Mahatma Gandhi

County Proclaims ‘Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. Day’

Sentinel News ServiceSeptember 24, 2020

September 22, 2020, will mark the 92nd Birthday of a statesman who, since the 1950s, continues to be actively involved in training countless men and women on nonviolent resistance to achieve social justice. He has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, California State University, Northridge, and countless other educational institutions–and even in retirement continues to travel across the country to teach nonviolence.

WENDY'S WINDOW

Wendy’s Window: Do You Need a Hug?

Wendy GladneyAugust 27, 2020

Everyone could use a hug from time to time. Physical contact is good for the soul and can often heal where medicine fails. Hugging someone or providing a tender touch can be both spiritual and medicinal. COVID-19 has taken that gift away from us. We are living in days where physical touch with someone outside of the people we live with is discouraged. However, there are new ways to hug people and help fulfil a need and possibly heal hurts. With food disparities and struggling restaurants doing their best to keep their doors open, there is a group that has started the “Food Hug” Program in Pasadena to recognize frontline heroes with a comforting meal by supporting minority-owned restaurants.

WENDY'S WINDOW

WENDY’S WINDOW: “Racial Reconciliation in a Time of Racism”

Wendy GladneyJune 25, 2020

The fabric of racism runs deep across the globe. Just this past week I read an article about a British company that offered an apology for their part in participating in the slave trade going back over 300 years.

National News

Bernard LaFayette Jr. Wins Gandhi Award

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 1, 2016

Bernard LaFayette Jr., whose memoir “In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma” was released in paperback earlier this year, has been awarded the 2016 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace.