Saturday, January 24, 2026 I had the pleasure of awarding the first DC Voice Essay Contest awards to Jaydon and Jonathan Sam this Saturday at West Chester PA Seventh-day Adventist Church. The theme for the 2025 Essay Contest was My Church, Our Voice, Our History. We invited local youth in the Washington, D.C. area to join […]
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“In the South, no people have suffered such great oppression as the colored people…for no people has so little been done to uplift…” (Ellen G. White, 1899). My church, the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church, has historically fused faith with justice, building a legacy of racial equity, community empowerment, and cultural resilience that continues to shape
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The History: Black Adventist Journey “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared during America’s struggle for equality. That same spirit of stepping forward without seeing the whole path is reflected in the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Founded in the mid-1800s,
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We’ve all been there. The clock strikes twelve, we scream “happy new year” with loved ones and familiar faces around. We toast to a new year and a new sense of self. Slipping into our beds, too tired to bother cleaning up, our minds linger on all the goals we have planned for the new
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For several weekends I covered every ward in Washington D.C. passing out flyers to promote the DC Voice’s Summer Essay Contest–from churches to libraries, and even strangers on the street. I would even have given one to the National Guard … if I could find one. So, my question is, if they took over D.C.,
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“I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagues me after James Baldwin died,” wrote the late Toni Morrison. “Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates.” These words appeared as a blurb in support of Coates’ landmark 2015 monograph Between the World and Me. The book, much like Baldwin’s best-known works, contains deep examinations of
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The 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of police sent a cultural shockwave through the United States. It was, in fact, a focal point of the American “culture wars” that are still being waged today. Floyd’s murder sparked countless protests and counterprotests throughout the country, placed discussions about police reform in the public
In 2011, one year before the 2012 election, Donald Trump began to sow completely unreasonable doubt in the veracity of President Barack Obama’s listed place of birth, Honolulu, Hawaii. Trump, who had not yet been president but was perhaps planting the seeds of his forthcoming far-right future, would allege for years that Obama’s birth certificate
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Performative Men–men who flaunt their style, or interest in gendered issues as a way to impress women–have started to gain prominence on social media. You may have seen this social media trend that’s popped up in recent months: People making fun of these kinds of men for a seemingly desperate, attention seeking disposition. A caricature
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I came across this article on the USA Today Network and want to ask the question; Deep down inside how many D.C. residents agree with this sentiment? We drive by it, through it, and walk around it everyday in all parts of the city. We may even know someone who’s found themselves homeless and on
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