Kafia Haile wants the U.S. government to issue an arms embargo against Israel to end what she calls its American taxpayer-funded mass killing of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The 44-year-old Spelman College alum and her humanitarian allies in the Atlanta Multifaith Coalition for Palestine, which includes local Black Muslims, […]
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Professor Showed Antiwar Protests Went Beyond Image of Privileged Students
For weeks, student protesters in Atlanta and beyond demonstrating in support of Gaza’s civilians have been characterized homogeneously in the media as pampered, mostly white, rich kids. On Sunday, a 50-year-old Black woman who teaches at an all-male historically Black college turned that framing on its head. Those who have watched Sunday’s commencement at Morehouse […]
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Black Jewish Students and the On-Campus Divide Over Gaza
Life on campus at the Atlanta University Center has been more complicated for Spelman freshman Sara Scherlinder since the Gaza humanitarian crisis began more than six months ago. In a 24-hour period earlier this month, the 19-year-old Scherlinder, a Washington, D.C., native, attended a leadership forum for students who are both Black and Jewish, which […]
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Planned Biden Morehouse Visit Angers Black Student Gaza Supporters
Morehouse College students packed a campus auditorium Tuesday evening to voice their anger at the decision to invite President Joe Biden to deliver the historically Black institution’s commencement address next month. Most of the estimated 50 students in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting expressed outrage and frustration at Biden’s support for Israel in its war against […]
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Biden’s SOTU Gaza Comments Won’t Stop Protest Vote Against Him in Georgia
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union remarks on Gaza weren’t enough to persuade some of his former supporters in Georgia to end their protest vote campaign against him ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Interfaith organizers launched their “Leave It Blank” initiative earlier this week. They’re asking Democratic primary voters who want a permanent stop […]
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Atlanta Black And Jewish Faith Leaders Divided Over Calls for Gaza Ceasefire
Dozens of Black clergy members participated in an interfaith luncheon on Thursday in the basement of First Iconium Baptist Church in East Atlanta. In attendance were faith leaders from various Christian denominations, as well as Muslims. Notably, there was scant representation of the third Abrahamic religion. The goal of the gathering was to thank the […]