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Creating a Foundation for Successful Activism
One of the most common concerns I have when seeing people talk about all they “know” around topics that tend to divide us is the lack of understanding around implicit bias. We all have it. We can’t avoid it. And yet we try. Because, as the article below points out, “it isn’t nice to think…
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This article was Charley Reese’s (1937-2013) final column for the Orlando Sentinel. He’d been a journalist (with more conservative views) for 49 years. This article is one of the most well-written summaries of at least one piece of the puzzle as to why we struggle in America. I appreciate his neutral view and the way…
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This was first shared on my personal Facebook feed. I believe complacency is one of the biggest threats to the well-being of us as individuals, this country and our world. In addition to improving our critical thinking and our ability to have difficult conversations around topics we may not agree on, we must be willing…
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I liked this idea that we have something like a secret piano key, under our skin, to press internally to calm us down. Or like a musical string to pluck. ~ Edith Zimmerman Me too, Edith. Me too. It’s hard to think clearly…to sort out the millions of bits of data that enter our world…
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I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on the division of wealth and the gross difference occurring within our country, in particular. I watched a video this morning where Elizabeth Warren was sharing her plan for a 2 cent tax on wealth. I don’t really know how I feel about her plan other than to say…
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This article was first published on Common Dreams. Without a mass movement continually pushing and prodding for real change and holding politicians accountable—for their policies as well as their words—our neoliberal rulers assume that they can safely ignore the concerns and interests of ordinary people. The waves of protests breaking out in country after country…
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I saw this post by Hiro Boga on Facebook and it really resonated with me and will likely resonate with many of you since we are so similar. My heart craves many things…to write, to speak, to travel, to sing, to explore, to commune…and yet much of my time is spent in my everyday space…
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One of the things I find most frustrating is how frequently I hear people tell others to stop talking…stop communicating…when the conversation begins to go south. What a different world this would be if we were able to come together and continue the conversation in a safe space to understand each other. I felt this…
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“During a conversation, it is better to have an understanding without words, than words without understanding.” – Amit Kalantri, Indian author (1988- ) The Art of Sensitive Conversations I’m not a native English speaker, but the idioms found in the language have fascinated me for many years. I mean, can you picture someone being as…
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I’m always fascinated by how others define spirituality and I love the thoughts of this author. The year 1745 wasn’t the best to be David Hume. This man, who many now consider to be the greatest philosopher to write in the English language, had over the years made enemies in the wrong places. In an epoch dominated by dogmatism, Hume was an outlier, and…
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