tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137213476495747972024-03-17T22:04:18.401-05:00the ordinary people's societyThe Ordinary People's Society is an organization based upon Matthew 25: 33-46, and a vision from God to be a replica of Jesus' ministry. In this tradition, we organize for justice.Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-53078710491022891372023-02-05T22:53:00.000-06:002023-02-05T22:53:44.461-06:00Movement Serendipity <p> As we approach <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The 57th annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee. The dates have been set for</span> <b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">March 2023</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">. The event that marks the protest for Voting Rights and Bloody Sunday that happened on the</span> <span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span class="povykd" data-disable-dismiss-event-bubbling="true" data-enable-toggle-animation="true" data-extra-container-classes="ZLo7Eb" data-hover-hide-delay="1000" data-hover-open-delay="500" data-send-dismiss-event="true" data-send-open-event="true" data-theme="0" data-ved="2ahUKEwiFzrCGg4D9AhX3kYkEHdQ1BbYQmpgGegQIDxAE" data-width="250" jsaction="vQLyHf" jsname="d6wfac" jsslot="" role="button" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span class="JPfdse" data-bubble-link="" data-segment-text="Edmund Pettus Bridge" jsname="ukx3I" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(112, 117, 122); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px;">Edmund Pettus Bridge</span></span> in Selma Ala. in 1965. It also represents some unknown but very important dates such as the 10 year anniversary of the Free Alabama Movement ( Alabama Prison Strikes that went across the nation), Nathaniel Woods memorial, 20 year anniversary of Let My People Vote, the 19th year of Formerly & Currently Incarcerated People Movement, 22nd and 29th year of TOPS- The Ordinary People Society and the 16th year of the Prodigal Child Project. </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">With all that in mind this Jubilee annual Backwards March for those Formerly and Currently Incarcerated who was left behind during the Civil Rights Movement. Will move their time from walking across the bridge backwards right before the annual Jubilee Bloody Sunday March to Saturday the day before. It will be held from 4-6pm on Saturday March 4th with a bridge crossing, a die in, rally and memorial at the Montgomery side of the bridge in front of the National Jubilee office. So that it can express its purpose and platform. Coupled with those organizers on the inside. Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow will actually walk from Selma to Montgomery to end up at the Alabama Capitol steps on Monday March 7th to join with other leaders and organizations addressing the deaths that has occurred since the DOJ lawsuit against the ADOC for inhumane and unconstitutional treatment. </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">This is in hopes of highlighting the deaths of all those in ADOC, the continuation of Slavery even though it has been Voted out of the Alabama Constitution on Nov. 8 election. We want to know how does the Federal Constitution contradict itself and nothing is being done about it. With the 8th and 13 amendments contradicting eachother. How come the DOJ has had a lawsuit against the ADOC for the past 2 almost 3 years and still nothing has been done while the death rate in ADOC continues to rise daily. No Parole or relief of any kind, with a band aid being put on an open laceration with the release of approximately 400 people that will be released this year anyway. But not addressing the problems that exist causing these deaths, suffering, and inhumane treatment. </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">We are Calling for all Americans, People and Fellow Citizens to help us start the healing process and join #OperationHealing </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">For the Bible says that I was hungry you didn’t feed me, thirsty, sick and in Prison and you didn’t visit me. </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">That visit in the Hebrew means to administer to the needs there of. The Bible also says when you have not done this unto the least of these you have not done it unto me. So if those incarcerated are close to God. They should be close to us and we like God should feel like when they’re doing it to them. We should all be like Jesus and feel like they are doing it to me. </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">Join us in ending Slavery not only in word but also in deed. In stopping these inexcusable deaths, this inhumane treatment, these over bearing and unconstitutional sentences, and mass incarceration. </span></p><p><span jsaction="click:xxCYhe;pD7Wob:i5omib" role="tooltip" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; outline: 0px;" tabindex="0">Join #OperationHealing and meet us at the Selma Bridge March 4th 4-6pm </span></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-29895774930630695202023-01-31T13:22:00.000-06:002023-01-31T13:22:10.446-06:00Alabama mass prison release shows TOPS work paying off<p> As the oldest existing Criminal Justice, Voting Rights, Prisoner Rights organization in existence since 1994. </p><p>TOPS-The Ordinary People Society </p><p>Is very happy to see all the work of all of you, doing rallies, phone calls, protests, marches, strikes and social media. </p><p>Has paid off. </p><p>Any win, any victory is a victory and should be celebrated as such. </p><p>Herschel Gatson just reminded me yesterday of an old ancient proverb; that says if you want to move a mountain. You have to move the Little Rocks first. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now we must go the extra mile and make sure that all those released are being taken care of. </p><p>With that being said if we can give any advice, help, or just share our experience in reentry or whatever. Just please do not hesitate to call. </p><p>But whatever we do, let’s not stop. This is just a small rock and we are trying to move this mountain. Called mass incarceration, criminal justice, slavery, free labor, inhumane treatment of our loved ones. </p><p>Now I will meet you all at the Bridge on Saturday March 4th @ 4pm </p><p>Selma Alabama </p><p>This is our time y’all </p><p>Put away your differences </p><p>Remember this is about the Movement and that’s those INSIDE </p><p><br /></p><p>#operationhealdothan</p><p>#operationhealalabama</p><p>#cantstoptops</p><p>#HumanRightsAdvocate</p><p>#theordinarypeoplesociety</p><p>#Formerly&Currently Incarcerated People Movement </p><p>#LetMyPeopleVote</p><p><br /></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-65148547476400857452023-01-02T15:12:00.001-06:002023-01-02T15:12:25.915-06:00Kenyetta <p> Stay tuned for our new reporter/blogger Kenyetta Rich Glasgow, who’s also our assistant Executive Director. She will be coming to you daily with TOPS current events. </p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-81516292695297036042022-10-16T11:27:00.004-05:002022-10-16T12:35:55.935-05:00Alabama Prison Strike #4 <p> I was asked by Kinetik Justice to go over the history of the prison strikes here in Alabama being that I may be one of the only people outside of the prisons that know the history besides Nikki Davenport. </p><p>On December 9 2012 the biggest prison strike that went across Georgia reaching 10 prisons filled the news media being the first of its kind. I was called by those inside of the Georgia prisons and families to come and represent those inside. T.O.P.S. - The Ordinary People Society is the oldest existing Criminal Justice, Prisoner Rights, Voting Rights organization and we are well known for our Human Rights work fighting for those incarcerated since 1994. So I was called and one of the first things we discovered was that there was very little participation of Churches, organizations, and groups going into the prison to talk directly to