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A mother's view of last week's tragedies
Sharon Butts
Sharon Butts is co-founder and secretary of Unity in the Community Inc., a Richmond Hill-based organization that promotes unity through culturally diverse, fun events and educational activities for youth and families. - photo by Photo provided.
After last week’s terrible tragedies for two young black men and the police officers that have moved this country’s heart, I decided to write this column as the "mother" of an organization that believes unity is the answer. We need to remember we are a community of Americans, like a large village. We have forgotten how to look out for each other as we would ourselves.
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Jeff Whitten: Talking (and driving) in circles
Jeff Whitten
I bumped into a neighbor of mine the other day and we got to talking. “I don’t get this Juneteenth holiday,” he said. “What are we celebrating?”
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