The Philadelphia Protestant Home last week hosted a Black History Month event featuring speaker Andrea Lawful-Sanders.
Lawful-Sanders is an educator, community advocate and public speaker whose presentation was titled Radical Compassion in a Time of Discord, highlighting the power of unity in shaping a shared future.
Resident Carol Drummond chairs PPH’s Black History Month committee, while another resident, Marge Sexton, introduced her friend, Lawful-Sanders.
Lawful-Sanders, 57, is a wife, mom and grandmom who was born in Jamaica. In October, she began hosting a podcast, A Lawful Truth.
At PPH, she described her audience as “seasoned citizens.”
A former radio host and onetime member of the Abington School Board, she likened radical compassion to simply treating people well.
“Judge less, more compassion,” she said. “Judge less, ask more questions. Judge less, listen more.”
Lawful-Sanders asked PPH residents how they define radical compassion.
A woman in independent living said she will visit some others who were living independently who are now in PPH’s personal care.
“You made my speech worth it,” Lawful-Sanders said. ••
