Black August, the journey home to the future and the United Nations

Recently, I had the opportunity take our Bread for the World summer interns to the National Museum of African History and Culture in Washington, D.C. I have done this annually for many years and was glad to see the keen interest of the interns. Several stated this would not be their first visit and that they wanted to learn more while others appreciated the group going together. Unlike previous visits, there was an exhibit of Afro-Futurism featured at the museum that was recently featured on 60 Minutes on CBS. Here is the museum’s statement about this exhibit: “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures& immerses visitors in a conversation that reimagines, reinterprets and reclaims the past and present for a more empowering future for African Americans.” This conversation had particular meaning after just returning from Ghana and Nigeria the prior week. Our work with Pan African Women of Faith/PAWEEN took me to Ghana, and the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) global gathering took me to Nigeria, which has the largest numbers of Baptists in the world. The conference of the Circle of African Women Theologians and the BWA global gathering were opportunities to link hunger, poverty, climate change, and other intersecting issues...