Toward a World that Works for Everyone
By Judy Cole, Good News Network, July 1, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-sewing-machine-project-is-mending-lives-stitch-by-stitch Sewing is a craft that’s been passed down through the ages from mother to daughter and from father to son. Traditionally, it’s also served as one of the few consistent sources of income for women, especially marginalized ones. Margaret Jankowski learned to sew from her […]
In the face of rising anti-immigrant sentiment, an organization has worked to integrate new arrivals to Copenhagen by taking care of honeybees. By Agostino Petroni, Yes Magazine, April 2, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/04/02/denmark-refugees-honeybees “It was wonderful before the war,” says Aref Haboo, a 48-year-old agricultural consultant describing Shie, the small village in the Afrin province of northern […]
Liberal delegates endorse a universal basic income, reject capital gain tax hike https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-universal-basic-income-1.5982862 By John Paul Tasker · CBC News · April 10, 2021 Liberal delegates to the party’s policy convention have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for the establishment of a universal basic income (UBI) in Canada, while also rejecting a call to hike […]
Church hosts vigil in support of guaranteed livable income in front of North Van MP’s office The United Church of Canada’s GLI campaign inspired by ‘success’ of CERB By Ben Bengtson, North Shore News, April 9th, 2021 Members of St. Andrew’s United Church assembled in front of North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson’s constituency office this […]
If you read New Maps of Heaven, we see a world in which many of the concepts that we apply in our lives don’t apply. For instance, the ideas that resources are scarce, there isn’t enough to go around, there has to be some sort of market means of deciding distribution, etc., etc., are seen […]
The coronavirus pandemic has put pressures on tenants who lose work, and the landlords who lose rent income. This program tries to help both. By Emily Nonko, Yes, March 31, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2021/03/31/covid-eviction-program-helps-landlords-tenant Before Janaya Lewinski leads a mediation session as part of Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program, she wants to know as much as possible about […]
“Everyone has a part to play. . . “Users can choose to buy brands that have transparent, sustainable supply chains; investors can choose companies with ethical manufacturing processes or innovative waste-recycling schemes; business- owners can create a market for better materials by choosing sustainable suppliers; NGOs can support local initiatives to decentralize production and teach […]
The pandemic is giving rise to broader local initiatives. Opinion: We have the ‘solution’ for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside By DTES Response Volunteers, March 30th, 2021 https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/opinion/opinion-we-have-the-solution-for-vancouvers-downtown-eastside-3587834 One year ago we launched DTES Response: We created this initiative to coordinate efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help ensure this unprecedented threat did not disproportionately […]
Because I think we’re close to events we’ve been expecting, I’d like to repost an article from 2013, which I think is about to become a lot more relevant very quickly. The only dimension that’s not very prominent here is the financial. Back then, Kathleen and I were already involved with the arrangements for Pre-NESARA […]
(Concluded from Part 1, above.) It will require courage, audacity, and heart. Yes, it does require that and it requires it from us every day, day by day. I remember having a shining transformational experience in a Communication Workshop and coming home glowing like a light bulb, only to have my then-girlfriend shout at me: […]
Luisa A. Igloria: A few years ago, there was heightened police activity at one end of a residential area near the university where I teach. When I wrote this poem, I was thinking of how, often, there’s such a thin line between danger and ‘the ordinary.’ Especially for bodies of color, it’s difficult and even […]
Folks who are participating in the Reval and other Abundance programs are, in actuality I think, funding a world that works. It’s hoped that lightworkers will use their money for humanitarian purposes. So not to buy jet planes and chateaux in the south of France. But to roll up our shirtsleeves and get to work. […]
(Concluded from Part 1, above.) To return to the financial, we humanitarian philanthropists will be serving an interim function. Let me explain. In our present day, people still must work for their living and are being buffeted and bled dry by automation, wars, false-flag pandemics, toxic vaccines, weather-warfare, chemtrails, on and on. In our future, […]
The Women Are Leading 73,671 views January 28, 2021 Angela Merkel, Chancelllor of Germany Sheikh Hassina Wajed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Norway Bidhya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal Saara Kuugonglewa, Prime Minister of Namibia Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark Kersti Kaljulaid, President […]
By Andrea Warner · CBC Music · March 04, 2021 https://www.cbc.ca/music/50-powerful-and-inspiring-quotes-by-musicians-for-international-women-s-day-1.5934330 Words of wisdom from Tanya Tagaq, Joni Mitchell, Lizzo, k.d. lang, Dolly Parton, more Words are power, and there’s nothing more provocative or inspiring or daring than a woman speaking from her lived experiences. From making records to motherhood, pioneering to producing, censorship to […]
