By Neil Cosgrove Steel Smiling, a recent project of the Thomas Merton Center, has come a long way in the three-and-a-half years since its founder Julius Boatwright became proactive in sharing “therapeutic-style […]
Many thanks to everyone who made the New Person of the Year award dinner such a hopeful and sincere celebration of Wasi Mohamed’s work and vision. Here are some highlights of what […]
By Cheryl Bauer Six months after County Councilpersons DeWitt Walton and Paul Klein proposed legislation to initiate a citizenled oversight committee for the 105+ municipal police departments in Allegheny County, we have […]
TRANSCRIPTION BY SHERYLAND NEAL AND DEAN MOUGIANIS PHOTOS BY ERTEL PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS NOTE: THE THOMAS MERTON CENTER PRESENTED THE 2019 NEW PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD TO WASI MOHAMED – AN ACTIVIST […]
By: Neil Cosgrove Wasi Mohamed wants to emphasize one thing about his selection as the Merton Center’s 2019 New Person of the Year. “I only accept this award as a recognition of […]
By Jack Collins On Thursday April 25th ten crazed cyclists took to Oakland’s streets to cause traffic problems and annoy the Pittsburgh police department in a cartoonish way. The cyclists threw caution […]
By Molly Rush No surprise. Former and current anti-EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Administrators Scott Pruitt and Andrew Wheeler sure did their boss’s bidding. From day one the strategic plan was to undermine […]
By Joyce Rothermel The Merton Center was founded in 1972 by faithbased people seeking to follow and live out the teachings of Jesus Christ and joining with others to build a more […]
By Gabriel McMoreland Greetings Thomas Merton Center Family, The Thomas Merton Center is proud to present the 2019 New Person of the Year Award to Wasi Mohamed – an activist working to […]
By The Shutdown Berks Campaign The Berks County Residential Center (BCRC) is a prison for immigrant families, where children as young as two-weeksold have been incarcerated. By incarcerating and mistreating immigrant families, […]
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