Posts in category: Rev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe Winston Churchill said that “history is written by the winners.” When the Stonewall Riots occurred in 1969, the history of an oppressed people finally got national attention. And, since that historical moment, the suppressed and clos ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe Since the intentional misreading of the Sodom and Gomorrah story in Genesis 19 in the Bible where the twin cities were supposedly destroyed because of homosexual depravity, the causes of natural disasters always find ways to be place ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe The movie “Detroit” attempts to capture the race riot of 1967. While summer flicks are known fondly as “popcorn movie season,” the film “Detroit” is difficult to digest. With raw depictions of street violence, inexplicable scenes o ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe This week LGBTQ Americans received a one-two punch from the Trump administration. The first punch was Trump’s ban against transgender service members. In his inimitable style of communicating to the American public the order came in ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe Former Patriot tight-end Aaron Hernandez’s suicide leaves us with more questions than answers. Many wonder what were Hernandez’s last dying words expressed in the three handwritten notes to loved ones- fiancee, daughter, and purporte ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe Boston is a “city of champions.” That appellation is not only about its dominance in sports. It’s about Boston being one of the country’s leading medical and academic hubs, too. Boston is known for achieving many firsts. Boston Lati ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe When artist Dana Schutz presented “Open Casket,” an abstract painting of Emmett Till’s open casket-the Chicagoan 14 year old African American male teen lynched  in the  Mississippi Delta in the summer of 1955- she could not have fath ...

By Rev. Irene Monroe There are differences within diversity. This issue scratches below the superficial veneer of diversity and is an eerie reminder of how minority groups are often pitted against one another. This year’s Oscars were the most diverse in ...