As I am sure the catastrophe in Haiti has burdened your hearts as it has mine, I wanted to remind us of our duty as BLSA members to aid our brothers and sisters in Haiti during their time of need. In the past years, BLSA has worked on Haiti initiatives and projects, provided funds for community centers there, and collected school supplies, and without a doubt, our assistance is needed now more than ever before.
With Martin Luther King Day, and the "Day on not Day Off/Call to Service theme that usually surrounds the day, I can think of no greater cause right now that providing any help we can to those suffering in that region. I encourage everyone to link up with another BLSA member or FCSL student this holiday and find a way to contribute.
Please watch your email for the specific efforts that BLSA will be sponsoring, and if you have any suggestions, please forward them to an Executive Board member. Consider Mission Harvest, located at 69 Copeland Street, 904-356-4819 http://www.missionngo.com/. The hours of operation are M-F from 7am-7pm; Sat. 7 am- 2pm & Sun 2pm - 7 pm.
Our hearts and prayers go out to those who have loved ones in currently in Haiti.
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sincerely,
Julia Jenae' Latimer
Candidate for Juris Doctorate, 2010
Black Law Students Association, Chaplain/Public Relations Chair
“Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive decrees, depriving
the needy of justice and robbing my peoples’ poor of their rights, making
widows their plunder and orphans their prey.” — Isaiah 10:1-2
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