'DON'T BE LEFT BEHIND NOW

The people I knew from the Carolinas (outside of progressive bubbles such as Chapel Hill) had been glad to leave their home state and forge their own path to freedom-somewhere else. [...]how could we know what it means to look behind you on a cold, gray morning in February and see rows and rows and...

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Published inSojourners magazine Vol. 43; no. 5; p. 26
Main Author Wolcott, Sara J
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Sojourners 01.05.2014
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Poverty
Sermons
Voting rights
North Carolina
California
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Summary:The people I knew from the Carolinas (outside of progressive bubbles such as Chapel Hill) had been glad to leave their home state and forge their own path to freedom-somewhere else. [...]how could we know what it means to look behind you on a cold, gray morning in February and see rows and rows and rows of people, black and white, Asian and Latino, farm workers and eco-justice workers and civil rights activists, raging grannies and babies wearing shirts that said, "Forward together, not one step back"? How can you know what it is to hear a medical doctor and a rabbi and a Muslim brother and a Latina teenager all articulate with such eloquence the pains of poverty and inequality in North Carolina, and to hear in their stories your cousin and father and teachers and friends in California?
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ISSN:1550-1140