ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM, CORONAVIRUS, RESILIENCE AND CARE
When Coronavirus is Just Another Tragic Experience
Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker | April 06, 2020
Let us not make Coronavirus another traumatic event for communities and people who have already been through so much. Let us use this moment of moral clarity to truly become one people under God, with liberty and justice for all.
Read MoreADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM, ANTI-RACISM/PRO-RECONCILIATION
8 Steps to Prepare Your Community for a Social Justice Crisis Like Ferguson
Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker | March 30, 2020
It can be confusing and stressful navigating through times of crisis. Program Coordinator for Advocacy and Activism, Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker shares eight steps communities can take to prepare before a crisis.
ANTI-RACISM/PRO-RECONCILIATION, ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM, INCUBATE, XPLOR, STORIES
Walking the Delmar Divide
Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker | January 25, 2019
The Delmar Divide in St. Louis is a place our community regular practices blindness and invisibility of neighbor. The Delmar Divide is a historic street in the city of St. Louis, dividing the city into north and south. NBA groups walk the divide so we can better “see” what locals miss driving every day.
Read MoreNEWS
NBA Stands with the Poor People’s Campaign
Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker | May 22, 2018
For more than 130 years, the National Benevolent Association has been “called to care,” and we will always stand with the poor. This is our legacy.
Read MoreANTI-RACISM/PRO-RECONCILIATION, STORIES
God’s Countermoves
Rev. Dr. Dietra Wise Baker | September 29, 2017
In the wake of the Stockley verdict, protestors took to the streets, and Disciples clergy and laity joined them. We’ve been standing together, Disciples in St. Louis, as one.
Read More