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Catherine
Photograph
Statement:
This is a portrait of Catherine Flowers, a tremendous activist
on behalf of the rural poor in Lowdnes County, Alabama, where
Catherine grew up. She is the daughter of civil rights
activists and, following in their footsteps, has been fighting
poverty, economic racism and water/sanitation issues in her
community for many years. In this photograph, we
are standing in a church graveyard where Catherine’s parents
are buried. She had taken me here because her parents were
very influential in her life and shaped her deep faith and
convictions. As she shared stories with me about growing up in
the civil-rights movement, Catherine was flooded with
memories and filled with sadness, both at the loss of her
parents and the legacy of racism that remains. Overwhelmed,
Catherine stopped, closed her eyes, and prayed.
Bio:
I am a graduate student, pursuing a dual degree in Theological
Studies and Peace and Conflict Resolution at Wesley
Theological Seminary and American University in Washington,
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