Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Steve: We’re not somehow validating the Inauguration by posting Amanda’s poem. We’re honoring a young woman who was appointed Poet Laureate, whether or not she may be being used thereby. It isn’t her fault Joe Biden’s actions are and have been corrupt. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to […]
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 […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Universal Mother Mary: Go to the missions, go to the homeless shelters, go to the places of addictions, go to the hospitals where the crack babies cry and need. There are plenty of places for you to begin. Go to the abused children, the women who suffer in silence. And simply offer your Love […]
By Judy Cole, GoodNewsNetwork, October 22, 2020 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bullied-boy-fundraises-covid-supplies/ If living well is the best revenge, then Cavanaugh Bell may just be having the best life ever. After facing bullying at school, rather than internalizing the pain or trying to get even, the spirited 7-year-old decided to channel his energy into something positive instead. “After I […]
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San Francisco Is Giving Pregnant Black & Pacific Islander Women $1,000 A Month Rates of premature births & infant mortality are significantly higher for women of color compared to white women, and the new supplement is designed to narrow racial & financial disparities among expectant mothers. By Ashleigh Carter, Now This, Sept. 16, 2020 https://nowthisnews.com/news/san-francisco-gives-black-pacific-islander-moms-1000-a-month […]
