Jason commented:Last night, my church hosted its second event to talk about Rev. Wright. At the first event, people were only expressing opinions based on the sound bites so this time the church provided some solid background -- transcripts of Wright's Sept. 11, 2001 message, several articles about him, and we watched a recording of part of a Trinity service from a few years back. So, we got the context not only by hearing a full sermon, but also hearing/seeing the singing, praying, etc. that took place before/after a sermon. It was probably the next best thing to being in the church. (the recording came courtesy of the head of the local NAACP chapter, who happens to be married to one of my Community Economic Development instructors) It was mostly "an older crowd" which included some children of the 60s, some of whom were/are activists. So, beyond good discussions with almost esclusively people from the church (like last night) there seems to be movement toward doing broader discussions/activities -- and I may have positioned myself to be actively involved. on Tue Apr 29 09:20:02 2008
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