Does the current current sociopolitical climate cause you to feel upset and/or depressed?

“What happens in the world around us affects our mental health, for better and for worse. And, regardless of our political leanings, we are living in exceptionally stressful times.”

Read this article by CCRE member, Rev. Dr. Marty Kuchma to learn more. Remember, “we are all in this together, and together we can find a better way.”

The longer, very indepth, informative article is also available in the News section of our CCRE website.

This is the in-depth and informative version of an article about how the current political climate can effect our mental health. This article is written by CCRE member Rev. Dr. Marty Kuchma.

Rev. Dr. Marty Kuchma is the Senior Pastor at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Westminster, Maryland, a Professor of Practice at Lancaster Theological Seminary, and a member of CCRE.

2020 CCRE Bridging the Gap Conference

Save-the-date: May 1, 2020

CCRE Presents Spring Conference: Respect, Racism, and Patriotism: Talking About Taking a Knee

On a Spring morning in early May approximately 140 registrants attended the annual CCRE Conference including 50 licensed social workers and professional counselors attending to receive continuing education credits in the area of social policy and racial justice education.  Many thanks to the McDaniel College Social Work Department for their support and sponsorship of the CEU opportunity.

Learn about the life and activism of Claudette Colvin by reading this book. Read the book review on “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice” by Phillip Hoose. You can borrow the book at your local branch of the Carroll County Public Library.

Do not miss the 2019 Culture Expo on August 21st! See the flyer and plan to attend!

Mark your calendars to attend a performance of Best of Enemies at McDaniel College in October. Read more to see the performance poster.

On August 24, 2018, Carroll County Public Schools hosted it 2nd Annual Culture EXPO at Winter Mills High School.  The attendance increased in size since last year. Participants were welcomed to the event by the sounds of a drum circle and enjoyed a day of entertainment, enlightenment and appreciation.

In late 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of the need to work for the human rights of poor people all across this country. Rev. Dr. King explained, “… If you are, let’s say, from rural Mississippi, and have never had medical attention, and your children are undernourished and unhealthy, you can take those little children into the Washington hospitals and stay with them there until the medical workers cope with their needs, and in showing it your children you will have shown this country a sight that will make it stop in its busy tracks and think hard about what it has done.”

Provocative and controversial, Between the World and Me by author, journalist, and Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates, is this year’s Carroll One Book. Framed as a letter to his son, Coates tackles the endemic nature of race and racism in American culture and its impact on society today.

On September 6th, Gary also had the privilege to interview Mr. Charles Harrison at the Carroll County Youth Service Bureau for an audio taped forty minute conversation.