those inside. So as we met with the Commissioner Schofield and Tim Head through the help of Representative Roberta Abdul Salaam. We asked for a fact finding committee to be able to go inside the prisons and talk to those inside directly. Since they had nothing to hide. </p><p>The reason for the strike was because of the inappropriate treatment, and beatings by Correctional Officers on people incarcerated. We had two major lawsuits going at that time with Terrance Dean and others, <a href="https://youtu.be/19XKFMNntus">https://youtu.be/19XKFMNntus</a></p><p>We ended up going in and discovering it was worse than we thought. I filed lawsuits against them for their inhumane treatment of those in SMU- Special Management Units and won. This is what inspired those incarcerated in California and then Alabama to form the Free Alabama Movement. Two young men incarcerated Robert Earl Council and Melvin Ray would have me on the phone 6 am in every morning going over plan and strategies on how to put together a Peaceful Prison Strike across the whole state of Alabama superseding what Georgia had just done with 10 prisons across their state, and the hunger strike in California prisons. These morning conversations would take place for almost a year before an action was put in place and executed on a large scale. Small actions such as us protesting outside of a prison would happen a few times during that year led by Nikki Davenport and myself. This all started in 2013 and then in 2014 there was a trail run. To actually have a peaceful prison strike to see how many incarcerated people would actually join, how many family members would join, and what effects if any would be made. Their organizing while being incarcerated put to shame those of us on the outside who can’t even come together for the movement. They went beyond racial barriers, religious barriers and incarceration barriers and organized over 20 prisons keeping their mind on the goal of gaining the attention of the state to stop their inhumane treatment of people incarcerated. In 2016 other states joined in and started the free Ohio, Free Texas, and many more. Making this the biggest prison strike in our nation going across approximately 40 prisons and 20 states. Then in 2018 50 prisons and 25 states. In the midst of these strikes our “ Let My People Vote “ campaign that we started in 2002 proved its validity in December 2017 by those incarcerated helping to push Doug Jones across the finish line to win the Alabama Senate seat in congress and change a 25 year Republican rule. I won a lawsuit in 2008 declaring the State of Alabama unconstitutional in taking the rights of people with felony convictions who should have never lost their voting rights. </p><p>This not only got the Federal Government’s attention on me but also on the Alabama Department of Corrections. They continuously locked up Kinetik Justice and Brother Ray in solitary confinement in retaliation. But the Movemment kept going through myself, Nikki and others. </p><p>In 2019 we really thought we had gained the victory we were looking for when the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections for Inhumane Treatment, inadequate security and management. Violating their 8th and 14th amendments. A coalition of SPLC, ACLU, TOPS, AJI, and so many others that named themselves “ Alabamians for Fair Justice” organizing the biggest Lobby Day at the Alabama State house ever organized by Katie Glenn, Dillon Nettles and others. Latonya Tate called for all of us to form another group that fought against the construction of 3 new prisons by Governor Kay Ivey, carrying on the bidding of former Governor Bob Reilly. This was Alabama’s response to the DOJ lawsuit; to build more prisons. Taking 400 million dollars from the State Covid funds. From the state with the most Covid deaths than any other state. We sued but to no avail. However ASAP-Alabama Students Against Prisons did a yeomens job on email the Funders of the prisons and stopping them from participating in the inhumanity of Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Corrections. </p><p>So now we are here at the 4th Peaceful Prison Strike and because of the work done for the last 9 years by those inside and numerous outside we have a growing movement. However; we have more deaths now than we did before the DOJ lawsuit, they have beaten Kinetic numerous times damaging his eye and all. Kastellio Vaughn is barley alive due to medical negligence. And those who have died we cannot bring back. </p><p>So you ask what do we do? well I’m glad you asked. A lot of people are confused and media does play it’s part. But mobilizing a lot of people together for a cause is good and sometimes very good. But organizing with a goal is great. So my 30 years experience in doing this and all the fire I’m under tells me that we must take advantage of this opportunity of the election coming up. We did it before in 2017 with Doug Jones and we can do it again. We have the removal of the racist language on the ballot this year as well. We must take advantage of our God given right that cannot take from us inside or out because of our lawsuit Glasgow vs State of Alabama </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/QL9HVHtNW-8">https://youtu.be/QL9HVHtNW-8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That we are actually the ones who fall under taxation without representation. </p><p>The tea party are hypocrites </p><p>We are the We Party </p><p>These are not just “people” incarcerated. </p><p>These are citizens and voters and constituents incarcerated. </p><p>Human beings that are being threshold to death sentences from medical negligence, improper treatment, abuse, overdose, and so much more. </p><p>We have a HUMAN CRISIS AND STATE OF EMERGENCY ON OUR HANDS </p><p>WHO WILL COME HELP US????</p><p>Will it be the Democrats the Republicans who created the problem </p><p>Or the Libertarians who say they are for the people ? </p><p>And somebody please tell me where are the Churches?</p><p><br /></p><p>So let’s organize to vote out those who are part of the corruption and vote in those who are more Humane and believe in the Bible that was written by prisoners might I add. </p><p>And while we are fighting to LET MY PEOPLE GO </p><p>WE MUST ALSO LET MY PEOPLE VOTE </p><p>Contact me at 334-791-2433 </p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-59499423771266109752021-09-09T14:27:00.000-05:002021-09-09T14:27:31.824-05:00Alabama Prisons (We Stand, We Shout, We PRAY)<p> As we sit and wonder what our legislation is doing about the prisons in Alabama.....we read an article online that the House GOP Caucus met on Wednesday of this week! This week you say? Wow! We were just asking questions. What's going on? What's Alabama's plan on the current prison situation? Why is the Alabama Parole hearings going like they are? Why is no one being paroled? Is this legal is this humane? However, we didn't hear anything. Nobody knew anything then THIS. A meeting? The GOP Caucus? Well, what did they talk about >> what do they think about OUR prisons in Alabama not meeting minor standards such as over population and sanitation.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears the Alabama House Republican met for over 2 hours about BUILDING more prisons and basically financing through America Plans for Rescue. I believe that is our COVID money to help residents of Alabama that suffered great financial loses during the Pandemic. However, our Governor and Republican law makers want to use it to House our People! <b>LET OUR PEOPLE GO!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I can list ALL the things the state is being sued over through the Federal Department of Corrections but I won't because you have heard it all before! It's ridiculous and outrageous!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Alabama Department of Pardon and Paroles meet approximately 3 times weekly, generally on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. They see approximately 31 inmates each time. They are approving approximately 1 to 2 per hearing. ONE to TWO! Where is that fair anywhere? Where is that giving OUR people any hope? BUT a meeting is held about adding more prisons and possibly upgrading 1 in Barbour or Bullock county. Where is the Justice? Where is the Peace? Where are we headed? Where does this leave Alabama?