Aberjhani's Blog: Notes of a 21st Century Digital Scribe - Posts Tagged "the-year-2011"
Barack Obama and the Message Beyond the Photograph
Just before I logged on to check my email and found a request from Red Room asking authors to blog about leadership, something interesting happened. I came across a scrap of paper I did not recognize and on which the following quote was typed: "The leaders I met, whatever walk of life they were from, whatever institutions they were presiding over, always referred back to the same failure, ...
Nuclear Snow in Japanese Springtime: An Editorial Poem-Commentary
Poets tend to respond to events impacting the human condition through the medium of their craft, therefore the recent earthquake and tsunami, plus the current nuclear threat that have engulfed Japan will likely generate many poems when National Poetry and Jazz Appreciation Month kicks off April 1, 2011. Many have pledged their solidarity through verse already. Nuclear Snow in Japanese ...
Report on 2011 International Year Part 6: International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
Monday, March 21, 2011, will mark the 45th anniversary of the United Nations' (UN) observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. In observance of the day, the UN has previously hosted such events as webcasts that address ways people can help end racism and encouraged the composition of essays, photo projects, and the publication of articles that promote the ...
Hillary Clinton Gives 2011 International Year for People of African Descent a Needed Boost
There's no question that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's hands are more than full these days with the war in Afghanistan, military tension between the two Koreas, relationship-building with China, and of course the revolution in Egypt. Nevertheless: Secretary Clinton took time out of her demanding schedule earlier this week to post a video message in support of the 2011 International ...
Black History Month: What Would Du Bois Do Today?
Turn to a page in the year 1900 and we see the great educator and human rights advocate W.E.B. DuBois sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. It is unlikely that his "separate but equal" accommodations are anything close to comfortable, but they will serve their purpose. He is on his way to London to meet with others of African descent who are not Americans. With them, he will help define ...
Report on 2011 International Year part 4: Haiti's Hope Now and Tomorrow
Out of the 250,000 deaths caused by natural disasters in 2010, the overwhelming bulk of them occurred when the massive 7-point earthquake struck Haiti on January 12 and took some 230,000 lives, prompting concerted relief efforts that are going on to this day. A major part of those efforts has been maintaining awareness about Haiti's continuing recovery needs and U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon ...
Regarding Rituals, Elegies, and This New Year 2011
"I run my fingers over her keyboard and suddenly it all starts up With a tinkling sound the music begins, then speeds up more and more..." --Reinaldo Arenas, The Parade Ends Depending on its assigned purpose and on how it is carried out-- as in not designed to create havoc or manifest malice in the life of another-- a ritual can be a very good thing. It can reinforce commitment ...
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