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Volume 4 Issue 2 |
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Welcome to Broad Street Ministry's online newsletter, BROADcast!
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November 2008 Worship Service Schedule!
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! Special Author Event: A People’s History of Poverty in America
In this compulsively readable social history, political scientist Stephen Pimpare vividly describes poverty from the perspective of poor and welfare-reliant Americans from the big city to the rural countryside. He focuses on how the poor have created community, secured shelter, and found food and illuminates their battles for dignity and respect. Through prodigious archival research and lucid analysis, Pimpare details the ways in which charity and aid for the poor have been inseparable, more often than not, from the scorn and disapproval of those who would help them. In the rich and often surprising historical testimonies he has collected from the poor in America, Pimpare overturns any simple conclusions about how the poor see themselves or what it feels like to be poor—and he shows clearly that the poor are all too often aware that charity comes with a price. It is that price that Pimpare eloquently questions in this book, reminding us through powerful anecdotes, some heart-wrenching and some surprisingly humorous, that poverty is not simply a moral failure. About the Author BSM Offers FREE Flu Shots SAVE THE DATE Performances by:
Join BSM and over 20 other AIDS service organizations, arts programs, dance troupes, and other social service organizations, and individuals as we learn more about protecting our own health and that of our loved ones in the face of HIV and AIDS. We'll also be remembering those who have lost the battle to this deadly virus during the past two and a half decades. World AIDS Day was started in 1988 by the World Health Federation, as a way to focus global attention on the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS on the entire world. Once known as A Day Without Art, due to the heavy toll AIDS had taken on the arts community, AIDS no longer recognizes "boundaries," instead reaching across all occupations, nations, all races and genders; indeed, every part of the globe. In addition, this event will bring back the art, with performances by Smoke Lilies and Jade Dance, The Gay Men’s Chorus, The Bright Hope Baptist Church Celestial Choir and Hotel Obligado Theater Company. SAVE THE DATE PART 2 (Postponed into the new year. Date and place to be announced.) The BSM 1st Motley Order Choir is hosting a holiday concert. The purpose is to spread holiday cheer through funky, soul-captivating music and great food and there will be a total of seven broad-based musical acts. Not your average holiday party—especially with Tony Moore at the helm! Confirmed: Musical Acts
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