Ghandi This post was written by I. Malik Saafir with contributions from candi dugas. To check out her commemoration of Juneteenth, click here to visit her blog. What does it really take to be a sacred activist? It takes unconditional love, which requires an inner freedom, which is a total freedom that more of us…
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Climate Change Transcends Race
The following is a complete transcript of an interview that ran in Utne Reader’s March-April 2008 package on the new green justice movement. For more, read Environmental Justice for All and Global Warming is Color-Blind . When Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus distributed their incendiary essay “The Death of Environmentalism” at an eco-conference in 2004, greens everywhere quickly got their organic-cotton knickers in a…
What, to the American slave, is the 4th of July?
Frederick Douglass “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.” -Frederick Douglas What, to the American slave, is the 4th of July? Frederick Douglass answered this question on July 5, 1852 in his speech commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. To him, Americans could not in good faith…
Why Janus Institute For Justice?
Malik talks about the founding of Janus Institute For Justice in an interview with one of his staff members. Select portions of that interview are shared below. Q: Why did you establish Janus Institute For Justice? Saafir: In 2008, I became profoundly aware of the connections between the unequal access to pure air, water, land, food…
African Muslims
As Islam becomes the second-most-practiced faith in the U.S., it is important to remember that Ramadan was first celebrated in this country by slaves who brought their faith traditions from West Africa. This past weekend marked the beginning of Ramadan. Nearly one-fourth of the world will observe the annual fast and 8 million Muslims in…
The Black Church 50 Years Later
“The Black church” is shorthand for the vast network of racial-ethnic communities of Christian faith, worship, and life born out of and informed by the historic and present day experiences of people of African descent in the United States. The Black church is a sacred and social movement, representing communities of faith and, at its…
Why The Church Within A Church Movement?
In a recent interview, Rev. I. Malik Saafir reveals why he became a minister and how he became apart of the Church Within A Church Movement (CWACM). Here is Part I of the interview: Interviewer: How did you become a Christian minister? Rev. Saafir: I entered the ministry my senior year in high school. As a…
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