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Shout for Justice
Justice in our country is asked for, shouted for in the streets. Some of us fail to recognize the accounts of those who need justice. Hardly do high ranking, rich and powerful officials, judges, and policemen live in the anguish of oppression. Yet, their accounts are...
Work for a More Just Education System
Educational institutions have a habit of dismissing themselves from students' circumstances. They claim that it is outside their jurisdiction therefore it is not their concern. This habit contributes to our children becoming left behind. It takes dedicated work to...
Learning as Conduct
Learning is a physical act, a conduct. We do not learn from just thinking about an idea, we learn from doing actions that connect ideas to the real world. If we take away our conduct, learning becomes a void. We are just memorizing facts without connecting them to the...
Friendly or hostile? Our Capacity to Choose
Dr. King teaches, as humans we are born neither inherently hostile, nor inherently friendly. Instead, we are born with the capacity to choose. We can choose to, and thus be, both good and bad. We can choose to unify or choose to disunify. To create harmony, or chaos....
The Power of Love
Love is a tool. It is a valuable resource that transforms our community into becoming a more unified and peaceful place. There are multiple ways to use love. To better our society, we have to use the power of love with good intent and for justice. White supremacy and...
Shout for Justice
Justice in our country is asked for, shouted for in the streets. Some of us fail to recognize the accounts of those who need justice. Hardly do high ranking, rich and powerful officials, judges, and policemen live in the anguish of oppression. Yet, their accounts are...
Work for a More Just Education System
Educational institutions have a habit of dismissing themselves from students' circumstances. They claim that it is outside their jurisdiction therefore it is not their concern. This habit contributes to our children becoming left behind. It takes dedicated work to...
Learning as Conduct
Learning is a physical act, a conduct. We do not learn from just thinking about an idea, we learn from doing actions that connect ideas to the real world. If we take away our conduct, learning becomes a void. We are just memorizing facts without connecting them to the...
Friendly or hostile? Our Capacity to Choose
Dr. King teaches, as humans we are born neither inherently hostile, nor inherently friendly. Instead, we are born with the capacity to choose. We can choose to, and thus be, both good and bad. We can choose to unify or choose to disunify. To create harmony, or chaos....
Reflections on James Baldwin: Justice
Justice beats its heart when those who have been left out and pushed out exercise their rights and experience the promises of our democracy. We witness how our justice system protects the law. That is why police officers are called law enforcement and not peace...
Raising consciousness through conduct
The time is always right to do right. Dr. King recognized that what we do, affects who we are and how we think. At the Freedom Center, we refer to this concept of Dr. King’s as “the three C’s: Conduct, Character, and Consciousness” (Wilson). The essence of democracy...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Power
In our society, change is reliant on power. Power is the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring social, political, and economic change. A necessary factor in the demanding of love and justice. The powerful, never lose opportunities, they...