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August 9, 2015
Beverly Buchanan, Artist, 1940-2015
Beverly Buchanan, Artist, 1940-2015 2015 by Alice Walker Someone who knew me well And that I’d lived In many a gray shack My mother transformed With flowers Took me to your house To meet you: To see the shacks You rescued from our shame And transformed with your wit, Small nails, old boards, And paint. read more »
Revised Dash Cam Video Shows Arrest of Alleged Suicide Victim
July 2015 Revised Dash Cam Video Shows Arrest of Alleged Suicide Victim Nation of Change, July 23, 2015 For me, only Stevie Wonder’s voice helped. ISN’T SHE LOVELY! ISN’T SHE BEAUTIFUL! Try it. Weeping goes better with love.
Desert Rose Welcome the Light Music CD
If you want to live your soul, find a friend and stay near. -Rumi Sometimes the “friend” is music. And so in this glorious month of August, the month of fullest moons and golden suns, I am staying near this music: Welcome the Light, by Desert Rose. The voice of Yusuf Ganief on a CD read more »
August 6, 2015
Desert Rose Welcome the Light Music CD
If you want to live your soul, find a friend and stay near. -Rumi Sometimes the “friend” is music. And so in this glorious month of August, the month of fullest moons and golden suns, I am staying near this music: Welcome the Light, by Desert Rose. The voice of Yusuf Ganief on a CD read more »
July 16, 2015
A Good Teacher Never Quits
A good teacher never quits. That Is Who I Thought You Were 2015 by Alice Walker Tell me please Why are you not speaking? When we stood together In our bloodied land You raised your voice And stood beside me. Now I wait And wait For you to say One word. They tell me it more »
June 17, 2015
Stitching Korea Back Together
Our Mission On May 24, 2015, thirty international women peacemakers from around the world walked with Korean women, north and south, to call for an end to the Korean War and for a new beginning for a reunified Korea. We held international peace symposiums in Pyongyang and Seoul where we listened to Korean women and more »
May 22, 2015
White fear and greed holding us back
Shall We Go Down Asleep? Or Awake? Until I met the historian Howard Zinn, at seventeen, I had never encountered a white person, especially a white man who identified as white, who didn’t seem frightening. I had every reason to feel this way, as history proves. There were of course “white looking” people, more »
May 7, 2015
Beyond: about marriage
Beyond 2015 by Alice Walker The old experienced ones Never said You must marry. They never said What will your husband think? There was always so much Work to do Offering advice on this issue Seems to have slipped their minds. And so when I did marry, A few times By last count more »
April 17, 2015
Michael Jackson Gives A Talk
Michael Jackson Gives a Talk 2015 by Alice Walker At the oddest times Sometimes in the middle Of the night I hear Michael Jackson’s voice, The one you only hear On YouTube: They don’t care About us, he is saying. And repeats: They don’t care About us. He delivers a lecture Who more »
April 12, 2015
Why “Womanism” Exists”: Hillary Clinton and the Old World Order
Why “Womanism” Exists: Hillary Clinton and the Old World Order Hillary Clinton’s Empowerment Hillary Clinton isn’t a champion of women’s rights. She’s the embodiment of corporate feminism. byKevin Young & Diana C. Sierra Becerra US Department of State / Flickr Assuming Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016, much of her popular support will more »
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