(Updated 9/1/14) Don’t turn away from the news. Find a way to read some of it. Be sure that if you do, that you also find stories of the heroes, the helpers, the resisters, the fighters, to help combat the distress and guard against becoming demoralized. The world needs you to be awake, but not …
*but I really wish I was For 12 brief hours, I really thought I could cough up the $400 to fly to Raleigh on Friday and return on Saturday. I so wanted to put my name on the list of people committing to march side by side, committed to answering the call from our sisters, …
READING ONE I knew that the tributes would be pouring in immediately from around the world, and I also knew that most of them would try to do to Mandela what has been done to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: turn him into a lovable, platitudinous cardboard character whose commitment to peace and …
When I see facial expressions or the way she pushes her hair from her face much like the way her birth mother does, I can sometimes grieve the the process of not passing on traits that biologically-related parents do. (I have written a poem, New Same Grief, about this…) Yet these are momentary and rare, …
Here is my photo montage of the March on Washington, 2013. It is wholly subjective and in no way definitive, reflecting the messages that caught my eye and stayed long enough for me to take a pic of. In fact, my favorite — Dr. King’s profile and the words, “No More Deportations” moved too fast …
Our job is to use love, anger, and imagination to show where to go, and laughter to keep us alive while we get there. And we must not use laughter to make us endure what courage can change. Mab Segrest I believe in honoring my elders and those who came before me. I believe in …
A Bridge, Not a Wedge: Why I am Going to the March on Washington Tomorrow Read More »
I have a daughter who is a rising senior in high school. It is August. She was out of the country all last year as an exchange student. Guess what that means? That’s right: crazy catch up on visiting colleges. Not to mention beginning to navigate the hell that is SAT/ACT for an anxious test-taker. …
Behind the Kitchen Door: Standing on the Side of Ethical Food Management Curricula Read More »
I have just returned from several weeks in Europe (lucky me, I know). Not surprising to anyone who reads the international news or understands power dynamics of Haves and Have-Nots, concerns about fair and unfair practices regarding immigration policy and practice exist beyond the borders of the United States. Our challenge as religious people is …
Of the many signs indicating that this was Frankfurt Flughafen (airport), the one that caught my attention had been vandalized. Instead of Frankfurt, the graffiti announced (in English) that it was Deportation Airport. Two things came to mind. First: there must be a healthy movement opposed to state policy and practice regarding immigration and the …
Running Deep: Arriving at Deportation Airport in Germany Read More »
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. Rabindranth Tagore A few months ago, I sat in a room with 35 other people. Men, women. Older people, middle-aged adults, young adults, a smattering of children. We sat together so …
On Not Knowing the Language: Interfaith Work on Immigration Justice Read More »