A prompt in this month’s NaBloPloMo challenge involves writing about collective service actions and whether you feel you have changed the world. The actual challenge (for tomorrow, but who is looking at the calendar anyway) is: Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, […]
50 Years Later: A New Nonviolent Movement for Voting Rights and Jobs
The 50th Anniversary gather and march in honor of The March on Washington for Jobs and Justice this weekend was inspiring and moving! I cried when I saw Emmett Till’s cousin standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the parents of Trayvon Martin. My heart connected to Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain activist […]
Where Do You Get Your News When You Travel?
I was quite shocked when I checked in to the Sheraton Towers Chicago, the conference hotel for #BlogHer13, and was limited to Fox and CNN products for news coverage while there.
Children Tasered, Sometimes to Death
Tasers were introduced as an alternative to shooting someone with bullets because their use can be lethal but is less lethal than bullets. Tasers are less likely to kill the person tased than shooting that person with bullets from a gun. Less likely, but still a lethal tool for stopping someone from an action that […]
From Ashes I Rise
I started writing this post a few days ago on Ash Wednesday. We are now into the season of Lent. I don't know exactly what that means for Catholics. I'm not Catholic. I'm not exactly a NONE either. What's a NONE? It is a term derived from when a person checks “None of the Above” […]
We Are All Guilty When Any Child Is Shot Dead
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is ugly, heinous, heart wrenching, wrong and totally unforgivable. Babies shot dead in their classrooms. There are no words to describe the wash of emotion surging through me at this moment. We as adults, parents, citizens tolerate this violence or we would end it, contain it, and prevent it. […]