February 17, 2024 A Way Forward For Chicago: Leading With Faith & Humanity
This is no time for artists to shrink from social commentary
Jordan Michael Smith’s “Making art political is one way to make it bad” (Ideas, Dec. 31) sacrifices Leo Tolstoy on the altar of amorality and relativism. Tolstoy’s sin? Writing, in his largely forgotten third novel, “Resurrection,” about how people recover from aristocratic indifference and brutality; how human nature isn’t confined to a dog-eat-dog, fight-flight-or-freeze […]
Call Elected Leaders to Advocate for Social Justice
Tell them to pass the The Smith-Wyden Bipartisan Child Tax Credit bill. January 17, 2024 Hardworking families need your help right NOW. Call 1-888-738-3058 today and urge Congress to pass the Smith-Wyden Bipartisan Child Tax Credit. Republicans and Democrats worked together on this important legislation that would increase the tax credit for hardworking families […]
MLK speaker urges courage, love to oppose hate, racism
As the new year brings continued threats of global war, challenges to democracy, climate change and increasingly powerful artificial intelligence, there is a paramount need for individuals to speak out and act against hate. That was the message that author and advocate Michelle Alexander shared Jan. 15 as the memorial keynote speaker in the University […]
Complaint accuses Tulsa-area school of ‘social justice warrior’ indoctrination
A complaint lodged against Union Public Schools claims that a state agency-approved online class was teaching students “how to be social justice warriors.” According to documents obtained from the Oklahoma State Department of Education via an open records request, the initial House Bill 1775 complaint was filed Sept. 8 through the agency’s Awareity platform. However, […]
Film Notes Otis Moss III and Kevin Shaw
FILM NOTES WITH PASTOR OTIS MOSS III webcast airing Sunday, October 23rd at 3pm CST Director, producer, and cinematographer Kevin Shaw sits down with Pastor Otis Moss III to talk about his film, “Let the Little Light Shine“. The film is a riveting documentary on one community’s fight to preserve their grade school against the […]
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A Virtual Conversation on Faith, Film, & Fatherhood with Special Guests Denzel Washington and Dana Canedy
