Word: guernsey
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...Grenada, Guernsey was assigned to provide legal services for the Black community. This put him in the difficult position, he says, of having to earn the trust of the Blacks while facing the censure of the dominate white minority on the island. "It was the first time I had ever been alienated and ostracized by the white established community," Guernsey says...
...Guernsey had always been sensitive to civil rights concerns. Dr. Martin Luther King's peace marches swept within two blocks of his home in Jackson, Mississippi. His father, who was president of the National Council of Juvenile and County Court Judges, was responsible for organizing all peace march participants under...
...Guernsey and Frederick Reisz, pastor of the church where the shelter is, worked together to make Guernsey's proposal of a shelter a reality. Reisz presented the idea before the church committee, which gave its permission to open the shelter Since then, the shelter has received donations of bedding, food, and time from the 40 to 60 people who have expressed interest in staffing the shelter...
...like Stewart is a magnet," said Constance A. Hammond, another first-year Divinity School student who has been working with Guernsey. "He's been a catalyst for a lot of activity. People were so glad they could give of their time...
...action at the shelter, Guernsey is easy-going, often talking and joking with the "clients." He treats them with respect, which they return. From the start, Guernsey involved street people in the organization of the shelter. They helped to make up its rules...