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The Beloved Community Center


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The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro Co-Exective Directors - Rev. Nelson Johnson and Joyce Johnson joined me for this show with Wesley Morris, New Director of the BOTHI Initiative (Beloved Organizing Training & Healing Institute).  They discussed a brief history of the creation of the BCC of Greensboro which included Joyce Johnson's history with Martin Luther King, Jr. & Desmond Tutu.

Rev. Nelson Johnson spoke at length about the BCC's initiative to form Raleigh's Moral Monday movement and discussed with Joyce in detail the specific peaceful objectives of the movement. Joyce presented how the movement had further supported women's rights and emphasized how this movement has stood peacefully for the rights of all people despite the original arrests of participants who subsequently were dropped.

Wesley Morris discussed the new Toward Healing Greensboro initiative on Tuesday evenings, designed to bring members of the community together and find ways to work together to heal and promote positive change.  Wesley also described the BOTHI training institute and how both of these endeavors serve to further the mission of the BCC to empower the most marginalized members of the Greensboro community.

Rev. Nelson discussed an innovative new grassroots movement that he is spearheading now called the "New Poor People's Campaign" The title coming from the historic 1968 "Poor People's Campaign" created by Martin Luther King, Jr. to unite both white and black individuals experiencing poverty.  Rev. Nelson and Joyce discussed how this current initiative seeks to re-create the prior campaign and work to expand it's reach.

The peaceful and loving initiatives begun and continuing with the Beloved Community Center were described as robust and eager to accept all support.

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The Seeking Justice Radio Talk ShowBy Mary Kendall Hope, Ph.D.