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Archive for the ‘justice’ Category
Justice and Education
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
Richard Twiss
Here’s the first of several videos to come profiling various ‘voices’ that will be at The Justice Conference in February.
This is my friend Richard Twiss. Check it – he speaks as straightforward as it gets.
Voices: Richard Twiss from The Justice Conference on Vimeo.
Justice Conference Radio Interview
I had the chance to be interviewed on a Christian radio station about The Justice Conference yesterday morning.
Click on the web image below to check it out!
Turkana
My good friend Marianne Bach, who is a former intern of Antioch, asked me to post the video below.
She is trying to raise $2,400 for the women and children of Turkana by her birthday.
The people of Turkana (Eastern Kenya) are suffering as a result of the drought and famine in the horn of Africa.
Check out Marianne’s video and consider supporting her efforts!!
TURKANA CHALLENGE. from Marianne Bach on Vimeo.
Cape Coast
Below are some pictures from today in Cape Coast.
Cape Coast, Ghana is home to several of the most historic forts and castles used by the Dutch, Portuguese and British during the several hundred years of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
I’m in Ghana studying historic and contemporary slavery and Micah, Jerod and Eli are with doing a DVD/CD project of several spoken word pieces of Micah’s on Justice sponsored by both World Relief and Eastern University. The finished DVD/CD will be given out at this year’s Justice Conference.
Using frequent flyer miles for both me and Micah we were able to do all the research on this trip within the trip budget related to the DVD project.
It’s pretty wild, but we’ve met with some of the most decorated academicians related to slavery around.
Dr. Irene Odoteye recently retired as Professor of African History and Culture and opened an International Advocacy Center related to human rights and slavery.
Dr. (Mrs.) Akosua Perbi is the foremost expert on indigenous slavery in Ghana and was brought in to meet Obama in 2009 when he visited. Her understanding of the African diaspora was unlike anything I’ve heard. Micah said from an African American perspective it was life changing.
Dr. E.V.O. Dankwa has been one of the leader lawyers in Ghana working on framing justice in the country since Independence in the 1950s (think trying cases before the supreme court) and was the Chairman for the African Commission on Human Rights for over 13 years. His definition and explanation of the narrative and development of human rights in Africa was mind blowing.
Here are some pictures from today. It was a pretty sobering day and walking the castles helped me forever come to a deeper more human understanding of justice and injustice.
(Above: Micah at Elmina Castle. Below: Cape Coast Castle)
Famine Interview
Here’s a short interview we did with a doctor from our church, Randy Jacobs, who recently went to Somalia and an former intern, Marianne Bach, who recently went to Kenya – both in relation to the famine in the Horn of Africa.
Interview :: Marianne Bach and Dr. Randy Jacobs from Antioch Church on Vimeo.
Wolterstorff on Justice
The complete definition of Biblical Justice in only 27 minutes.
Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff on Justice last February – still one of my all time favorite messages at Antioch.
Justice in Scripture :: Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff from Antioch Church on Vimeo.
A People’s History of Justice
Working today on the course assignments for a course I’m teaching this Fall at Kilns College called A People’s History of Justice in the Modern Era.
Excited about this subject matter and getting to spend time this Fall working through it with a group of students!
Here is the course overview:
This course will look at the topics of justice, injustice, human rights, politics and society from historical, theological and philosophical perspectives. This course will also pay special attention to developments in the modern era and the viewpoint of disenfranchised and oppressed people.