</p><p><br /></p><p>I say...No Justice >>>>> NO PEACE.</p><p><br /></p><p>We STAND for our brothers and sisters in the Alabama Department of Corrections. <b>We STAND! We SHOUT! WE PRAY!</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqZb6pGTfhNR-jchgIqBRWYMp5mWMqt7q2B9YlBfVZexwal1UYp1zA_lAbsjiJip9PPqeHBUIZI60kC78sqkk4tkgM8SMYehV2Wm7G5iJXs7UJMB7AEuaf2kM7phbBwzuWtj0rPXiYP4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqZb6pGTfhNR-jchgIqBRWYMp5mWMqt7q2B9YlBfVZexwal1UYp1zA_lAbsjiJip9PPqeHBUIZI60kC78sqkk4tkgM8SMYehV2Wm7G5iJXs7UJMB7AEuaf2kM7phbBwzuWtj0rPXiYP4/" width="180" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p> </p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-29834619847417404202021-07-02T11:02:00.001-05:002021-07-02T11:02:07.550-05:00HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDER ACT<p> </p><p><br /></p><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>HB 107 (2021) - <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkDE0cMEc-DkrMajc9M4R5IPo0w_pLpqzzQ8Dy6upp3lDizhcmVpw_Tx5EJ1CWttvPNHRrThrlpXYb-I8Cl7VBXyqQMi_yJaHPUlYB_xogJq6vxfUykR1Zw-pnemarx1QeO41bbpJHeo/s886/broken-handcuffs-4+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="886" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkDE0cMEc-DkrMajc9M4R5IPo0w_pLpqzzQ8Dy6upp3lDizhcmVpw_Tx5EJ1CWttvPNHRrThrlpXYb-I8Cl7VBXyqQMi_yJaHPUlYB_xogJq6vxfUykR1Zw-pnemarx1QeO41bbpJHeo/s320/broken-handcuffs-4+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDER ACT</strong></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Does everyone know what this is? Remember me talking about Overturn yesterday? GUESS WHAT! We about to overturn this thang right here! It may not be today or tomorrow but it will be ON TIME.</strong></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The habitual offender act is allowing our judicial system to use past felonies against us to enhance our sentence in hind sight putting us in prison longer than should be allowed. The original habitual offenders were life long criminals that had been committing crimes their entire live. Many murder charges, many assault charges many of the same charges but somehow our system came up with a way to use old non-violent lesser sentenced times crimes to increase our system. THE SYSTEM NEED TO BE CHANGED NOT FOR US BUT FOR OUR CHILDRE AND OUR CHILDREN CHILDREN. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The rate it is going now they can give a person that committed a crime with a sentencing structure of 2 to 10 years use the habitual act against them to change their sentence structure to 15 to Life. This is happen real life TODAY. A nab/woman can be sentenced to die in prison for a single burglary or robbery and three prior forgery or drug convictions. This is outrageous and as the result of this punishment has resulted in hundreds of people being sent to prison for the rest of their natural lives for a handful of offenses committed when they were young, many involving no bodily injury.</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The House Bill 107 would repeal Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA), provide for resentencing for defendants whose sentences were based on HFOA, and make non-substantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.” (<a href="https://www.aclualabama.org/en/legislation/hb-107-2021-habitual-felony-offender-act" rel="noopener" style="color: #3c61aa; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">HB 107 (2021) - Habitual Felony Offender Act | ACLU of Alabama (aclualabama.org)</a>)</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is unjust and unfair to many people. People are suffering. Families are suffering.</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Join the Movement! Join what you are already apart of! Join TOPS. Join this petition for we can OVERTURN!</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wearetops.org</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There is a petition going directly to our senators to repeal this law and to uphold House Bill 107. Check it out. If you feel you should sign, please do so and pass it along to everyone you know. It starts with us!</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://action.aclu.org/petition/al-repealhfoa" rel="noopener" style="color: #3c61aa; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://action.aclu.org/petition/al-repealhfoa</a></div>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-78948176401200607132021-07-01T10:51:00.000-05:002021-07-01T10:51:05.697-05:00Overturn, Overturn, Overturn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02zIhI1EM8FNx-Hgtl6ckr2Eamr0VYkoAvKzSr8LPB3gK61P-bQ9otFPX2fsNV3fFk2fws-EQMsZOGKLSPib-rNUjP_H57pO5LX5G3-gDd4bwzwWWSp5XOHkOK8ezNgHoNHiJ-__4CAE/s349/OIP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg02zIhI1EM8FNx-Hgtl6ckr2Eamr0VYkoAvKzSr8LPB3gK61P-bQ9otFPX2fsNV3fFk2fws-EQMsZOGKLSPib-rNUjP_H57pO5LX5G3-gDd4bwzwWWSp5XOHkOK8ezNgHoNHiJ-__4CAE/s320/OIP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h1 class="cinzel center linebelow red spacing" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px;"><br /></h1><h1 class="cinzel center linebelow red spacing" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 28px;">Ezekiel 21:27</h1><div class="pad30" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no <em>more</em>, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it <em>him</em>.”</div><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I have seen or heard this word Overturn on television several times this week. On the news, on religious channels, on the radio. Why does the BIBLE say over turn 3 times in Ezekiel? What is GOD telling us? </div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">GOD is emphasizing heavily that whatever you are going through it will OVERTurn. Whatever is stopping you from sleeping at night WILL Be Overturned. Who EVER you think is against you that too shall be Overturned.</div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">STEP Back. Let God work.</div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div class="default-style" style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He is working in our Personal Lives, our Professional Lives, our homes, our prisons, our children! GOD is working and he will Overturn, Overturn, Overturn!</div>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-47017966612089484612021-06-28T13:47:00.003-05:002021-06-28T13:50:05.126-05:00What Do We Want? SOMEBODY Say RESTORE!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mdDyJS4visl2HKQt0u_8QT3G_oDwFr-sDn_us8ThvGfHU_xP4-B8LqRVBIyaaN9dyCv_VU0wEelfR3X9eJcLt9PzQkyQAuXqJ6WYvcY2_BXnMJDo5d3esiYJmE8KIPCEnxBF46kE7Nc/s612/Restore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mdDyJS4visl2HKQt0u_8QT3G_oDwFr-sDn_us8ThvGfHU_xP4-B8LqRVBIyaaN9dyCv_VU0wEelfR3X9eJcLt9PzQkyQAuXqJ6WYvcY2_BXnMJDo5d3esiYJmE8KIPCEnxBF46kE7Nc/s320/Restore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;">June 20, 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">The need for Prison reformation is at an all-time
high in Alabama at this time. Currently, the Department of Justice (DOJ)
is in litigation with the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) due to many
consistent and persistent infrastructure problems, concerns and issues.
Currently the Governor of Alabama is attempting to add more prisons to our
state. The prisons that are to be built will be considered Super or Mega
Prisons. which will hold more inmates and allow the state to demolish the old,
dilapidated prisons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">You ask. why speak on this today
Pastor? This has been going on for years and we already know this.
This is not current news and I say to you; You Are Right!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">However, I bring this up today because we are in
