{"id":76338,"date":"2020-12-23T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T02:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/?p=76338"},"modified":"2021-01-06T21:57:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T02:57:12","slug":"col-owens-77-writes-memoir-about-his-life-bending-the-arc-toward-justice-and-his-passion-for-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/2020\/12\/23\/col-owens-77-writes-memoir-about-his-life-bending-the-arc-toward-justice-and-his-passion-for-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Col Owens (&#8217;77) Writes Memoir About His Life, Bending the Arc Toward Justice, and His Passion for Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Col Owens could write a book called \u201cAll I learned in Sunday school, I put to work for the rest of my life.\u201d Instead, Col Owens wrote a book, a memoir, and he called it,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>Bending the Arc Toward Justice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake about it, though, Owens has pursued a life of purpose and passion seeking social justice for those who couldn\u2019t find it for themselves. And that, indeed, took root in Sunday School with all the feed-the-hungry, clothe-the-poor, heal-the-sick, do-unto-others and love-thy-neighbor teachings. . .the things that become part of an earnest child\u2019s very core.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_271712\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><\/div>\n<p>His book tells the story of his life and his career, a rich mixture of different pieces leading to a sense of balance and worth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nkytribune.com\/2020\/12\/col-owens-writes-memoir-about-his-life-bending-the-arc-toward-justice-and-his-passion-for-social-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More from the <em>Northern Kentucky Tribune<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Col Owens could write a book called \u201cAll I learned in Sunday school, I put to work for the rest of my life.\u201d Instead, Col Owens wrote a book, a memoir, and he called it,\u00a0Bending the Arc Toward Justice. Make no mistake about it, though, Owens has pursued a life of purpose and passion seeking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[565],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76339,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76338\/revisions\/76339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}