Feb is Black History Month, and the ELCIC invites us to explore culture this week. – (leave the sensational/aggravating news feeds for a while and check out these pages)
To begin, you may learn about these people:
Jackie Richardson, Canadian Jazz Icon jazz https://jazz.fm/jackie-richardson-interview-with-bill-king/
Eleanor Collins, Canada’s “First Lady of Jazz” https://bcblackhistory.ca/eleanor-collins/
El Jones, Poet Laureate https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/poets/el-jones
Lawrence Hill, Author https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductee/lawrence-hill
Desmond Cole, Journalist https://www.writerstrust.com/authors/desmond-cole/
Find more information and links on the Eastern Synod Web Page http://easternsynod.org/BHM/
finding Grace in Surprising Ways 