the process of Redistricting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">"<i>Let’s make this clearer for those in
the back</i>"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">Once every TEN years the electoral map is
redrawn. Redrawing the electoral maps can determine which party controls
congress which trickles down to which party controls the governor's seat in many
states, to which party controls our state and local commissioners; "The
people that speak FOR US".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">If you don't vote your Thoughts don't
matter. Let's redraw the lines that bind to help people like you and me.
Let's help our incarcerated people. Let's help people like us.
Redistricting is Restoration and Restoration is a part of redistricting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">Let's RESTORE our people's human Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">Let's RESTORE our people's Dignity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"> Not by
building new prisons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;">
but by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black;"> Releasing the
one's that are inhumanely being treated right now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Can SOMEBODY say RESTORE!</span><o:p></o:p></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-81770108040329931582021-06-22T09:17:00.002-05:002021-06-22T09:17:31.305-05:00Faith to Freedom Tour<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;">The Ordinary People Society and the Prodigal Child Project are traveling through the states on a Faith to Freedom Tour. This tour consists of traveling through Birmingham AL, Nashville TN, Columbia SC, Raleigh NC, Charleston WV, Richmond VA, and Washington DC will be the final stop. This Faith to Freedom tour comes at a great time considering the nationality of Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQJ4POzvYZU1Hf7nnT2-JcsbdvHGeE3rdeLiGttvv6RUlWdWN6GCjikGcZM7iUwv4MbMv5DyaM22MZjEgqjCOp2s3B88l85v0RoHyUMNGIBrSnYX4GBzKxH3gfJMFMYPhB-Lw_L4V3tc/s1077/Part_2+%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQJ4POzvYZU1Hf7nnT2-JcsbdvHGeE3rdeLiGttvv6RUlWdWN6GCjikGcZM7iUwv4MbMv5DyaM22MZjEgqjCOp2s3B88l85v0RoHyUMNGIBrSnYX4GBzKxH3gfJMFMYPhB-Lw_L4V3tc/s320/Part_2+%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-65915174583575877752021-06-21T13:44:00.002-05:002021-06-21T13:44:18.001-05:00Juneteenth National Independence Day<p> YES</p><p>It's Official! Let's Celebrate!</p><p><br /></p><p><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Juneteenth</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> (officially </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Juneteenth National Independence Day</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and historically known as </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Jubilee Day</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Black Independence Day</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">and </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Emancipation Day</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">) is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Federal holidays in the United States">federal holiday</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United States">United States</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> commemorating the emancipation of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Confederate States of America">enslaved</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204);" title="">African Americans</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">. It is also often observed for celebrating </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_culture" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="African-American culture">African-American culture</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Originating in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston,_Texas" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Galveston, Texas">Galveston</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="">Texas</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #202122;">, it has been celebrated annually on June 19 in various parts of the United States since 1866. </span><b><span style="color: red;">The day was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021</span></b><span style="color: #202122;">, when </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Abraham Lincoln">President</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Texas">Joe Biden</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. It is the first federal holiday to be established since 1983, when then-President Ronald Reagan added Martin Luther King Jr. day to the nationally recognized calendar.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Juneteenth's commemoration is on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865, announcement of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_No._3" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="General Order No. 3">General Order No. 3</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Union Army">Union Army</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> general </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Granger" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Gordon Granger">Gordon Granger</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, proclaiming and enforcing freedom of enslaved people in Texas,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">which was the last state of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;" title="">Confederacy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> with institutional slavery.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Reference: </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth">Juneteenth - Wikipedia</a></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-56572116370414912002021-06-03T12:47:00.004-05:002021-06-03T12:47:43.392-05:00To All Legislators<h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #283f73; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;">To All Legislators:<br /></span>If We shut down the Governor’s private prison plan and stopped the Banks support of over $3 Billion. We can surely send you home and we can shut you down too.</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />We do not need more prisons!</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />We do not need more deaths!</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />We do not need more Human Rights violations!</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />We need alternatives, and release from all of this.</span></h2>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-69557637377583137812021-06-01T13:40:00.000-05:002021-06-01T13:40:10.363-05:00TOPS Will Continue to fight for OUR incarcerated people<p> </p><h2 style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">From the Desk of Pastor Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow</span></strong></h2><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong> </strong></div><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>TODAY</strong> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Governor “Ivey has said her administration </span><a href="https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/whats-happened-whats-next-in-alabamas-plan-for-new-prisons.html" rel="noopener" style="color: #3c61aa; font-size: large; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">will continue to pursue a plan for new prisons</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and will work with the Legislature. Legislative leaders have said they would wait until after today to consider alternatives.” *</span><a href="http://www.al.com/news" rel="noopener" style="color: #3c61aa; font-size: large; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">www.al.com/news</a></div><div