Opinion: Stopping hate requires will, action from those who influence young people

From the Civil Rights Movement to the continued work of the Newtown Florist Club, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Gainesville built a “solid foundation of social justice work in the community,” the Rev. Rose Johnson said the day after news broke of a thwarted attack by a high school student. - photo by Nick Bowman

11252019 BETHEL 3.jpg — From the Civil Rights Movement to the continued work of the Newtown Florist Club, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Gainesville built a “solid foundation of social justice work in the community,” the Rev. Rose Johnson said the day after news broke of a thwarted attack by a high school student. - photo by Nick Bowman

Bishop Reginald Jackson is the head of the African Methodist Episcopal Church region that includes some 500 houses of worship in Georgia. Last week, he was preparing to notify the congregations of those churches that they should lock their doors whenever services were being held so as to better secure themselves from the possibility of attack.

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