Dr. Deborah D. Jenkins
@drdeborahdjenkins.bsky.social
Creating The Life... Also: Academic-Political Scientist-Philosophical Theologian who loves her 🖤 community. Adjunct Assistant Professor CUNY and CEO/President Pressley Family Institute (Training & Development)
Part II of my thoughts on AI in schools.
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Students First Means Humans First — Part II
What New York City Gets Right About AI, Childhood, and the Right to Think
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September 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Part II of my thoughts on AI in schools.
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He reminded America that Black American excellence in baseball is still very much alive.
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Jordan Walker Didn’t Just Win the Home Run Derby. He Reminded America What Is Still Possible.
Last night, Jordan Walker of the St.
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July 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
He reminded America that Black American excellence in baseball is still very much alive.
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Sabbath Reflection:
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One Year of Freedom: A Sabbath Reflection
One year ago today, on July 12, I officially retired from pastoring after twenty years of shepherding a congregation I deeply loved.
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July 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Sabbath Reflection:
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The Movement for Reparations at 250 years requires unity.
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Reparations for Descendants of Enslavement in the United States:
Two Hundred Fifty Years Later—Where Are We?
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July 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The Movement for Reparations at 250 years requires unity.
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Tony Brown Taught Us to See Ourselves
A Personal Tribute to a Black Media Giant
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June 28, 2026 at 2:01 AM
My reflection on the Reflecting Pool debacle.
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A Nation That Can No Longer See Its Reflection
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, we must ask ourselves a difficult question: Do we still possess the courage to look honestly at who we have become?
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June 23, 2026 at 12:23 PM
My reflection on the Reflecting Pool debacle.
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At Sixty, I Am Thinking About Legacy
This August, I will celebrate my 60th birthday.
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June 21, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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Black Music Month Day 5: The Staple Singers
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Black Music Month – Day 5 The Staple Singers: Faith in Action. Family in Harmony.
Some artists entertained.
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June 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Black Music Month Day 5: The Staple Singers
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Black Music Month Day 4: Curtis Mayfield
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Black Music Month – Day 4 Curtis Mayfield: The Soundtrack of Hope
Thanks for reading Dr.
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June 4, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Black Music Month Day 4: Curtis Mayfield
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Before There Was a Hashtag, There Was Paul Robeson
Art divorced from justice becomes performance without purpose.
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June 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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It is indeed a time for action BUT choose wisely with whom you build.
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The Coalition Question After Louisiana v. Callais
There is no question that Black America is entering another defining political moment.
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May 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
It is indeed a time for action BUT choose wisely with whom you build.
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“What we are witnessing is the institutional narrowing of Black access to professional power, historical mobility, and democratic participation under the sanitized language of ‘neutrality,’ ‘merit,’ and ‘anti-discrimination.’” DDJ
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The Quiet Reconstruction of Exclusion
Medicine, Law, and the Narrowing of Black Democratic Participation
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May 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM
“What we are witnessing is the institutional narrowing of Black access to professional power, historical mobility, and democratic participation under the sanitized language of ‘neutrality,’ ‘merit,’ and ‘anti-discrimination.’” DDJ
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Today is the 41st Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing and I am just finding out about the Anthropology Professor who desecrated the remains of some of the victims. There's apology that I personally deem sufficient. I write more about it here. open.substack.com/pub/drdebora...
Even in Death, They Would Not Let Us Rest
The exploitation of MOVE victims’ remains reveals how America continues to desecrate Black life — even in death.
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May 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Today is the 41st Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing and I am just finding out about the Anthropology Professor who desecrated the remains of some of the victims. There's apology that I personally deem sufficient. I write more about it here. open.substack.com/pub/drdebora...
You need to know the racist who is named in the landmark Supreme Cour decision last week, Louisianna v. Callais. Know your enemies, they know you.
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The Man Behind the Lawsuit: Why We Must Never Forget Bert Callais
“Too many of us still believe democracy naturally bends toward justice. History says otherwise.”
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May 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
You need to know the racist who is named in the landmark Supreme Cour decision last week, Louisianna v. Callais. Know your enemies, they know you.
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Once again, Trump's war on science, higher ed, etc. The stakes: the possibility of knowledge based on publicly-accessible standards -- or a truth external to power. Instead, truth is what the regime says it is. Inconvenient findings will be deleted. And millions will suffer for it.
F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
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May 5, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Once again, Trump's war on science, higher ed, etc. The stakes: the possibility of knowledge based on publicly-accessible standards -- or a truth external to power. Instead, truth is what the regime says it is. Inconvenient findings will be deleted. And millions will suffer for it.
This reflection is a continuation of my thinking following the recent Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais and its implications for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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When Faith Becomes a Ballot: A Reckoning for Christians in America
If your faith requires the removal of someone else’s humanity, then what you are practicing may carry the name of Christianity— but it does not reflect the Christ I know.
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May 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
This reflection is a continuation of my thinking following the recent Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais and its implications for Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Resilience should not be mistaken for infinite capacity.~DDJ
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Black Women Are Carrying the Economy—So Why Are We Cutting Them First?
DOGE cuts, DEI rollbacks, and the quiet unraveling of economic stability
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April 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Resilience should not be mistaken for infinite capacity.~DDJ
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Sabbath Reflection: Honoring God doesn’t require me to erase myself.
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I Felt Pretty on the Sabbath—and I Stayed There
On learning to honor what God is doing through me without disappearing from it.
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April 26, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Sabbath Reflection: Honoring God doesn’t require me to erase myself.
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