Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Public Address, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
50 years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. I was not taught enough…
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Examining White Privilege – Clear Eye; Blind Spot – An Essay by Julie Clark
I recently had an appointment with an eye doctor. I have sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease. My pulmonologist asked me to get my eyes checked,…
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Why Richard Avedon is One of My Favorite American Photographers
‘Divide and conquer’ is worn out. It already has ravished us – “the human beings” – down to the very cells of our DNA….
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One White American Woman’s Journey into Understanding the Repercussions of Privilege….
The United States’ Pledge of Allegiance reads as follows: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the…
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Let the Muslim Women Speak #muslimwomansday – March 27, 2017
I could tell you many stories of the Muslim women I know. I could tell of their compassion, kindness and hospitality, of hard work,…
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What the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Means To Me – An Essay by William Syms
Reflecting on the work, words and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. should remind everyone that our work is not done. More than…
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Immigrants: Opportunity for a Renaissance
Just last week, this enormous photo appeared: a Mexican toddler peers over the border wall between Mexico and the USA near the Tecate border crossing,…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Timely Challenge to White Moderates, Especially Those in the Church
Over 50 years ago on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an open letter from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama where…
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Original Mother’s Day Proclamation – By Julia Ward Howe
Written in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, the following proclamation explains, in her own impassioned words, the goals of the original “Mother’s Peace Day”…
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 2017: Going There and a Poem by Natalie Patterson
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the U.S. According to NOMORE.org, “Nationally, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The goal of SAAM…
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Let the Muslim Women Speak #muslimwomansday – March 27, 2017
I could tell you many stories of the Muslim women I know. I could tell of their compassion, kindness and hospitality, of hard work,…
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What First Lady Michelle Obama Means To Me – An Essay by Natalie Patterson
It was 2007. I was too young to realize I was political, and there was a senator two of my friends could not stop talking…
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