Summary
WPVI-TV ABC – Philadelphia, PA – Philly Proud: Deacon helps those in need because of COVID-19 – A Philadelphia deacon has dedicated her time to helping…
Chattanooga Times Free Press – Chattanooga, TN – Chattanooga pastors grapple with history of church racism – There is a plethora that the church universal and the church in America has to deal with…
WDET – Detroit’s NPR Station – Black Lives Matter” At A Church In Gentrifying Corktown Neighborhood – St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Corktown takes a stand in recent protests against system racism in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.
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WPVI-TV ABC
Philadelphia, PA
Philly Proud: Deacon helps those in need because of COVID-19
A Philadelphia deacon has dedicated her time to helping those whose worlds have been turned upside down because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Her generosity comes after her own experience with losing everything. She came to the city after Hurricane Hugo destroyed her home in Puerto Rico.
Now her charity work is making us Philly Proud.
Jessie Alejandro has quite the resume. She was ordained as a deacon a little less than a year ago, and she’s soon to be the first Hispanic ordained priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. […]
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga, TN
Chattanooga pastors grapple with history of church racism
There is a plethora that the church universal and the church in America has to deal with before we start talking about reconciliation.
Since the month began, hundreds of area residents have gathered in Chattanooga’s streets to protest police brutality and call attention to racism in American systems of governance.
Signs read “No justice no peace” and “Wake up & show up.” People have called on leadership in local law enforcement to reform or resign. […]
WDET
Detroit’s NPR Station
Black Lives Matter” At A Church In Gentrifying Corktown Neighborhood
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Corktown takes a stand in recent protests against system racism in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood.
On the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in the city’s Corktown neighborhood, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is practicing “radical hospitality.”
“It’s important that we make clear who we are, where we stand, who we stand with and for.” — Denise Griebler, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church […]