The New York Times’ Room For Debate featured a discussion on the future of black church activism, organized by Josef Sorett in cooperation with IRCPL:
Many argue that activism within black churches has declined (if not disappeared) since the days ofthe Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But last month, on his birthday, a group of African American faith leaders called for Americans to “Occupy theDream” with protests at Federal Reserve banks. If black churches are renewing their tradition of activism in this post-civil rights era, what are the most pressing issues for them to address?
Read commentary by Josef Sorett, Leslie D. Callahan, Dianne D. Glave, Fredrick C. Harris, Barbara D. Savage, and Obery Hendricks.