Archive for October 2010
Strength in Diversity, not Division
by Susan Stamper Brown
Surreal Setting…Sunny skies… Frigid late January temperatures… The National Mall covered by a euphoric blanket of humanity…Left hand on the Historic Lincoln Bible and right hand raised… A promise to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution… An electric speech by the 44th American president: “…Because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass…” A new era ushered in… Hope for change to come… Read the rest of this entry »