Catherine Meeks
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About Catherine Meeks
Catherine Meeks, holds a Ph.D. from Emory University. She taught African American Studies at Mercer University for 25 year. She served as a loaned executive to the mayor's office at the city of Macon directing the Mayor's Youth Violence Task Force for two years before joining Wesleyan College's faculty as the Clara Carter Acree Distinguished Professor of Socio-Cultural Studies before her retirement in 2008.
MEEKS: Words can hurt
When you were a child did you ever say, “sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” I remember that we used to say that usually after someone had said something that had in fact hurt. Little did we know that words represent very powerful energy systems. They are rooted...
Catherine Meeks
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MEEKS: We need more interfaith conversation
A few days ago, one of my Christian friends invited me to join her at an interfaith women’s gathering that is going to be held at a local mosque.
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MEEKS: ‘We need one another’
He said, “I have been thinking that I would like to organize a housing complex where older people live in a part of the complex and younger people live in the other part. Each month there would be planned programs and activities and they would alternate between the younger folks and the older...
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MEEKS: Garbage collectors and others
Dr. Vincent G. Harding came to Macon at the invitation of Diversity Assets and they need to be commended for their vision and courage in trying to keep the conversation on diversity and race alive. It is challenging due to the an unwillingness on the part of many Maconites to engage in such a conversation...
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Stepping out of the boat
Yesterday while preparing to move, I listened to David Whyte, my favorite poet, as I was packing boxes and taking pictures off the walls of my apartment. He does corporate training both nationally and internationally, and the beauty of that training is his use of poetry to help the corporate community...
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The need for servant leaders
A servant leader is one who puts the common good before his or her agenda. This type of leader seeks to serve instead of ruling. There is a significant difference between serving and ruling and it is difficult to see whether or not most of today’s elected officials understand the differences...
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We can learn from others
In the early 1990s, Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood had a crime rate 18 times the national average, chronic unemployment and a failing school. Today, it is a shining example of how people of all backgrounds can come together to transform a community.
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Let’s put the children first
Last Sunday I sat in a Sunday school class addressing the issue of poverty. Eventually the conversation turned to education. This turn in the discussion occurred simply because education or the lack of it is a major factor in determining whether or not one will live in poverty.
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MEEKS: Integration and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
An amazing analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey is presented to us by Dr. Jennifer Selig in her book, “Integration: The Psychology and Mythology of Martin Luther King Jr. and His (Unfinished) Therapy With the Soul of America.” Unlike so many books that focus on other...
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MEEKS: We need more than gun control
David Brooks, a conservative columnist for The New York Times and one of my favorite commentators, made an excellent point following the senseless killing of 28 people on this past Friday in Connecticut. He said, “We need more than gun control to manage this kind of mass violence.” ...
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