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March 5, 2019
What If You Were My Son?
What if you were my son? Copyright © 2019 By Alice Walker If you were my son, I would wonder How you came to say this? How you came to make It up. Because, surely, It is a fantasy. What are you really Trying to hide? read more »
February 28, 2019
To The Teachers of Oakland February 2019
A LOS MAESTROS DE OAKLAND To The Teachers of Oakland Dear Teachers of Oakland, I am honored to have been asked to speak to you today, or, in the event, to send you a message of solidarity and support. As many of you know, having read my work over the years (hopefully!) Teachers are some read more »
February 27, 2019
The Good Ones, for Hugo Chavez
The Good Ones For Hugo Chavez March 5, 2013 ©2013 by Alice Walker The good ones who listen to women to children and the poor die too soon, their lives bedeviled by opposition: our hearts grieve for them. This was the world my father knew. A poor man he saw good men come and mostly read more »
February 16, 2019
February 9 2019 ~ Gracias a la Vida!
February 9, 2019 Gracias a la Vida! Photo by Sheherazade Tillet 2018 Maria Sabina was a curandera from the mountains above Oaxaca, Mexico. She was known for her healing powers which had a foundation in the mushrooms that grow wild in that region. When she was a child, fatherless, she was often hungry. One read more »
February 5, 2019
BECOMING …AWAKE MICHELLE OBAMA AND A VOICE FOR AGES TO COME
Someone wrote about The Color Purple that it is a novel of permanent importance. This was such a lovely way to think about it! I was charmed. Even though I realize permanent might not be that long. However, while I was reading Michelle Obama’s book BECOMING I felt the same way: that it is read more »
January 27, 2019
Thich Nhat Hanh: Be Beautiful, Be Yourself (& Lions Roar article)
Thich Nhat Hanh: Be Beautiful, Be Yourself See Andrea Miller’s interview with this great teacher in Lion’s Roar Breathing in I thank Thich Nhat Hanh Breathing out I thank him more. From: Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart by Alice Walker “There is no religion, no doctrine higher than brotherhood and sisterhood.” Thay (teacher) read more »
January 20, 2019
In solidarity with Omaha elder Nathan Phillips 2019
========================================================= The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization. -Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux, 1868-1937 – in solidarity with Omaha elder Nathan Phillips read more »
in solidarity with Omaha elder Nathan Phillips 2019
========================================================= The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization. -Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux, 1868-1937 – in solidarity with Omaha elder Nathan Phillips read more »
January 18, 2019
Crop circle: Thank you for trying to talk to us. AW
Crop circle: Thank you for trying to talk to us. AW
January 10, 2019
Effort: Helping to Heal the World By Making It More Visible to Each Other: A Letter From Nurit Peled- Elhanan, activist, educator, and friend from Israel
Leer en español, Un Esfuerzo: Ayudar a Curarse Al Mundo Haciéndolo Más Visible Unos a Otros Effort: Helping to Heal the World By Making It More Visible to Each Other: A Letter From Nurit Peled- Elhanan, activist, educator, and friend from Israel and a Poem Dear Alice, I read your poem and the criticism of read more »
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