style="color: #555555; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><h2 style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;"><span style="color: red;">WE</span><span style="color: #555555;"> (</span><span style="color: red;">T</span><span style="color: #555555;">he </span><span style="color: red;">O</span><span style="color: #555555;">rdinary </span><span style="color: red;">P</span><span style="color: #555555;">eople </span><span style="color: red;">S</span><span style="color: #555555;">ociety) <u>will continue </u>to fight for Justice! We <u>will continue</u> to keep our brothers and sisters in prayer. </span><span style="color: red;">We</span><span style="color: #555555;"> </span><u style="color: #555555;">will continue</u><span style="color: #555555;"> to fight for the release of those in jails and prisons to protect their health and well-being. </span><span style="color: red;">We</span><span style="color: #555555;"> </span><u style="color: #555555;">will continue</u><span style="color: #555555;"> to fight against ANY MORE PRISONS BEING BUILT IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA and getting prisoners released. </span><span style="color: red;">We</span><span style="color: #555555;"> </span><u style="color: #555555;">will continue</u><span style="color: #555555;"> to fight to abolish the unfair treatment and malicious prosecution for individuals without legal assistance and proper representation in criminal and family cases. </span><span style="color: red;">We</span><span style="color: #555555;"> </span><u style="color: #555555;">will continue</u><span style="color: #555555;"> to fight to bring our brothers and sisters home!</span></h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OI1cXuPtQnf3nNQ9Ig0NWFgxDbFRDsvnOrViia9xNi7GLYrJgHrUfKYCPC_yzGysIfbEneBX_H0J3R4P1e7BMKL6SzP2hqrHJxUwMzTPe-qkZCtKrCWy6J1rK_FR3KvpsKgWkr32Kds/s886/broken-handcuffs-Free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="886" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OI1cXuPtQnf3nNQ9Ig0NWFgxDbFRDsvnOrViia9xNi7GLYrJgHrUfKYCPC_yzGysIfbEneBX_H0J3R4P1e7BMKL6SzP2hqrHJxUwMzTPe-qkZCtKrCWy6J1rK_FR3KvpsKgWkr32Kds/s320/broken-handcuffs-Free.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #555555;"><br /></span></div>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-11707568333520771992021-02-19T09:47:00.004-06:002021-02-19T09:49:04.171-06:00NO BILLED Capital Murder Charges (Somebody Say RESTORE)!<h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial;">Kenny Glasgow - Grand Jury NO BILLED Capital Murder Charges</h1><span class="tagline" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Rickey Stokes</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Viewed: 518</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Posted by: RStokes</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">rstokes1450@gmail.com</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">3347901729</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">Date: Feb 19 2021 9:05 AM</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">HOUSTON COUNTY: </span></strong><span style="font-size: large;">Arrested by Dothan Police Department on March 26, 2018, Kenneth C. Glasgow has had the cloud hanging over him on the charge of Capital Murder.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Capital Murder is a death penalty offense. If a Houston County jury found evidence to convict, Kenneth C. Glasgow would have faced the possibility of Life In Prison with no chance of ever being released or death by lethal injection.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Capital Murder charges have been pending since the arrest of Kenneth C. Glasgow ( Kenny Glasgow ) since the March 26, 2018 arrest.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">A preliminary hearing was held on April 10, 2018 before the Honorable Houston County District Court Judge Benjamin Lewis. Glasgow was represented by Attorney Derek Yarbrough of Motley, Motely and Yarbrough.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The evidence in the preliminary hearing did not establish enough probable cause against Glasgow to really hold him over in jail. However even if a District Judge dismisses the cases in a preliminary hearing the District Attorney still can carry the case to a Grand Jury.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glasgow was released on a secured bond after the preliminary hearing with A-Advantage Bonding.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the Capital Murder hanging over his head since the arrest March 26, 2018, a Houston County Grand Jury "no billed", throw out, the arrest on February 18,2021.</span></p><br clear="all" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-size: large;">That means the case of Capital Murder no longer exists against Kenny Glasgow. </span></p><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><p><a href="https://www.rickeystokesnews.com//article.php/kenny-glasgow--grand-jury-no-billed-capital-murder-charges-179910" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="Kenny Glasgow - Grand Jury NO BILLED Capital Murder Charges" src="https://www.rickeystokesnews.com/images/articles/2021-02-19-09-05-55_small.jpg" style="max-width: 460px; padding-bottom: 5px;" /></a> </p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-72243291780732971282021-02-19T09:39:00.001-06:002021-02-19T09:39:10.626-06:00Black History Facts from TOPS<p><b><span style="font-size: large;">EDUCATION</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While Jewish and African American communities have a tumultuous shared history when it comes to the pursuit of civil rights, there is a chapter that is often overlooked. In the 1930s when Jewish academics from Germany and Austria were dismissed from their teaching positions, many came to the United States looking for jobs. Due to the Depression, xenophobia and rising anti-Semitism, many found it difficult to find work, but more than 50 found positions at HBCUs in the segregated South.</span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;"><u>Originally established to educate freed slaves to read and write</u>, the<b> first</b> of the <b>Historically Black Colleges and Universities was Cheyney University in Pennsylvania, established in 1837</b>. By the time Jewish professors arrived, the number of HBCUs had grown to 78. At a time when both Jews and African Americans were persecuted, Jewish professors in the Black colleges found the environment comfortable and accepting, often creating special programs to provide opportunities to engage Blacks and whites in meaningful conversation, often for the first time.</p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px;">In the years that followed, the interests of Jewish and African American communities increasingly diverged, but this once-shared experience of discrimination and interracial cooperation remains a key part of the Civil Rights Movement.</p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-75016977507095251782021-02-18T09:02:00.003-06:002021-02-18T09:02:45.715-06:00Black History Facts from TOPS<p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> MUSIC AND TELEVISION</span></b></p><ol class="body-ol" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Charter, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 19px; list-style-position: outside; margin-left: 47.5938px; margin-right: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-left: 1.4rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: step-counter 1; font-family: "Avenir LT W05", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; outline: 0px;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: step-counter 1; font-family: "Avenir LT W05", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; outline: 0px;">In 1940, <a class="body-link" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a32366059/hattie-mcdaniel-facts-true-story/" href="https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a32366059/hattie-mcdaniel-facts-true-story/" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(250, 229, 76) 0px, rgb(250, 229, 76) 100%) 0px 100% / 0px 0px repeat-x; border-bottom: 0.125rem solid rgb(250, 229, 76); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0e1111; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.05rem; padding-top: 0.05rem; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background 0.4s ease-in-out 0s, color 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person</a> to win an Oscar for her supporting role in <em style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">Gone With the Wind</em>. 