Tag Archives: Praying Grounds Oral History Project

Remembering the Honorable Sara J. Harper, Esq.( 1926-2025), Distinguished Attorney, Judge, and Community Leader

Posted on July 18, 2025 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD On this day, I joined hundreds of other Clevelanders in celebrating the life and legacy of Judge Sara J. Harper, Black Christian daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, attorney, public servant, and so much more. Other … Continue reading →

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2024: A Smithsonian-Inspired Year to Remember

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD The folder cover for information packets that we distributed for the Smithsonian-Cleveland Partnership launch activities. In my December 2023 blog post, I shared detailed information about the January 2024 Smithsonian-Cleveland Partnership activities. These programs would … Continue reading →

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Here’s to June Sallée Antoine and Other Great Women in the Arts and Humanities!

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD When I consider the significant role that the arts and humanities have played in my life, I am often reminded of the work of Mrs. June Sallée Antoine (1929-2016). A native of Sandusky, Ohio, Mrs … Continue reading →

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Praying Grounds Collection Will Benefit from Humanities Grant to Cleveland State University Library

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD Earlier this month, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Praying Grounds: African American Faith Communities, A Documentary and Oral History Project would benefit from a recent American Rescue Plan Humanities Grant to Cleveland State … Continue reading →

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“Praying Grounds: African American Faith Communities,” A February 25, 2021, Black History Month Event

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

If your schedule permits, please join me at my final public program for Black History Month. “Praying Grounds: African American Faith Communities” will focus on the evolving role of religion in Black America. Thursday, February 25 7:00pm – 8:00pm Virtual … Continue reading →

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RASHAD’s Winter-Spring 2020 Newsletter Is Now Available

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Read this issue online today at ISSUU!  CLICK HERE  

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Praying Grounds and the “Wings” of Song

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N. Williams, PhD Earlier today, I listened to a 1981 videotaped interview of Leontyne Price, whose recorded solo vocal concerts and operatic performances always leave me speechless. In describing the secret of her incredible success, she said something … Continue reading →

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RASHAD Launches the ‘Praying Grounds’ Book Publishing Project

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

By Regennia N Williams, PhD As the the founder and director of the RASHAD Center, Inc., I am pleased to announce the official April 2020 launch of the “Praying Grounds” Book Publishing Project (PGB2P). This project is made possible, in … Continue reading →

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The Black Church, the Global Community, and World History and Culture in the Season of MLK Day 2020

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

If anyone doubts the significance of the work of the Black Church in the global community and its contributions to recent world history and culture, I am convinced that many of those doubts will be settled during the 2020 season … Continue reading →

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Still Counting My 2019 Blessings!

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Founder, President, and Executive Director

Inspired by a suggestion from the Reverend George E. Mensah, Sr., Executive Minister of Washington, DC’s Shiloh Baptist Church, I decided to count my blessings on Sunday, December 29, 2019, in the hope that I might compile a list of … Continue reading →

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