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A Faithful Response to Reproductive Choice
By Rev. Catharine A. Cummings As an ordained faith leader, I value the constitutional and human rights of all people. I respect a person’s religious liberty, which allows each individual to practice their own faith tradition freely and lawfully. Just as I value a person’s right to choose their own faith and religious practices, I…
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Rethinking Peace
By Lora Wondolowski I find myself now working for an organization with the word “peace” in our name and working to understand what that phrase means to me. When I began interviewing for the position, the word peace felt a little precious and antiquated to me. I am not a baby boomer, so the anti-war…
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TWENTY YEARS IS HARDLY ENOUGH
By Frederick A. Hurst I must admit to our readers that we had seriously considered ending the publication of Point of View by the end of this year (2022) or, at least, no later than early next year (March 2023), which would mark our 20th anniversary. And we may still do it. But after reading…
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AF-AM News bits – June 2022
$500 THOUSAND TO STONE SOUL!? I have nothing against the Stone Soul Festival or the people who organize and run it. But when Mayor Sarno announced he was giving the organization $500,000 of federal government money to run what, for the most part, is a community festival (and a good and fun one at that),…
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TO DIG A DITCH
By Frederick A. Hurst “IT IS NOBLE TO WORK AND ALL WORK IS NOBLE” (This is the 6th reprinting of this article since it first appeared as a Father’s Day Tribute to my grandfather in our June 1, 2004 issue. Although my eldest son believes everyone has read it at least one time by now,…
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Student Support Program Keeps Men’s Soccer Successful on the Field and in the Classroom at STCC
SPRINGFIELD – For Coach William Sweidel, the defining moment of the men’s soccer season at Springfield Technical Community College didn’t come from a single goal, win or playoff result. Instead, it came from a realization. “I think this kind of experience,” Sweidel said, gesturing toward the table where he sat alongside MILE advisor Melvin Tejada…
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