24 years later, <a class="body-link" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/african-american-oscar-winner-oscarssowhite-870533" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/african-american-oscar-winner-oscarssowhite-870533" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(250, 229, 76) 0px, rgb(250, 229, 76) 100%) 0px 100% / 0px 0px repeat-x; border-bottom: 0.125rem solid rgb(250, 229, 76); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0e1111; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.05rem; padding-top: 0.05rem; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background 0.4s ease-in-out 0s, color 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Sidney Poitier became the first</a> Black man to win an Oscar for his leading role in <em style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">Lilies of the Field.</em></li></ol>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-59777212112246646412021-02-16T09:24:00.008-06:002021-02-16T09:24:58.516-06:00Black History Facts from TOPS<p> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Music and Television:</b></span></p><p><br /></p><ol class="body-ol" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Charter, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 19px; list-style-position: outside; margin-left: 47.5938px; margin-right: 0px; outline: 0px; padding-left: 1.4rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; counter-increment: step-counter 1; font-family: "Avenir LT W05", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.4; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; outline: 0px;"><b>Stevie Wonder</b> is not only <a class="body-link" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/michael-jackson-beyonc%C3%A9-jay-z-25-grammy-record-setters-black-history-month" href="https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/michael-jackson-beyonc%C3%A9-jay-z-25-grammy-record-setters-black-history-month" style="background: linear-gradient(rgb(250, 229, 76) 0px, rgb(250, 229, 76) 100%) 0px 100% / 0px 0px repeat-x; border-bottom: 0.125rem solid rgb(250, 229, 76); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0e1111; outline: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.05rem; padding-top: 0.05rem; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background 0.4s ease-in-out 0s, color 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">the first Black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year</a> for 1973's <em style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px;">Innervisions</em>, but the first and only musician to win Album Of The Year with three consecutive studio albums.</li></ol>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-62904530004488149082021-02-15T09:54:00.000-06:002021-02-15T09:54:45.052-06:00Black History Facts from TOPS<p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timeline.com/marie-van-brittan-brown-b63b72c415f0" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; color: #2e81b7; font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Inventor</span></a> <a href="https://timeline.com/marie-van-brittan-brown-b63b72c415f0" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; color: #2e81b7; font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Marie Van Brittan Brown</a><span style="font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">If you sleep better at night and when you’re away from home because you have a security system, you should know it was invented by a Black woman. “Marie Van Brittan Brown felt uneasy in her neighborhood and the police were unreliable. So, she took matters in her own hands and patented the modern home security system,” </span><a href="https://timeline.com/marie-van-brittan-brown-b63b72c415f0" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">timeline.com wrote</a><span style="font-family: Gordita, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">. “Over 50 years later, the technology is installed in millions of homes and offices worldwide.”</span></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-90387968058213835602021-02-12T12:32:00.001-06:002021-02-12T12:32:09.966-06:00Black History Facts from TOPS<p> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">Eminent Scientist: </span><a href="https://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-carver-9240299" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">George Washington Carver</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.</span></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-16334646439910461362021-02-11T09:26:00.000-06:002021-02-11T09:26:02.625-06:00Black History Facts from TOPS<p> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">Famous Protestors and Activists:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">While </span><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;">Rosa Parks</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> is credited with helping to spark the </span><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;">civil rights movement</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> when she refused to give up her public bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955—inspiring the </span><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;">Montgomery Bus Boycott</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">—the lesser-known </span><a href="https://www.history.com/news/six-unsung-heroines-of-the-civil-rights-movement" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;">Claudette Colvin</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> was arrested nine months prior for not giving up her bus seat to white passengers.</span></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-64644858066935073292021-02-10T13:02:00.001-06:002021-02-10T13:03:00.341-06:00Black History Months Facts from TOPS<p> <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">First Lawyer: </span><a href="https://www.biography.com/people/john-mercer-langston-9373265" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e80c30; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;" target="_blank">John Mercer Langston</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in </span><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/ohio" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e80c30; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;">Ohio</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"> in 1854. When he was elected to the post of Town Clerk for Brownhelm, Ohio, in 1855 Langston became one of the first African Americans ever elected to public office in America. John Mercer Langston was also the great-uncle of </span><a href="https://www.biography.com/people/langston-hughes-9346313" rel="noopener" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e80c30; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Langston Hughes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">, famed poet of the </span><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/harlem-renaissance" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #e80c30; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s;">Harlem Renaissance</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: open-sans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.8px;">.</span></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-36592525763013194122021-02-09T10:07:00.000-06:002021-02-09T10:07:11.514-06:00Black History Month Facts from TOPS<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Black History Month is
