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MLK observance in Youngstown today to feature California pastor
TweetMLK observance in Youngstown today to feature California pastor
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YOUNGSTOWN
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Planning Committee of Mahoning County will sponsor a community worship service at 3:30 p.m. today at New Bethel Baptist Church, 1507 Hillman St.
Featured speaker will be Pastor Michael McBride of The Way Christian Center, West Berkeley, Calif. Pastor McBride, who has been in ministry for 20 years, also serves as executive director of Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action, an affiliate of the national network of People Improving Communities through Organizing.
The service also will include music by the Emancipation Community Choir directed by Dr. Luke Shumpert and Scripture readings by representatives of Christian, Islam and Jewish faiths. The theme for the service and a community workshop on Monday is “Responding with King’s Passion in the Fight Against Poverty.”
The workshop will be from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave., Youngstown, with Dr. Joseph Mosca, dean of Youngstown State University’s Bitonte College of Health and Human Services, speaking on the use and misuse of statistics on poverty. Pastor McBride also will speak. Workshop participants will break into small groups to focus on how the Valley responds to poverty from social/human services and social justice. Those attending are asked to bring nonperishable food items or cash donations for Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley. The service and workshop are free. The Rev. Dr. Lewis W. Macklin II is the convener. For information, call 330-746-3250, ext. 183.
Comments
The poor of Youngstown respond to poverty very well. They are no stranger to the chill and the darkness when services are cut off. This along with hunger is a constant reminder that their plight is ignored.
Abandoned houses decay and are torn down while many are without shelter. Life in the city goes on with few complaints.
Fred
"Abandoned houses decay and are torn down while many are without shelter. Life in the city goes on with few complaints."
Who's fault is that?
Want to get out of poverty, get educated then get a good job. Don't start breeding as a young teenager. Instead they just stay in run down Youngstown and accept the meager public assistance offerings of welfare and section 8 housing.
Blaming the victims is neither productive nor ethical.
Well, Fred, who is to blame? People have to want to change. I don't see them as victims. I see them as people who are satisfied with status quo. You don't have to do anything except hang out and enjoy the life.