By Judith Clerjeune The following is an interview with local poet, activist and artist, Henry Jones. He blends life experiences and history to write about the Black experience using vivid images. A concerned activist, Jones’ essay and poem were published in Houses of God, a gospel music CD...
Read MoreBy Joyce D. Sohl Lent is a holy season of the church year, beginning with Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18) and ending on Easter (April 5). It began in the early church as a time for preparing new converts for baptism on Easter. Today it is seen...
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On Saturday, February 7, 2015, we hosted the first program in the “Phenomenal Woman: That’s Me” series at Scarritt Bennett Center. “The Caged Bird Sings” was dreamed into being as a way to honor the legacy of Maya Angelou and the countless individuals who are...
Read MoreBy Chandra Allen "The Caged Bird Sings" is the first in a series of Phenomenal Woman program events and a tribute to Maya Angelou and her victory over her personal childhood trauma. Join us for a dynamic afternoon of poetry, song, and African dance dedicated to those...
Read MoreBy Anita Peebles Growing up, I, like many children, had body-image and self-image issues. I was the tallest person in my whole grade until 4th grade. I reached puberty early, had bigger feet than the other girls, and I always felt like the odd one out,...
Read MoreBy Marie Campbell Apply now for the Belle H. Bennett House Fellowship! Then In May 2011, I sat down with then-Executive Director of Scarritt Bennett, Rev. Sharon Howell, and explored a dream. I knew that in its college days, Scarritt was a place for women and men –...
Read MoreBy Joyce D. Sohl We have become a society of seekers – seekers of pleasure, seekers of “things”, seekers of stability, seekers of safety. We are also a people that are seekers of the meaning of life and we attempt to find it in a multitude...
Read MoreBy Chandra Allen The Caged Bird Sings is the first in a series of Phenomenal Woman program events and a tribute to Maya Angelou and her victory over her personal childhood trauma. Join us for a dynamic afternoon of poetry, song, and African dance dedicated to those...
Read MoreBy Judith Clerjeune Poets have the amazing gift of curating words in ways that render our most precious, ephemeral, painful and joyful moments to life once again. On the fourth Thursday of every month, Scarritt Bennett Center hosts Poet’s Corner, where a local poet reads their...
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“God, give us leaders! A time like this demands great leaders.” These words have become somewhat of a mantra lately, returning to my thoughts again and again like a wave crashing to the shore only to return back to sea to then later rush back...
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