very important due to the fact we as a people have so many that have done so
much. We are the creator of big things such as the 3-signal traffic light,
the mailbox as we know it now was first invented and called "Street Letter
Box" and the pacemaker just to name a few. We have created items for
everyday living, extended living and post living. Yet we still are
discriminated against. We are still considered second class citizens
although we have invented first class things. Why is this? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As we are reminded daily
of the discrimination of blacks and the continued struggles we endure. We still
have a chance to glorify our accomplishments and hopefully our prior and
current success will help us to understand the question of race in today's
society.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">FACT for Today:</span></u></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Martin Luther King Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No single African
American in history is perhaps as famous as Martin Luther King Jr., otherwise
known as MLK. There is a federal holiday on the third Monday each January
celebrated in his honor, and whole sections of textbooks are devoted to his
civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s. A Baptist minister in the city of
Montgomery by trade and a prominent civil rights activist, Martin Luther King
made his mark by preaching nonviolent means of protesting the segregation of
whites and blacks in the United States. MLK’s assassination at the hands of a
white man in 1968 sparked riots and mourning across the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-42392733603695074442021-02-05T11:19:00.001-06:002021-02-05T11:19:47.488-06:00Black History Month<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">“</span><strong><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;">Black
History Month:</span></strong><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> The celebration of </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Black History
Month</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> began as “Negro History Week,” which was
created in 1926 by </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.biography.com/people/carter-g-woodson-9536515" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Carter G.
Woodson</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">, a noted African American historian, scholar,
educator and publisher. It became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month
of February was chosen to coincide with the birthdays of </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/frederick-douglass" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Frederick
Douglass</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> and </span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/abraham-lincoln" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: 0px; text-align: start; transition: all 0.25s ease 0s; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Abraham Lincoln</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">.</span>”</span> <span style="background: white; color: #181818; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-facts">https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-facts</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome
to Black History Month everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
February has come and we have the opportunity to acknowledge our Black
Americans that have done great things in history and continue to do great
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you to ALL our Black achievers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #181818; letter-spacing: 0.6pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However,
many of other races ask why must we have a Black History Month or Black Entertainment
Television? Looking at my television in
my home my cable line-up has approximately 583 channels on which ONE is dedicated
to Black art, Black musicians, Black documentaries and Black achievements. As I look at my calendar located in my home
there are 12 months in which ONE is dedicated to Blacks and our History. Is there something wrong with this picture? 🙋</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-32268257130016711012021-01-29T10:57:00.000-06:002021-01-29T10:57:16.494-06:00Racism vs Classism<p> <span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">While the climate is ripe and changing all over the U.S. since our new administration. I am very proud to say that there’s a glimpse of hope in the air. </span></p><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Locally I see that we have groups, mostly white led that are in contact with those inside through our efforts. That are making moves and deals getting people out of prison one by one, using their influence and/or relationships with District Attorneys and Judges. Which is a good thing, please don’t get me wrong. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">However, there are two things that we need to look at. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One, that these are groups that are being promoted in the media as if they’re doing this work by their own means and merits. When there are truly numerous groups out here such as ours (TOPS who’s at 20 years now) who have gotten out hundreds; but it’s not highlighted as such. So, I question is that because they have more capacity and if so why? If they are being highlighted in the media as the great one’s with hope and savior potential, then they’re the ones that the Funders are seeing as doing the work which is far from the truth. The second problem I see with that is that it’s not grassroots or people that’s within proximity to the problem. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I’ve said many times that if women run and lead their movements and the LGBTQ run and lead their movements then who should be the lead and center of the criminal justice movement? Shouldn’t it be someone close to the problem, for those closest to the problem is closest to the solution. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It falls back on the same old actions that’s always taken place, of other people benefitting off the demise of black people. Whether by organizational funding or our people being imprisoned, falsely charged and so forth. We appreciate the help and we need the help, but that’s just it, the help, not other groups taking over and capitalizing off our work or our demise. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If we really want to do great work and some real change, then we should REPEAL THE HABITUAL OFFENDERS ACT and release thousands, but then many of us wouldn’t have a job, or would we? A lot of our organizations wouldn’t exist, would they? Clerks in the courtrooms, correctional officers, Executive Directors with their nice salaries, and a whole lot more on both sides of the legal track would suffer, or would they? Less police officers, city municipalities would suffer from lack of funds accumulated by profiling so on and so forth.</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Now, is it possible for change to occur and those entities not lose funding? I believe it is. I truly believe if we REPEAL the Habitual Offenders ACT and release the thousands that are being held unjustly will not result in any financial lost from any end. It may cut out the extra spending such as overtime, agency workers to cover over-crowded areas and to help with office work that is behind. Getting in compliance should not eliminate jobs but to be incompliant is where the problems lie and where the extra exaggerated funds are going. The prisons were built with a capacity it could hold. Let's get in compliance with the capacity of each prison for the overworked guards can take vacations, the prisons can save on the overtime because then the staff to inmate ratio should be compliant. The judicial offices can get back on schedule and get back to due process and handling matters timely and sufficiently without the stress of excessive cases piling up. Let's get in compliance for the police officers can be due diligent and practice safer practices with less stress and have a chance to take their vacations and hopefully get time for rejuvenation of their mind body and soul. Let's get in compliance for all those workers that work with the public can now have the time to take trainings such as reducing inequality and bias in the workplace and professionalism for they can help meet the challenges present in a changing and dynamic society.