US Agriculture Department, Church of God in Christ make plans for funds to add trees to urban centres
United States RNS Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a $US1 million grant to leaders of the Church of God in Christ as part of a national program to plant and maintain trees in American cities. Vilsack made the announcement on Tuesday at the predominantly Black Pentecostal denomination’s annual leadership conference in Atlanta. USDA Under […]
In the US, Tyre Nichols police beating video prompts faith leaders to react with grief, goals
United StatesRNS Religious leaders reacted swiftly – with legislative appeals and collective grief – to the release of video footage of police officers beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died days after a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. An image of Tyre Nichols and the words “JUSTICE FOR TYRE NICHOLS” are projected onto a […]