by Paulette Williams | Feb 8, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog
This poem by James Weldon Johnson, set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and designated as an anthem to inspire Blacks by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was created for Black people burdened by racial injustice in...
by Paulette Williams | Feb 1, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog
The seven-year-old girl and her two sisters (6 and 5 years old) were traveling home to Pennsylvania after a two-week visit with their grandmother in North Carolina. Their father and uncle had driven down, and the girls anticipated the fun of the long drive home. It...
by Paulette Williams | Jan 25, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog
Insurrection and resurrection both mean to go up; however, the former means to move up to bring death while the latter denotes a coming up to life. In the lore of ancient Egypt (and later that of Greece and Rome), it was said there was a Phoenix that lived alone in...
by Paulette Williams | Jan 18, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog
On June 1, 2020, people, Black, White and others, gathered in the Lafayette Square area of Washington, D. C. to protest the killing of George Floyd and other Black men by police brutality. Due to an imposed curfew, the protestors crowded the street by day and...
by Paulette Williams | Jan 11, 2021 | NSA Meditations Blog
Marvelous dreams have excited our hearts for years, but they are sometimes put off by the practical pleads of others in dire circumstances. We lend our money, our talents, our skills, our time to assist others. We believe in people and causes that will allow others to...
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