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When an elder dies, a village does not just lose a person. When an elder begins a new life, a presence, a memory is taken away. It is not just a piece; it is an enormous portion of corporate, tribal thought that is irreplaceable. When the Rev. Della Waghiyi died, the church lost a credible person of faith, a rare theologian and a Native conscience.
Della Waghiyi saw the Alaskan April snow as a blanket for the birth of baby seals. She was a master skin-sewer, whose Yupik dolls graced museums, and who carved trumpeter swans of walrus ivory while sitting on the floor of her home. She tanned moose and sealskin by hand. When visiting New York, she loved the people of all races and ages, but missed seeing the sky. She told the stories of her people, singing and dancing with her hands, moving like dragonflies in July.
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The 'Christianization' of Shirley Sherrod
Blogger Andrew Breitbart’s recent attack on Shirley Sherrod reflects the American legacy of “Christianization”—the measure of black acceptability in white civil society. Sherrod (a former Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee activist, and longterm farm advocate) lost her job as the USDA Director of Rural Development in Georgia after Breitbart manufactured an image of her that was out of compliance with his standard of appropriate black behavior toward white persons. The reality of Breitbart’s deception has been made painstakingly clear through full presentation of the context from which the excerpted sound bite was clipped.
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30 Black Female Leaders You Should Know About
History has provided us with some extremely successful stories of courage, strength and leadership. Yet sometimes we forget about just how extensive and diverse these stories are. So we’re profiling some of the many women who should be recognized for their achievements and strength. From sport to literature, politics to art, black women have been there and continue to ‘do that.’ Take a look at our list of 30 black female leaders.
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Number of Delegates for 2012 General Conference Still Undetermined
No decision has yet been made about the size of the 2012 General Confernece, according to the secretary of the General Conference, Rev. L. Fitzgerald Reist.
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