Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy As I posted earlier in the day, I was at the demonstration outside the VFW gathering where Obama spoke today. I was also near these kooks who were carrying weapons. A few pieces of information that I haven’t seen mentioned in the media […]
Pro Public Healthcare Turnout in Phoenix is HUGE!
It’s been a long, long time since I posted here. Many fires each with many irons. I’m writing from the Fair Trade Cafe & Gallery @1020 N. 1st Avenue in Phoenix… just across from the Roosevelt/Central Ave. light rail stop (metro?) azfairtrade.com Just checked out of a fairly priced room at the Lexington that we […]
Zen Activism
There is a part of me that seems to be holding onto a great amount of regret or guilt about my becoming less active in the Peace Movement. There is a part of me that wants to experience a normal, calm, happy life. There is a part of me in which the fight or flight […]
Repurposing This Blog: Build Peace
Over the last six months I have given a tremendous amount of thought to starting a new blog that better reflects my current take on “life, the universe and everything” than my build peace blog. Everytime I would find the perfect domain name for a new venture and begin to build a new whirling […]
I'm thankful for the brave women of the peace movement.
Ann Wright, Jodie Evans, and Medea Benjamin are in Iran on a citizens diplomacy mission. I just finished reading a blog entry from Jodie. Thank heavens for citizens like them. They are such a disparate group: retired military, green party and fair trade activist, and political and eco campaigner and activist. I have met and […]
Virtual Worlds, Social Media, & Social Justice I’m coming up for air in physical life and immersing myself in virtual life after the U.S. election. I’ve been a CODEPINK Women for Peace activist for over five years. This election does not signal the end of CODEPINK work; we’re not politically motivated, we are peacefully motivated. […]