I, along with about 150 ministers and other men of conviction, answered a call for responsible men to show up and save our community from destruction. We marched from New Shiloh Baptist Church, down Monroe Street, and straight into the insanity." "Here, while the rest of us were on bended knees praying for peace, one of the men who marched with us (I never got his name), took a moment to speak with two of the young men who were amongst the mayhem rioting, in an attempt to talk some sense into him and to let him know he was loved and needed by his community. I think they listened.

MdHS