Archive for November, 2008
Identity: Report from Kenya, by David Zarembka
It seems that humans, in order to deal with the mass of humanity they encounter, need to organize the masses by reverting to labeling people through identity. I don’t know if this is genetic or a learned behavior (clearly the details are very much learned), but it is the root of much of the problems [...]
Election 2008: Where were you election night? Susan Eleuterio was in Chicago’s Grant Park not that far from the stage.
As we got closer to Grant Park, a friend from Oregon called and said she just wanted me to hold my phone up when Barack spoke so she could hear him. The lines of people snaked up Michigan Avenue; by now it was 9:45 p.m. and my daughter was sure we were too late. About [...]
Election 2008 Congratulations from Ghana. Time for Change by Rod McLaren, Development Chief of Edubiase
Rod McLaren, a native Canadian whose formal title in Ghana is Nana Akwasi Amoako Agyeman, Edubiase Nkosuohene. Which means he is a Development Chief of Edubiase. He owns the African Rainbow Resort in Busua Beach where I’ll be staying 2 weeks when I visit Ghana for the month of December. I connected to him through [...]
Election 2008: Fulfillment of the Dream Deferred
In his 1959 poem, Langston Huges asked: “What happens to a dream deferred?” Although Langston did not live to see the first fulfillment of that dream as last night the nation elected its first black man to the presidency by a landslide of electoral votes, one cannot help that imagine that somewhere up there in [...]
Prayer for the 2008 Election
If you find it inspiring, you could include these prayers in your practice for the election.
Naturally, I’m for the Obama-Biden ticket. But, If you find this prayer inspiring, whatever your choices, feel free to use it for the highest good in the American election…for America, and for the world.–Janet
May the outcome of this [...]
Joel P. King’s Real Life Earns Thumbs Up from National Producer
Last night, Joel P.E. King’s “Real Life” received a reading at The Space, on Vendeventer. A national producer attending gave it a thumbs up at the end of the show and will be taking it all the way.
It was like being present at one of those reality shows, and very exciting as we enjoyed [...]
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