In the most uplifting tone possible, several Marin City church communities gathered Wednesday for a first ever unified New Year’s Eve celebration, bidding goodbye to a year of setbacks felt by the historically Black community. The community saw the imposition of yet another affordable housing development and federal attacks on diversity initiatives.
“We sit here, and we celebrate, but to be honest with you the reason we really had this service is because it’s been a hard year,” said Rev. Floyd Thompkins of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church. Thompkins was one of four religious leaders that spoke from the pulpit at the First Missionary Baptist Church as the congregation sang spirituals and prayed for their leaders and children.
“Up looks like down, down looks like up,” said Thompkins, referring to the Trump administration. “We’ve got an orange man trying to make things worse. We’ve got a bizarre group of folks who don’t even think they ought to govern, and we’ve got an economy that he says is getting better. Not in my house.”…