by social@thebtscenter.org | Dec 5, 2019 | 21stCenturyCulture, Bearings Review 2016, From Our Archives
In July I was invited to speak about the #BaltimoreUprising at the Duke Summer Institute for Reconciliation. My presentation focused on “Why We Cry, How We Cry and Who Can Cry?” in response to state violence. “Why We Cry” dealt with the systemic and structural...
by Kay Ahmed | Mar 7, 2019 | 21stCenturyMinistry, Featured Article
In 2015, three days after the death of Freddie Gray, I joined forces with a coalition of grassroots activists and concerned citizens with a long track record of working for social justice in Baltimore to form Baltimore United for Change. We didn’t wait for any...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Jan 25, 2018 | 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturySpirituality, Peacemaking
“And how are the children?” goes a traditional greeting of the Maasai people of East Africa that places the safety and wellbeing of children at the forefront of all other community matters. The response, “All the children are well,” confirms that the...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Oct 21, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, Bearings Review 2017, From Our Archives
It’s not news to say that this has been a crazy, rancorous election season—perhaps the most ugly in modern history, many pundits claim. Maybe. But when I reflect back on earlier election cycles, there seems to have been plenty of media-infused hostility that we tend...
by social@thebtscenter.org | Mar 31, 2016 | 21stCenturyMinistry, ChurchChange, DigitalMinistry
I write this on the last day of Women’s History Month. Over on my Twitter account, I spent the month highlighting—via the hashtag #BlackChurchHERStory—African American women religious leaders alive today who have been trailblazers in ministry and in the academy. These...
