activism… The End of Justice for Our Neighbors 20 Dec 202520 Dec 2025 On December 16th, I mailed out the final 990 from North Carolina Immigration Law & Justice Center (founded as Fayetteville Justice for Our Neighbors) to the IRS. I notified Truist…
Poetry Summer Poem 30 Jun 20251 Jul 2025 It is sand. Pines. Sand. Artillery. Pines. Sand. Cardealerships for miles. I am 40. I remember standing on the edge of the Atlantic,New Year’s Eve 1999.I was 14, soon to be 15,and as midnight struckI remember…
activism… Face to Face with Fascism: Reflections on The Long March for Unity and Justice 14 Dec 202431 Dec 2024 Foreshadowing By late September, I was nearly certain Donald Trump would win the election. The signs were everywhere, figuratively and literally—even in unexpected places like the Long March for Unity…
activism… Pineview Manor: Gentrification and Displacement in Fayetteville’s Branson Area and Savoy Heights 5 Sep 20247 Sep 2024 If you're curious about gentrification in Fayetteville, take a drive down Branson Street and Turnpike Road. The area is at the early-to-mid stages of transformation. Branson runs parallel to Simpson…
Teaching… Public Funds, Private Schools 21 Sep 202321 Sep 2023 On Glensford Drive here in Fayetteville one could be forgiven for not even noticing Montclair Elementary School, lost as it is in the enormous shadow of Berean Baptist Church. Across…
history… Trouble at Bragg 29 Jun 202019 Dec 2023 Night of Terror Early in the morning of 6 August 1941, 500 Black soldiers lay on the ground of the prison yard at Fort Bragg. For five hours they were…
history… Families Belong Together: Fayetteville 18 Jun 201828 Mar 2023 Cape Fear Indivisible held its rally yesterday at the Market House in downtown Fayetteville, North Carolina. The site of the rally itself, built in the 1830s, is not without controversy.…