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Carla Peacher-Ryan

The Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery by Carla Peacher-Ryan

As I have absorbed the horrors of the latest lynching of a black person by allegedly frightened white people, I have tried to give words to a thought that has been percolating for me for some time – which is, as black people arrived on these shores in chains, and have been brutalized, oppressed and subjugated ever since, and are a minority in America – what is the basis of this white irrational fear of the black body?

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Reflections on EJI's Museum and Memorial by Carla Peacher-Ryan

I was lucky to travel to Montgomery for the opening of the Legacy Museum and the Memorial for Peace and Justice.  I was able to attend 4 of the panel discussions, the opening ceremony and the Concert for Peace and Justice.  It was overwhelming and incredibly enriching.

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