Gabi Clayton With the killings in Virgina in so much of the news another important story is not getting much attention. I thank my friend TJ Johnson for bringing it to my attention. TJ wrote in an email: Nagasaki Mayor Ito killed Violence has claimed the life of another peacemaker. Earlier today the Mayor Iccho Ito of …
The Olympia City Council voted 4-2 against adopting the Gaza Strip city of Rafah as a sister city late Tuesday night. Before the vote, at nearly midnight, an overflow crowd of about 150 people attended a public hearing about the subject, and 83 signed up to speak. Of those, 55 supported of the proposal and …
My thoughts are with the people connected to the Virginia Tech students and teachers who lost thier lives, the dozens of people who were shot, and the thousands of people who were traumatised in any way by the shooting there. As the reports started coming from Blacksburg I heard someone on the news say she …
In memory of Kurt Vonnegut, the novelist, socialist and humanist whose friendship and late-in-life peace activism should inspire us all. and At the turn of the millennium he became the beloved old crank of American letters, and of the New York literary scene. Although he is always compared to Mark Twain, he was a bit …
Actually I wrote it. I wrote “my bad” in an email to Catherine yesterday and she replied “Where does ‘My bad’ come from?” So I looked it up to answer her and wrote back: Its a silly saying for ‘I made a mistake’ or ‘I’m sorry’. I usually don’t say it. And I just looked …
GLAAD Statement on Don Imus’ Firing by CBS and NBC April 12, 2007 Contact: Marc McCarthy, Senior Director of CommunicationsPhone: (323) 634-2051 Email: mccarthy@glaad.org New York, Thursday, April 12, 2007 – Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) President Neil G. Giuliano today supported CBS’s decision to cancel the Imus in the Morning radio program …
Okay its a little commercial, but I wanted to let you know about these. Hallmark Gold Crown stores are now selling Journeys encouragement cards – Encouraging Words Along Life’s Way. The series includes a coming out card!!! Cover: One of the most difficult things we can do is to show our true selves to the …
“The Beloved Community” is a term that was first coined in the early days of the 20th century by the philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce, who founded the Fellowship of Reconciliation. However, it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., also a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, who popularized the term and invested it with a deeper …
The women of Ohio call upon the women of the world, from the day-old babies to our most senior elders, to stand with us to save the world. and Please stand with us for five minutes of silence at 1 p.m. your local time on May 13, 2007, in your local park, school yard, gathering …