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Faith is the key to making Black lives matter, says religion award winner

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金曜日, 12月 9, 2022
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- How do we really know God cares when Black people are still getting killed? How long do we have to wait for God's justice?

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  • Seeing Black Lives Matter protests erupt nationwide after George Floyd's death led theologian Kelly Brown Douglas to formulate the ideas that resulted in her winning the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
  • LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- How do we really know God cares when Black people are still getting killed?
  • Hearing her son ask those questions and seeing Black Lives Matter protests erupt nationwide after George Floyd's death led theologian Kelly Brown Douglas to write "Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter."
  • Today she was named winner of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for the book's ideas.

Faith is key to making Black lives matter, says religion award winner

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Hearing her son ask those questions and seeing Black Lives Matter protests erupt nationwide after George Floyd's death led theologian Kelly Brown Douglas to write "Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter."

Key Points: 
  • Hearing her son ask those questions and seeing Black Lives Matter protests erupt nationwide after George Floyd's death led theologian Kelly Brown Douglas to write "Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter."
  • Today she won the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for the book's ideas, said the University of Louisville and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, who jointly give the prize.
  • While recognizing the prolonged suffering of Black people raises deep questions about the credibility of Christianity, she argues that faith, not despair, is the best hope for assuring Black lives are valued in the future.
  • "Douglas takes us on a captivating, painful journey with personal and erudite reflections on America's corrupted soul," said Tyler Mayfield, religion award director.

Kroger Foundation and Thurgood Marshall College Fund Collaborate for Second Annual Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Challenge

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日曜日, 1月 15, 2023
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CINCINNATI, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Foundation ("Foundation") today announced the scholarship award recipients and entrepreneurial pitch competition results from its second annual Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). The Innovation Challenge is made possible by the Build it Together grant awarded to TMCF from the Foundation's Racial Equity Fund. The $1 million grant supports TMCF's effort to adapt its successful innovation and entrepreneurship model to focus on food insecurity and food waste.

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  • CINCINNATI, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Foundation ("Foundation") today announced the scholarship award recipients and entrepreneurial pitch competition results from its second annual Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).
  • Teams work together to design solutions for three challenges aligning with Kroger's Zero Hunger | Zero Waste mission.
  • "These bright students are the future of the Zero Hunger | Zero Waste promise, and we are so proud to collaborate with them and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to offer scholarships that drive our commitment to creating more equitable communities that are free of hunger and waste."
  • Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation's largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community.