A quick morning read & action to share W/friends over your morning beverage of choice!
Rev. Betty Deas Clark, pastor of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston
“Hillary Clinton: An
open letter on Charleston
By Hillary Clinton
Friends –
One year ago today, our
nation lost nine precious lives. They were mothers and fathers,
students and coaches, pastors and choir members. They were men and
women of faith, each filled with passion and love, and with so much
left to give. For many, time has done little to dull the pain of
their loss. I still remember my grief and confusion when I heard the
news. But their deaths have not been in vain.
"Love bears all
things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things,"
Scripture teaches us. "Love never fails."
On that evening in
the "Mother Emanuel" AME Church, Clementa, Cynthia,
Susie, Ethel, DePayne, Tywanza, Daniel, Sharonda and Myra lived out
the lessons of their faith, like always -- welcoming a stranger for
prayer and fellowship, offering love without a second thought.
Their spirit of love
remained long after they were gone. In court, one by one, grieving
parents and siblings looked at the young man who had taken so
much from them and said, "I forgive you." And the entire
Charleston community -- black and white, Christian, Muslim and
Jewish, and so many others -- came together to stand up to hate and
bigotry, providing love to one another instead.
Filled with that love, we
have made progress. The Confederate flag that flew on the
South Carolina State House grounds has been removed. Young people
have called out for much-needed reforms to our criminal justice
system. Mothers who lost their children to gun violence are
channeling their grief into action and turning their mourning into a
movement for common-sense gun reform.
But we have much more to
do.
Another mass shooting, in
Orlando, broke our hearts earlier this week. … On that terrible
evening and every day since, Americans across the country have joined
our hearts with the people of Charleston and South Carolina. Millions
of Americans are still walking with them -- in grief, solidarity and
determination.
In the spirit of
the Charleston Nine, let's bridge our divides, fight for change
and remember that love never fails.
With solidarity and warm
regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton"
You can read the original
letter here
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"One last run through with
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was finalized (left). President Clinton and Speechwriter Megan Rooney
share a lighter moment (right)."
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