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Blog: Civic Engagement
A voice for positive community change.
January 10, 2014
Civic Engagement
We are Still in Chains
Years later I confess, much to my shame and embarrassment, that I never visited the Statue of Liberty the three years that I lived in New York. It took the curiosity of a 5-year-old child ...
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Community Building
Social Justice
November 7, 2013
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What is the Most Important Thing You Have Done in Your Life?
Ninety-two year old John Shear would have no trouble answering that question. For 51 years, Mr. Shear has been a paddock guard at the Santa Anita Park racetrack. Two years ago, he saw a runaway ...
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Interfaith
Leadership
October 30, 2013
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Suggestions for Change: Conversations with Challenged Families
I intended to look up a few outstanding public educational systems around the world in hopes to discover ways to improve the United States’ academic standing. We spend a lot of money on education in ...
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Education
October 24, 2013
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It’s Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing
Once again it’s late October and we are left out of the World Series. I don’t buy into the superstitious camp that believes a Cherokee hex is haunting the Atlanta Braves. No, but I do ...
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Social Justice
October 18, 2013
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Hope for the World
Wednesday evening, the four of us Higher Ground clergy held a forum hosted by The Temple and First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Our conversation was lively and candid, and we are grateful for the audience’s ...
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Interfaith
October 10, 2013
Civic Engagement
A Prayer: Source of Wisdom, Compassion & Rational Thought
My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty . . . Lord give us some sanity! The following is a remarkable prayer from one of my rabbinic colleagues in Minneapolis, Rabbi Michael Adam Latz. ...
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Interfaith
Judaism
September 21, 2013
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We are One Region, Really
The Higher Ground Group was created to foster positive voices for raising awareness and inspiring action in our local community. In an opinion article written for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Community Foundation for Greater ...
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Community Building
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August 23, 2013
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In Kindness We Trust
A friend recently told me about a sign he saw hanging behind the cash register of a country store that said “In God we trust. All others pay cash.” I hope most Americans still trust ...
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Interfaith
August 7, 2013
Civic Engagement
Can’t We Do Better Than This?
Sometimes life’s experiences are dangerous and risky. We often feel like reluctant participants, walking a tight rope in a stadium, high above an audience of spectators below. We soon realize we are not high above ...
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Race Relations
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June 19, 2013
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To PRISM or not to PRISM
To PRISM or not to PRISM That is the question Below is the text of our Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable ...
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Terrorism
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