King’s Revolution of Vaues & the Rhythms of Resistance
a webinar for these tumultuous times
featuring
MICHELLE ALEXANDER
Civil rights lawyer and
author of “The New Jim Crow”
in conversation with
moderated by
Rev. Damien Durr
Minister, educator, author
hosted by
Founder Turquoise and Lavender
Institute for Transformation & Healing
Watch THE AugUST 6th Webinar
Resources for Aug. 6 Webinar
The Force More Powerful, What is Revolutionary Love?
Rev. James Lawson “The many powers of Love and Truth”
Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
after “the new Jim Crow” A pivotal conversation with Vincent Harding inspires a journey
Vincent’s Song, Myrna Pagan
Why Revolutionary Love?
MLK on Revolutionary Love–a KBS webinar clip
Joyce and Rev. Nelson Johnson on Revolutionary Love
Is Change Even Possible?
Final Thoughts–“Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now”
“Greensboro: Closer to the Truth,” by Adam Zucker features Nelson and Joyce Johnson and their role in the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission ever held in the United States (2004-2006) which dealt with the Greensboro Massacre of 1979.
Read Michelle Alexander’s essay “Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now,” published in the April 2024 issue of “The Nation”
Joyce and Nelson Johnson’s story as part of Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell The Truth portrait series.
Michelle Alexander and Angela Davis. “Justice questions are fundamentially moral and spiritual in nature.” (begins at the 10:24 mark)
Read Richard Eskow’s essay in the LA Progressive.
“Gun Violence, Political Violence:
Pillars of American Culture”
Join Beloved Community Center (BCC) on THE LONG MARCH FOR UNITY & JUSTICE, a statewide movement. Click image for info.
Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson of Greensboro’s Beloved Community Center
Dr. Catherine Meeks on the Turquoise and Lavender Institute for Transformation and Healing she founded in 2024.
Brother Ali “The Collapse”
King & Breaking Silence thanks Brother Ali for creating this on-point critique in song – and for allowing us to use it.
Resistance Revival Chorus “Ella’s Song.” Written by Bernice Johnson Reagon, Originally recorded by Sweet Honey In The Rock