Have you ever been hungry because you did not have enough food to eat for dinner or breakfast the next morning?  Have you ever lived in a home where the food pantry was bare?  Have you waited for the free school lunch as your only meal of the day?

The Scenario: Imagine living in your Texas neighborhood for over twenty years. You have a steady job, pay taxes, and your children were born and raised in the United States.  One morning, federal agents arrive, place you in handcuffs, and take you to a detention facility. No hearing occurs.

Yes, it's happening right here in America: our fundamental voting rights are being challenged on three fronts: (1) claims of voting fraud, (2) the suppression of voting rights, and (3) the overturning of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. All three intersect to deny Black voters and other historically marginalized communities the opportunity to vote.  We enumerate.

The Barbara McDowell Social Justice Center sees almost daily actions by the Trump Administration that trample on civil rights and contravene core principles of social justice, as exemplified by what has occurred in Minneapolis. The Center believes that it has an obligation to record and report upon such actions to "bear witness" to preserve the historical record and to speak out publicly on these issues.