It Plain: What Black America Needs to Know About COVID-19 and Vaccines
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.
Click here to view the YouTube video.
SDARJ January 2021 Meeting
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
SDARJ calls for retaining net reel at LHS
Cape Gazette / Letter to the Editor
SDARJ calls for retaining net reel at LHS
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.
MLB Retrospectively Elevates Negro Leagues to Major League Status
MLB Retrospectively Elevates Negro Leagues to Major League Status
The move grants recognition to some of baseball’s pioneers from 1920 to 1948 and immediately rewrites the game’s record books
By Jared Diamond
Dec. 16, 2020 12:44 pm ET
Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the game’s history” by elevating the Negro Leagues from 1920 through 1948 to major-league status, a move that recognizes the sport’s long-excluded Black pioneers and immediately rewrites baseball’s record books.
Read the entire Wall Street Journal article here.
The Perfect Holiday Gift
Still looking for that perfect holiday gift? Visit the SDARJ online store at: https://sdarj.org/shop/ to shop for merchandise. You can support the SDARJ and feel good about your purchase! Proceeds from the store help support important programs that educate, inform, and advocate for racial justice, equality, and fair opportunity.
Racial justice group creates workshops for high schoolers
Cape Gazette
December 2, 2020
In the wake of the hate crime against Lewes leaders of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, the Nov. 21 Hate Has No Home Here webinar was an inspiring event that enjoined to people work proactively to dispel the ignorance and fear that drive acts of racism and homophobia.
The SDARJ Youth Education Group has been working to educate local high school students. Its team members have put together four 90-minute, interactive Zoom workshops to be offered in the spring on these topics: Cultural Competence, Antiracism, History of Slavery in Delaware, and Great Contributions to the American Fabric by African Americans.
Read the full Cape Gazette article here.