Tag Archives: MARTA

The Wednesday Report

  Hospitality,  vol. 22, no. 9   Today we celebrate a victory for the streets and for street preaching! On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, I was arrested for preaching at Five Points MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) station in downtown Atlanta. The charge was disorderly conduct (see full account in “The Wednesday Report: Vignettes,” [...]

The Wednesday Report: Vignettes

  Hospitality, July 2003, vol. 22, no. 7     One   Ignatius Wallace is a friend of mine.  We’ve been members of Concerned Black Clergy for more than the past decade.  Last week, this Black man leaned against the wall at our MARTA Five Points train station.  The Police were quickly at his side, [...]

MARTA: Ponce de Leon #2

Hospitality, vol 13, no.6   I sat in the seat and held my tongue as the man next to me began to cry.  At first I only noticed the tiny tears wading down his black pock-marked face.  He sniffled and I glimpsed his hand wiping his cheeks and chin.  Nervously my feet and buttocks twisted [...]

A Proclamation to the City of Atlanta, Georgia

written with Joanne Solomon   To: Mayor Andrew Young   And all those who represent us and all those who shape the life and laws of Atlanta   We of The Open Door Community and the Atlanta Advocates for the Homeless believe this city is in the midst of a crisis regarding hunger and homelessness. [...]