Indigenous Community Service Center

04/12/2025

04/11/2025

Paid Summer Internship with Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett

College students and young professionals are encouraged to apply.

Application Deadline: April 25, 2025

Apply here:

Please complete and submit the form below to apply for an internship in our District Office. Ensure that you have your cover letter and resume ready to upload at the end of this form. Submitting these documents is required.College students and young professionals are encouraged to apply.20 to 40 hou...

03/01/2025

Join us in celebrating Zero Discrimination Day on March 1st. It's a day to raise awareness about the importance of treating everyone with fairness and respect. Let's work towards a world where discrimination has no place.

11/02/2024

A federal jury has convicted a former Kentucky detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor the night she was shot to death by police officers in 2020.

10/13/2024

09/09/2024

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Legendary actor James Earl Jones, best known for voicing the character of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" franchise, has died.

09/05/2024

Horrifying end. 😢 We must stop domestic violence!!🤬

Rebecca Cheptegei, who was 33, had competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. She died from organ failure after being set on fire by a man local authorities described as Cheptegei's partner.

07/27/2024

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— Dr. Orr

07/20/2024

BACK TO SCHOOL: PHYSICALS & VACCINES. The first 50 children will receive Free School Supplies. Registration: https://bit.ly/SCBK2SCHWD.

BLOOD DRIVE to support those living with Sickle Cell Disease: Blood donors will receive a $20.00 gift card, a movie ticket to see TWISTERS, and your name will be entered in a raffle for a chance to win a DODGE RAM TRUCK. Registration: https://bit.ly/SCBLOODDRIVE

06/17/2024

She was r***d at the age of 8. Her ra**st was found guilty, but spent only one day in jail. After he was released, he was murdered. Because of this, she became mute for almost 5 years, believing her "voice killed him." "I killed him that man. because I told his name. And, then I thought I would never speak again, because my voice would kill anyone ..."

Her name was Marguerite Ann Johnson. Later in life, she would change her name . . . to Maya Angelou.

The Peace Page has shared many stories of Maya Angelou, but this is the story that many people return to each year. Thank you for sharing Her story.

During this time, this period of suffering, this period of shame and guilt, this period of silence that she "developed her extraordinary memory, her love for books and literature, and her ability to listen and observe the world around her." A teacher and friend of the family helped Angelou speak again, introducing her to the world of books with authors such as Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare.

When she finally did speak, she said she had a lot to say.

Maya Angelou became a voice for women, a voice for the black community, garnering respect and admiration for her honesty.

She would say, "There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you."

Angelou was challenged by her friend, author James Baldwin, to write an autobiography, which became "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". The book would be critically acclaimed, but banned in schools and libraries because of its honest depiction of r**e.

When asked by an interviewer why she wrote about the experience, she indicated that she wanted to demonstrate the complexities of r**e. She also wanted to prevent it from happening to someone else, so that anyone who had been r***d might gain understanding and not blame herself for it.

She would also later write another book titled "Letter to My Daughter", which was dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her.

In the book, she says, "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them."

She would also write in her poem, "And, Still I Rise":

"Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries...

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise..."

Update: This story, originally published in 2017, has recently gone viral again, with more than a million people reached. Thank you for remembering Ms. Angelou, her words, her life, her heart.

~ jsr, from the Jon S. Randal Peace Page

06/11/2024

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