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Wendell Griffen is a pastor and a retired judge. He is a Co-Chair of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, an association of African-American clergy and church leaders committed to social justice, human rights, human dignity, and liberation. ICMEP will be hosting Wendell as we commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Thursday, January 23, Pymouth Congregational Church, 6:30pm. Wendell wrote, In Memory of President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter on December 30, 2024 Heather Cox Richardson’s assessment about the life

Dear friends, Majed Bamya, Palestine’s Deputy Permanent Observer to the United Nations, calls out the hypocrisy of the United States’ fourth veto against a ceasefire resolution voted on by the UN Security Council this week. All 14 member nations of the council voted to approve the resolution, but, as a permanent member, the US was able to vote against the effort and fail the motion entirely. Please take 14 minutes to listen to Ambassador Bamya’s stirring, challenging, heart-wrenching message.

Close to 70 people gathered at a local park on October 7, demonstrated with signs for the rush-hour traffic to witness, then held a vigil to commemorate one year of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank. We read 110 names of Gazan babies less than one-year old, with the words, “If you went to one funeral a day for each child Israel has killed with US made weapons in Palestine since October 7, it would take

  *** The Stones Cry Out delegation was in Washington DC, from September 23-25. We met with congressional staff persons, raised our voices at the US Capitol, demonstrated with a “die-in” in front of the Democratic National Committee headquarters (led by Eli McCarthy of Christians for Ceasefire), and heard from many voices, including: Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush; Josh Paul and Lily Greenberg Call (both resigned from the Biden Administration because of its supplying weapons to Israel); Miko

     I’m writing this on Day 250 of Israeli’s genocidal assault on Gaza, 40,000 dead, 90,000 injured, 20,000 children orphaned.  These are not mere statistics – each one a son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father, each one a human being, and those who have survived, how much trauma, how many physical and emotional scars borne, endured, and how will they manifest in the days and months and years to come?       250 days – just a few short days

     I’m writing this on Day 250 of Israeli’s genocidal assault on Gaza, 40,000 dead, 90,000 injured, 20,000 children orphaned.  These are not mere statistics – each one a son, daughter, brother, sister, mother, father, each one a human being, and those who have survived, how much trauma, how many physical and emotional scars borne, endured, and how will they manifest in the days and months and years to come?       250 days – just a few short days