Toward a World that Works for Everyone
With thanks to Céline. BBC News, March 23, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56495039 The world’s largest painting, which was created by British artist Sacha Jafri, has been sold for £45m to raise funds for children’s charities. Jafri spent eight months painting the 1,600 sq m (17,000 sq ft) artwork in a deserted hotel’s ballroom in Dubai. He planned […]
From Kamala Harris and Malala Yousafzai to Kate Hudson, here are some very creative women in business today. Click on the photo below to view the video: Books, clothing lines, movies, production companies, and even alcohol, these five remarkable women are leaping forward in business creativity.
From Global Sisterhood’s latest newsletter: Dear Kathleen, Let’s take a bird’s eye view of our world, shall we?⠀ When looking at western culture from a higher perspective, It’s clear to see that we are on the verge of an old system dying, and a new system that is in the process of being reborn. We […]
From chaos comes creation. . . By By Kelsie Smith, CNN, February 15, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/15/us/volunteer-group-helps-to-keep-elderly-asian-americans-safe-trnd/index.html (CNN) Jacob Azevedo’s stomach turned as he watched a disturbing video of an 84-year-old Thai American man who was fatally shoved to the ground on a sidewalk in San Francisco. It was the second video of an unprovoked attack on […]
We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true. By Jennifer Liu, CNBC, January 20th, 2021 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem-the-hill-we-climb-full-text.html Amanda Gorman made history Wednesday when she became the youngest inaugural poet during […]
By Good News Network, January 16, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/amazon-launches-2bil-housing-fund-in-3-cities/ Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund will help preserve existing housing and help create housing developments through below-market loans and grants to housing partners, public agencies, and minority-led organizations. The Fund seeks to “ensure that moderate- to low-income families can afford housing in resource-rich communities with easy access to […]
From the publisher’s summary: A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically-marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way […]
Native communities share heritage ways to live and care for each other during this latest pandemic. (Especially interesting are their peacemaking circles.) The political and social cacophony of recent years has drowned out expressions of compassion and unity. If we listen carefully, we can hear the rational, gracious, intensely determined voices of the nation’s First […]
By Sonja Livingston, Yes! Magazine, April 7, 2020 https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2020/04/07/coronavirus-mindfulness Do not think of it as quarantine, someone said recently. Think of it as a cloister. . . We are in profound need of the sacred. That thought led me to start lighting candles at night. My husband and I sit and listen to chants by […]
From An Hour with an Angel in 2013, Serenia discusses how the galactics are filling the atmosphere with air that is cleaner than any we’ve been used to, not only for our sakes but for the sake of the ground forces that are here. The science fleet is putting “programs” in the air that are […]
HuffPost, November 28, 2020 https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/hope-stoves The stoves are easy to put together and can burn for 12 hours straight. As winter creeps closer and temperatures drop, many people without homes will be looking for ways to stay warm and one man is hoping to help. Mike Hay, a contractor and business owner from Nanaimo, B.C., […]
Muslims celebrate Mary, too. And I couldn’t be prouder to carry her name. By Maria Iqbal, Broadview, December 21, 2020 https://broadview.org/muslim-mary/ For a long time, I was ashamed to tell people how to pronounce my name: Maa-ria, with the first “a” drawn out and a soft “r” in the middle. Nobody normally asked. My name’s familiar […]
In Rise Up!, a game focused on winning a people’s movement, social capital is key. Forget Monopoly. There are new games that challenge us to turn our competitive drive toward solving social problems. The familiar catch: We risk losing to “The System” if the relationship between players breaks down and someone thinks that the movement’s […]
The talent shows on TV have created space for us to enjoy the brilliance and artistry of beings from all walks of life. 2020 has been a year of transformation on so many levels, even at Britain’s Got Talent: SOS from the Kids on Saving the Planet “This is an SOS from the kids. […]
www..voiceoffreedom.ca Since my last post readers have communicated (Thank You!) and it got me thinking about my journey, when it consciously began in 2011, and how in 2012 and 13, I made decisions around money that created debt. Without me fully understanding what I’d done at the time, this catapulted me into a situation where […]
