Comments on: Neighborhood and Youth http://iamhealed.net/2008/11/17/neighborhood-and-youth/ ...and by His stripes we are healed. (Is. 53:5) Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: catfantastic http://iamhealed.net/2008/11/17/neighborhood-and-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 catfantastic Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:18:46 +0000 http://iamhealed.net/?p=991#comment-2698 Great idea, Kathi! When I still worked at the library, we enrolled as part of a program to give high-risk youth in high schools a co-op job at the university, to show that there was a brighter world out there. Earlier this year I ran into one of those kids in the hall of the Ross Building, and she's a York student now! I guess some of these kids feel like their lives are spelled out for them, like the only chance they have at success is on the kind of terms likely to get them dead or in jail. All we did with this girl was work with her, talk with her, relate to her like we did to each other--I mean, I hadn't even known she was "high risk" until months into the program--but that was apparently enough for her to realize that there was a better world within her grasp and do what she had to do to get there. So--yes! Go there, find folks, and gently be Kathi with them for awhile. Whether you get converts or not, you'll be doing really, REALLY good work. Great idea, Kathi!

When I still worked at the library, we enrolled as part of a program to give high-risk youth in high schools a co-op job at the university, to show that there was a brighter world out there. Earlier this year I ran into one of those kids in the hall of the Ross Building, and she’s a York student now!

I guess some of these kids feel like their lives are spelled out for them, like the only chance they have at success is on the kind of terms likely to get them dead or in jail. All we did with this girl was work with her, talk with her, relate to her like we did to each other–I mean, I hadn’t even known she was “high risk” until months into the program–but that was apparently enough for her to realize that there was a better world within her grasp and do what she had to do to get there.

So–yes! Go there, find folks, and gently be Kathi with them for awhile. Whether you get converts or not, you’ll be doing really, REALLY good work.

]]> By: Jules http://iamhealed.net/2008/11/17/neighborhood-and-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-2697 Jules Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:03:47 +0000 http://iamhealed.net/?p=991#comment-2697 Search for 'Battle of Hayes Pond' on Wiki (this blog isn't too keen when I add URLs). 1958 confrontation between the Lumbees and the Ku Klux Klan in Robeson County - the KKK led by Cole were sent away with their collective tail between their legs after a year-long terror campaign against the Lumbee; they had to escape through nearby swamps after only 50 of them turned up instead of the expected 5000. Apparently it's an annual celebration for Lumbees in memory of the rout. Just been reading more history - seems to be discussion over whether they're descended from the Cheraw and/or Tuscarora tribes, or from African slaves. Ooh and you've got the idea of England's 'Lost Colony' - interesting stuff. Bet Ken knows about this and its links with the Civil War. Search for ‘Battle of Hayes Pond’ on Wiki (this blog isn’t too keen when I add URLs). 1958 confrontation between the Lumbees and the Ku Klux Klan in Robeson County – the KKK led by Cole were sent away with their collective tail between their legs after a year-long terror campaign against the Lumbee; they had to escape through nearby swamps after only 50 of them turned up instead of the expected 5000. Apparently it’s an annual celebration for Lumbees in memory of the rout.

Just been reading more history – seems to be discussion over whether they’re descended from the Cheraw and/or Tuscarora tribes, or from African slaves. Ooh and you’ve got the idea of England’s ‘Lost Colony’ – interesting stuff. Bet Ken knows about this and its links with the Civil War.

]]> By: Kathi http://iamhealed.net/2008/11/17/neighborhood-and-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-2695 Kathi Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:56:00 +0000 http://iamhealed.net/?p=991#comment-2695 Lumbee = a local Native American tribe that is not "officially" recognized by the US Government (but certainly should be). They're very dark-skinned and are often mistaken for being of African descent. Culturally they're the sort of people that would not only give the shirt off their back, they'd give you their shoes and hat if you needed them too. Never heard of Cole and Hayes Pond? Do tell? Lumbee = a local Native American tribe that is not “officially” recognized by the US Government (but certainly should be). They’re very dark-skinned and are often mistaken for being of African descent. Culturally they’re the sort of people that would not only give the shirt off their back, they’d give you their shoes and hat if you needed them too.

Never heard of Cole and Hayes Pond? Do tell?

]]> By: Jules http://iamhealed.net/2008/11/17/neighborhood-and-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-2693 Jules Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:53:27 +0000 http://iamhealed.net/?p=991#comment-2693 Eesh. Just been reading about James 'Catfish' Cole and the Battle of Hayes Pond. It beats me how someone with those kind of Christian roots, who was ordained Baptist and served as a tent evangelist, could be so utterly hate-filled and ignorant. I guess it was a different era back then in the Jim Crow days. Eesh. Just been reading about James ‘Catfish’ Cole and the Battle of Hayes Pond. It beats me how someone with those kind of Christian roots, who was ordained Baptist and served as a tent evangelist, could be so utterly hate-filled and ignorant. I guess it was a different era back then in the Jim Crow days.

]]> By: Jules http://iamhealed.net/2008/11/17/neighborhood-and-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-2692 Jules Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:43:51 +0000 http://iamhealed.net/?p=991#comment-2692 What's a Lumbee? What’s a Lumbee?

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