Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise Paul Engler, Yes! Magazine, April 6, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/torolhg We can build a powerful people’s response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible. There are times in history when sudden events — […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Online Conference April 14-16 Using Covid-19 Crisis to Fix the World Good News Network, Apr 3, 2020 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/online-conference-april-14-16-using-covid-19-crisis-to-fix-the-world/ “I cannot think of another time in the last million years when our species has been united against a common enemy,” […]
I suggested earlier that we all help the planet out and voluntarily quarantine ourselves for two weeks. (1) Well, here we all are, voluntarily and involuntarily quarantined, in a laboratory experiment in isolation and social distancing. You’re free for the evening, right? Humor me then. Let’s pretend we’re sociology students. I’m exploring what the impact […]
Abbotsford churchgoer starts free mobile shower trailer Emma Prestwich, Broadview, January 24, 2020 https://broadview.org/abbotsford-mobile-shower-trailer/ Henry Penner says the service has been used more than 600 times since last May. For the past several months, those who are homeless or just in need of a hot shower in one Vancouver-area city have been able to snag […]
This Tiny Home Community Gives Homeless Veterans A Chance – Working To End Veteran Homelessness This amazing project gives temporary homes to veterans who are looking to get back on track. Sometimes, all it takes is a period of time for people to get back on their feet, these projects attempt to do just that. […]
Oakland Residents Transform Abandoned Lot Into Sanctuary For Camping Homeless Women https://tinyurl.com/rljbpep California’s housing crisis is hitting especially lower-income communities harder than ever, as rent prices continue to rise stemming from the endless injections of big-tech money into areas like San Francisco and Oakland. According to The Guardian, the number of homeless encampments within the city […]
If not me, who? If not now, when? Every project, even a mega-project like Building Nova Earth, requires a commencement ceremony. Will you permit me, on this New Year’s Day, 20/20, to host ours? [Music please.] Ladies and gentlemen, on my own divine authority and as a servant of the Divine Mother and Archangel […]
When I consider creating contexts for various events worldwide, I run into the difficulty that I don’t have the knowledge needed to guess what sequence of events may be appropriate for, say, a Subsaharan African nation. If everyone there had a universal basic income and not very much to spend it on, of what use […]
