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NEWARK:
Special Message from Cory Booker
This issue of the magazine is dedicated to the City of Newark . Our city is in the midst of powerful change, exciting new opportunities and indeed a spiritual resurgence. More than ever we are a community that is coming together to claim a divine destiny.
NEWARK:
The Big Bad Committee
Building A Better Newark
By Glenda Cadogan
In May 2006, a group of 22 arts, culture, education, government, and community organizations in Newark made history. They gathered at The New Jersey Historical Society to discuss another major historical event that, for the past 40 years, has dictated the political, social, and cultural identity of Newark: the 1967 “Summer of Discontent.”
NEWARK:
Police unit addresses spiritual needs of Newark residents Cops and clergy unit to mend breaks in the city
By g.r. mattox
It’s the thing most people dread —that telephone call from the police station, the knock at the door by uniformed cops. The message is never good news.
NEWARK:
The Eagles Return
Negro League baseball players honored
The Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee paid tribute to the Newark Eagles, who played in the city from 1936 to 1948. The Eagles won the Negro League World Series in 1946—drew 120,000 fans to the old Ruppert Stadium in the Ironbound section of the city.
NEWARK:
Architect of Opportunity
Gus Heningburg champions minority participation
in the rebuilding of communities
By Fern Gillespie
For almost 20 years, New York and New Jersey audiences tuned into NBC-TV’s “Positively Black” to hear host Gus Heningburg’s insights into issues concerning African American metro area residents.
NEWARK:
More Than Hockey
It took nearly a decade during which time the naysayers abounded, but come October 25, 2007 the brand new state-of-the-art sports and entertainment facility will open in downtown Newark , New Jersey . With it come possibilities for a big come back for the Brick City , which has been trying to inch its way forward since the riots of 1967.
NEWARK:
The Road Ahead in Newark?
By M. William Howard Jr.
On Saturday morning August 11, the people of Newark were gripped by emotion and focused on the funerals of the three college students who were murdered in the schoolyard of Mt. Vernon School a week earlier. It was clear that despite all the killings that had taken place before, this one was somehow different. Would people be sufficiently alarmed that they would be stirred to unprecedented action against the senseless and almost epidemic carnage? There was much talk that this was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
My View
By Rev. Theresa Nance
President Bush used that phrase regarding the Iraqi war. He took it from Winston Churchill’s book, “The Gathering Storm.” I use it in regard to the Jena 6 debacle swirling around the predominantly white town of Jena , LA.
A Shepherd's Corner
Rev. Reginald T. Jackson
In New Jersey, over the past year and half, there has a parade of public officials, accused of one thing or another, in violation of the public trust. Unfortunately, many of the accused are African American males. A total of five African American males out of a total roster of ten in the state legislature, have been removed either by themselves, through retirement, or by the court of public perception leading to resignations. Almost on a monthly basis, New Jersey citizens await press conferences announcing the latest rounds of investigations and wiretaps.
From the Heart
By Rosemary Sinclair
Many of us use the word “love” indiscriminately and erroneously. We say we love ice cream or pizza. We say we love a parade or football, baseball or soccer. We say someone is the love of our life. But we don’t realize that most of us are incapable of loving in the biblical sense. We express love the way it is represented by Hollywood , loving others because of their physical attractiveness, because they “turn me on.” We equate love only with romantic feelings, when something or someone gives us good feelings.
Lisa Jackson: On an Environmental Mission
By Robin S. Nash
There are people in the United Sates who take our planet for granted, believing it will automatically sustain humanity for generations. Some are indifferent with a notion that modern technology will find a way to cure popular wasteful habits passed down from generations. For others, caring about the environment is just not a priority because so many of life’s other realities take precedence. Now it’s time to do our part and with a leader like Lisa Jackson pushing for us, we can’t lose.
Gospel Train
New Haven Records has a wonderful group of worshipers on their label, willing and able to give God praise through song. Just as feisty as the children in the battle of Jericho , this troop will be undefeated in lifting up Jesus and in His name, taking back everything from the enemy’s camp that was stolen! Joshua’s Troop is indeed on the next level of praise and radical for Christ. With their new DVD “JT3-Live” recorded in their hometown, Chicago , these 50 plus members are not playing church.
The Way Ahead
By Mwandikaji K. Mwanafunzi
Home from college during the summer of 1970, I sat backwards on a bench facing the basketball court where I had spent so many hours of my earlier youth. I watched my former playmates run a high-powered full court pick-up game, complete with at least one mid-air blocked dunk.
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