Time After Time: The Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Act and White People’s Time
By D’Weston Haywood, Columnist
From election cycles to legislation, politics is often a race against time. Yet, just as often, time is raced. Indeed, many are familiar with the colloquial and comedic expression, poking fun at Black people’s alleged resistance to the discipline of time that produces a seemingly routine and unavoidable tardiness on their part (in)famously known as “colored people’s time.” But less familiar is what might be called “white people’s time,” possibly because it lacks a name as charged, notorious, and convincing as its counterpart. That this phenomenon has a less recognizable name is also because its sloth-like, piecemeal pace has been more successful at normalizing itself and mediating time, especially through American politics. The recent but long-overdue passage of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act illustrates this.
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Bishop Brailsford, Sr. has arrived in the Motherland
 The 19th Episcopal District has eagerly awaited the arrival of Bishop Ronnie Elijah Brailsford, Sr and Supervisor, the Rev. Carolyn Elizabeth Irvin Brailsford since his assignment to the District at the previous General Conference. His flight landed on schedule at 16h55, with all immigration and COVID protocols done, he emerged at 17h46 boasting his tall yet humble stature.
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How to Stop Leath's Posts
By Bishop Jeffrey N. Leath, Sr., Ecumenical Bishop and Endorsing Agent
- Stop giving him so much on which to comment. Truth, wisdom, transparency, integrity, eyes to see, and ears to hear would go a long way toward stopping Leath's posts. It is not about flawless, just show that you are trying. There would not be as much for Leath, or others, to say.
- Be open to hearing criticism; humble to admit mistakes; and, commit to correcting those mistakes in a timely manner. Most of what Leath posts, in principle, has been shared privately with little or no visible response. Come out of that closet, and let's work together!
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Report from the AME Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reverend Mutabazi Kamutera Seraphin, 17th Episcopal District
Please do receive warm greetings from the African Methodist Episcopal Church – North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.This period of nearly over a decade of service, answering the call of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), has been measurably and endlessly blessed. The Spirit has helped our different local churches to grow. We have witnessed a great advancement of God’s work in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, have won souls, ministered to the needy, and empowered and equipped men, women, and children with a convertible knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank and praise God for the souls added to our churches—new conversions and baptisms.
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Leaving COVID-19 Behind For The New Year. That’s Not Possible
By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D.
Happy New Year to you and your family! This ageless expression has been with us for many years. According to reports, the New Year was originally celebrated on March 25th. Then, the Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian calendar, changing the formula for calculating leap years. As a result, the beginning of the legal New Year shifted from March 25th to January 1st. So here we are in 2022, ready to begin new plans and new dreams.
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The Women’s Missionary Society of the Botswana Annual Conference celebrates WMS Day of Service
By Potlako Molomo, Contributing Writer
It was all smiles behind the masks, well wishes, praising God, and catching up as the Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) of the Botswana Annual Conference reminisced on the blessed hymn of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, “And are we yet alive” as they met to celebrate the 2022 WMS Day of Service. This event is one of the highlights of the WMS calendar and is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of March on a rotational basis in our four areas of the conference.
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St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church—St. Croix, US Virgin Islands celebrates its 102ndAnniversary
On Sunday, March 20, 2022, members and friends of St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church are invited to join our Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jermaine Mulley, in our sanctuary to offer praise and thanksgiving to our great and merciful God for His sustaining grace and boundless mercies over our 102 years of existence. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 Pandemic canceled our elaborate plans to celebrate the 100th Anniversary. So, here we are, two years later, grateful to God that none of our members died due to COVID; we are alive to see each other’s faces! Glory and praise unto Jesus for His redeeming grace.
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AME Church of SC Announces "Resurrect the Vote" Nonpartisan Voter Mobilization Campaign to Engage 50,000 Voters to Pledge to Vote in June Statewide Primary
 The Seventh Episcopal District of the AME Church announced today its “Resurrect the Vote” nonpartisan voter mobilization campaign to engage 50,000 voters ahead of South Carolina’s statewide primary on June 14. “Voting is a civic sacrament under attack today by restrictive voting laws across the country,” said Bishop Samuel L. Green Sr., Presiding Bishop of the Seventh Episcopal District. “Through our Resurrect the Vote campaign, we will defend voting rights by ensuring voters across our state understand the importance of the statewide primary and subsequent general election in November.” Read More Here |
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Lent Calls Us to Prayer, Fasting, Sacrifice, and Justice
 Around 479 B.C., Esther, a teenage Hebrew girl—who later became the Queen of the Persia—called her Hebrew community to prayer and fasting. Following this, she called on her government to do no harm to her community, knowing that this action could lead to her own demise. Esther’s call reminds us of our ongoing duty to pray and fast for justice. In 1960, South Africans called on their government to abolish pass laws requiring black South Africans over the age of 16 to carry a pass book at all times. Sixty-nine of them were killed, and more than 180 were wounded by the police in the Black township of Sharpeville, including some 50 women and children. Read More Here |
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