</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I don't think they will lose money. If things are run the right way, fair firm and consistent; same laws for all we should be fine. If we are focusing on the Bible as some say because we are the bible-belt then love your neighbors as yourself. Treat people the way you want to be treated and love everyone. Maybe this will help increase revenues, increase the amount of people that want to work for the government because it is now somewhat fair. It will give us a chance to rehabilitate our incarcerated for when they are ready to return to society, they can be a part of economy. Reach one Teach one! Let's hope this climate catch on and put things right for WE as a people can prosper and US as a country can be productive and safe.</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Nationally I think that what Joe Biden did with the Executive Orders are wonderful, and a long time coming. However, these are Executive Orders and not Laws. So, they will only last while he is in office, and can be easily changed when the next administration comes in. The other adage to that point is, all the EO’s are Federal, so that really has no effect on the southern states where they invented convict leasing during Jim Crow era. So, it leads us to look at what else could have been done and still can, if we want to influence real change. Well like I alluded to earlier. Let’s ask those within proximity, and this is what came back to us from inside the Alabama prison system by our brothers inside.</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“If Biden wants to make a sweeping change across both State and Federal prison systems all he has to do is to sign an executive order repealing the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1995 that he helped to draft into law. Under the AEDPA, the writ of habeas corpus became effectively dead and the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) became the demise of prisoners seeking any action through the courts.”</div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Are we fighting the Prison Industrial Complex to only enforce, enhance, and enlighten the Non-Profit Industrial Complex? Are we merely changing laws and policies to only build another system? </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We all know that our fight with RACISM has always been a true fight against CLASSISM. </div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So, are we putting ourselves in a state of delusion? Or are we really making changes?</div><div><br /></div>Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-10280271290614491132021-01-14T20:35:00.000-06:002021-01-14T20:35:08.332-06:00Can Somebody Say Restore <p> <strong style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">CAN SOMEBODY SAY RESTORE!</strong></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">“<em>Getting our lives back by identifying us</em>”</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">January 14, 2021</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">Today, TOPS had an awesome turnout for people in the community needing identification. Sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of State (John H. Merrill) a mobile unit arrived at our Empowerment Center prepared to issue FREE Alabama Photo Voter ID Cards. The individuals that were serviced today were also able to register to vote and update their voter information if needed. Many people walked away with smiles on their faces because finally they have a legitimate photo identification. It was a joy to see and a privilege to help our people get one step closer to the front.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">FREE Photo Identifications? Who does that? >>>>>>WE DO with the help of the secretary of state.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">FREE My PEOPLE!</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Rev. Glasgowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382626417114127213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113721347649574797.post-73239520225354231322020-12-23T21:06:00.001-06:002020-12-23T21:06:32.694-06:00TOPS Christmas around the World <div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">TOPS Christmas around the World!</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">The Ordinary People Society is helping our Ordinary People have an Extraordinary Holiday Season. This is the givING Season and thanks to our prayers, donors, sponsors and members we have helped Children around the world have something for Christmas this year.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">The year 2020 has been like no other with the pandemic we are facing. However, the holidays are still coming and now more than ever our Children and Under Privileged need us. On Thanksgiving 2020 Momma Tina Mission House in Dothan Alabama fed 600 people a hot holiday meal. Due to COVID we experienced many challenges but it still didn’t stop our mission of feeding the one’s that can’t feed themselves. CAN SOMEBODY SAY RESTORE! Momma Tina Mission House will be feeding Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">Every year at TOPS headquarters in Dothan Alabama we provide Christmas gifts to over 300 families that are sponsor based. TOPS Florida hosted the first door drop toy drive for the Christmas holiday to low-income families in need. Santa delivered toys to homes on Monday, December 21, 2020. We will be hosting our annual Angel Tree in Dothan on Christmas Eve.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><strong><em>It isn’t too late to help.</em></strong> You still have time to pick an Angel off the tree. The tree is located at the T.O.P.S. office (<a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors="true">805 N. Lena St. Suite 13</a>). If you want to adopt a child please contact our office at <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(334)%20671-2882" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true">(334) 671-2882</a>. </div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">Don’t have the time to shop? No problem, please feel free to cash app $MomaTina. For more information you can contact T.O.P.S. @ <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(334)%20671-2882" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true">(334) 671-2882</a>, Moma Tina @ <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(334)%20714-3482" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true">(334) 714-3482</a> or Kenyetta Rich-Glasgow at <a dir="ltr" href="tel:(334)%20648-0960" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors="true">(334) 648-0960</a>.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">If it is on your heart to donate can goods, bottled water, non-perishable food items or personal hygiene items please contact The Soup Kitchen.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">This is the giving Season and we want EVERY child to have a Merry Christmas.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">We appreciate your support and Thank you in advance for all your help.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 28px;">TOPS praying, feeding and clothing our underprivileged people around the world.</div><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /></p>Rev. 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