A. Phillip Randolph Institute

Larry Aubry, Lying Down Like a Hill: Still Having Height, Always Pointing Upward

It is the sacred wisdom of our ancestors that a great person lies down in death like a hill, still having height and always pointing the way upward, constantly calling us to the upward paths of our best ideas, values and practices as persons and a people. And so it is with our beloved and honored brother, Larry Aubry, an all-seasons soldier and uncompromising servant of his people, who made transition and ascension, Saturday, May 16, 2020 (6260), and now sits in the sacred circle of the ancestors, among the doers of good, the righteous and the rightfully rewarded.

Activists Join A. Phillip Randolph Institute For 50th Anniversary Celebration

Activist, comedian Dick Gregory Courtesy Photo A host of celebrities, elected officials, major civil rights activists and labor union leaders joined hundreds of activists from 39 states as the A. Phillip Randolph Institute (APRI) celebrated its 50th anniversary August 12 through August 16 in Savannah, Georgia at APRI’s 46th Annual National Education Conference. The conference carried the theme “Writing Our Own Narrative” and included workshops, strategic planning meetings and special events as well as a conference for youth entitled “Modern Activism.” A special emphasis was placed on health at the conference. APRI National President Clayola Brown said, “Tragic events in