10 Days Away From Screening Homesick @ The King Center

Doing my third public screening of my doctoral work

In just ten days, I will be able to screen the documentary “Homesick” at The King Center for their “Be Love Day.”

The reason I am extremely excited is that when I was shooting this film in January for my dissertation, starting in Memphis, less than a block away from where Dr. King was assassinated, I had no idea that Love Beyond Walls would have the opportunity to screen it the very space that honors the life of MLK on a day-to-day basis.

Be Love Day, which was started two years ago by The King Center, aims to inspire people around the world to take the pledge to show up in their communities and ‘Be Love’ by engaging in the following activities:

Identifying public policy that are unjust and learning about them.

Researching economics in Black and Brown communities and taking the step to invest in them.

Doing introspective work and challenging your biases to unpack them in a way that causes you to rid them of your life.

The King Center birthed this movement as a means to address the global tensions that cause harm to people around the world. It is grounded in MLK Jr.’s well-known quote from his unforgettable work, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”

“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love.”

Not only am I honored, but I am also grateful that I followed my scholarly intuition when proposing to conduct research that could have an impact beyond the academy—primarily through LBW.

By using King’s Beloved Community language as a theoretical lens to consider those who are unhoused in public policy, I am excited to screen the film and hold a discussion with my colleague, Dr. Vonnetta West, about how we might include those who are unhoused in King’s Beloved Community in the face of harmful and exclusionary public policies.

If you want to attend in Atlanta, click HERE.

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If you want to explore homelessness in the U.S., please consider checking out the book “I See You: How Love Opens Our Eyes to Invisible People.”

Explore my book “When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together” to delve into the profound impact of community involvement and collective action for social change.

Discover “All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity” to gain insight into the significance of understanding the historical narratives that shape individuals and foster racial solidarity.

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