Author Archives: Rev. Dr. Bertha Borum

President Obama declared today, “My fellow Americans, we are made for this moment, and we will seize it — so long as we seize it together.” In reflecting on “this moment,” I could not help noticing what a powerful confluence of events today marks. Even as we celebrate the memorial holiday for Dr. Martin Luther […]

It has scarcely been 50 years since civil rights laws were enacted in this country that gave to us, at least on paper, a shot at the American dream. Suddenly, poor people and Black people were legally afforded an equal opportunity for education, for employment, for economic advancement, for social acceptance, and for a voice […]