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A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, November 2, 2018, Interview with DLI’s Kevrick McKain

A Closer Look with Sheila Liaugminas, November 2, 2018, Interview with DLI’s Kevrick McKain

On today’s show: ‘Civility, Justice in America; Faith Based Voting; Crucial Midterm Elections’ Guest, David DiCerto. Link: https://www.sheencenter.org/ Sheen Center series ‘Civility in America’, ‘Justice Film Festival’, address social, moral issues in the culture, what we can do. Guest, Kevrick McKain. Link: https://www.dlinstitute.org/ Douglass Leadership Center mobilizes grassroots workers nationwide to deliver faith-based, nonpartisan voter guides. Expect strong voter turnout this year as people of…

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DLI is a signatory for the Justice Declaration

DLI is please to be a signatory along with many other outstanding organizations.  Taken from a recent email.. “Mr. Nelson, I want to start by thanking you for joining Prison Fellowship, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the Charles Colson Center for Christian Worldview, the National Association of Evangelicals, and many other faith leaders across the country in the Justice…

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Video: Repairing the Breach

Repairing the Breach session held at the Family Research Council on Feb 16, 2017. Join Robert L. Woodson, Sr. and Rev. Dean Nelson as they share how the conservative movement must identify, recognize, and support these agents of individual and community uplift and provide the resources, expertise and funding that can strengthen and expand their transformative work. For more information:…

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A Letter from the Chairman: This Year has been….UNBELIEVABLE!

UNBELIEVABLE! That is the best word to describe the Douglass Leadership Institute’s staff as we reflect on the success of our ‘Turning the Tide’ initiative, which exceeded all our expectations.  From the 2,000 people who joined us in Woodbridge, Virginia to hear Rev. Bernice King, to appearances on Fox and Friends, these accomplishments would have been impossible without the sacrificial support…

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Why I find the black community’s response to Trump’s election a little embarrassing

 By Jeremy Hunt – Published November 19, 2016 – FoxNews.com   My father grew up in Atlanta during the late 60s and 70s surrounded by fellow blacks. From elementary school to Howard University, where he obtained his undergraduate and law degrees—everyone looked like him. His childhood room boasted a giant black power fist on the wall in the Pan-African colors of red, black,…

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