Rev. Mark E. Whitlock

Op-Ed: The Black Church and Asian Lives Matter

Hyepin Im and Rev. Mark Whitlock, Contributing WritersJune 16, 2021

Rev. Mark Whitlock: I watched the news reports of Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old White supremist who went on a rampage at three spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area, killing six women of Asian descent and two others. I posted the question on Facebook: Why should the Black Church support “Asian Lives Matter?” The question wasn’t prompted by animosity, despite the disagreements between the Asian and African American communities. To my surprise, very few of my clergy Facebook friends responded. Perhaps, the low response from clergy was due to the lack of knowledge of racial challenges faced by the Asian

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CIT and USC Murray Center Launch Financial Literacy Program

Sentinel News ServiceMarch 1, 2017

Company Makes Commitment to Promote Economic Development in South L.A. CIT Bank, N.A., and its Southern California retail bank division, OneWest Bank will provide a $1.25 million grant over five years to the University of Southern California (USC) Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement. The grant, which was announced at a launch breakfast on Feb. 17, supports a new financial fitness program that will offer financial literacy training to community leaders with the goal of promoting economic development in low-to-moderate-income Los Angeles neighborhoods. Over the course of five years, the Murray Center will partner with churches to train 6,000 individuals

Religion

Price Chapel holds Steward’s Day

August 12, 2015

The members of Price Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church will host ‘Steward’s Day’ on Sunday, August 16, at 4 p.m., in their sanctuary located at 4000 West Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles. The theme is ‘Stewards Doing What They Are Called To Do.’ The scriptural reference is Titus 1:7 and I Peter 4:10. “We invite greater Los Angeles to join us as we recognize the godly, dedicated members of our Steward Board. Also, I believe you will be uplifted by the powerful preaching of the Rev. Mark E. Whitlock, Jr., pastor of Christ Our Redeemer AME Church in Irvine,” said