Blog Archives: Racial Justice

Election day is soon for Americans. Every election and every race are important. The midterm elections are especially important as they effect which party controls Congress. Each elected official matters.…

  Today, June 19th, marks the very first time that Juneteenth has been a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day that the last enslaved Americans finally learned that they were…

Xiao Zhen Xie, 76, was waiting to cross a street when a 39-year-old man socked her in the eye.  Despite pain and shock, she fought back.  How shameful, these racist…

On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #Choosetochallenge. The IWD website challenges people to create videos that celebrate women and their varied voices.  We can…

December 10 is Human Rights Day, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights begins “all human beings are born free and equal in…

The 2020 US Election is especially important. From the presidential election all the way down to local races. One of the best things that we as citizens can do to…

Peace is more than just the absence of war. Peace is about every person having an equal chance. Regardless of who they are and where they live. A word that…

LPF Forgotten Heroine Series Alice McCain, August 7, 2020   <Sojourner Truth     Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (c1893)>       Sojourner Truth. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Mary Ann…

Image from Wikimedia Commons. At LPF we are committed to racial justice. But we recognize that we as an organization have a lot of shortcomings. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

Mabel Lee: Chinese American Pioneer for Suffrage May 2020, Asian Pacific Heritage Month  LPF Forgotten Heroines Series Since the 19th century in the U.S., persons of Asian heritage have often…