Jim Crow, Black History From Rosa Parks' Bus Seat

Social justice a huge part, maybe the biggest, in our Catholic Christian life. We have to take up the crosses of those in bondage. So that's why I don't get complaints about Black History Month infuriate me. If you have to ask, you clearly don't get American history period. We who teach it aren't the revisionists. They're the ones who wrote it out in the first place. Slavery, segregation, Jim Crow stole an entire peoples' past. Black History Month can't replace that. But it can renew the future. It can revive traditions, restore voices and reinvest in the heritage that was denied. I've always felt intense solidarity with the oppressed and marginalized. But recently, I experienced it in a new way. I sat in Rosa Parks' bus seat. Here are lessons written from that perspective.
For Black History Month, Learn Jim Crow Lessons From Rosa Parks' Bus Seat

Should Religious Posts Be Banned on Social Networking Sites?

Should religious posts be banned online? They cause so much furor, or can, when narrow-minded bigots engage. But wait, before you scream "NOOO! Free Speech! Freedom of Religion." or Yes! Separation of Church and State" hear me out. I don't look to gag religion or any other topic. I present considerations for interacting in healthy ways online and in real life. Engaging in holy wars is not healthy. Read on about how this played out on a couple of sites I write for.   Should Religious Posts Be Banned on Bubblews?

Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Resources for Families

 January 27 marks the International Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust remembered on this day because it is the day which the Russians liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland. An estimated 6 million Jewish people died in what Heinrich Himmler of Hitler's third Reich called the Final Solution to the 'Jewish Problem'. Catholics, Christians and all religious groups should join Jews in honoring the dead. Use for country Yom HaShoah remembrance days.
Jewish Holocaust Memorial Lesson Plans and Web Help