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Bridget “Biddy” Mason was born into slavery in Georgia in 1818 and was eventually acquired by Robert Marion Smith. In 1848, Smith, a Mormon convert, decided to move West, and Biddy was forced to walk the 1,700 mile journey from Mississippi to Utah. After two years in Utah, Smith agreed to move to California and help establish a Mormon community in San Bernardino. On the journey…
This year The Oceanside Sanctuary’s Justice Works Team is teaming up with The San Diego Organizing Project for a new initiative called Faith Votes 2020. As followers Christ, we have a moral imperative to use our democratically empowered voices on behalf of those who suffer most as a result of these massive challenges.
On Monday, June 8th, two weeks after the the murder of George Floyd, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival is calling for a Moral Monday National Day of Fasting and Focus, which will culminate at 5:00 PM ET when we are asking people to stop where you are for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in silence in honor of the time George Floyd had the literal knee of the state on his neck.
