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Category Archives: Activism
Sleet and cold did not stop 300 stalwart activists from showing up Sunday afternoon to listen to words from community leaders and walk together encircling the Murrah National Memorial. Live music by Mary Reynolds, Louise Goldberg and James Collins warmed hearts before a welcoming by MC Nathaniel Batchelder. Episcopal Bishop Shannon Mallory spoke to humanity’s calling as people of faith to serve “the least of these” whether they be [...] Continue reading We Walked for Peace “This IS a world in which assistance to the poorest woman and child on the planet is not only the right thing to do, but is integral to our survival as a species.” In 1990, some 40,000 children died every day from preventable disease and malnutrition. Today, just 30,000 children die every day from preventable disease and malnutrition. That 25% reduction in world child death rates resulted from citizen activism [...] Continue reading Seeds of Hope: Ending Hunger & Poverty IS Possible Peace Strategy Newspaper May/June, 1998 Of all human frailties and transgressions, none is a greater threat to peace or Nature today than the human attraction to opulence. The earth is abundant, and might provide sufficiency for everyone. But it cannot provide opulence on a scale enjoyed by the rich, and desired by most everyone else. Other journals have expressed the concern that if all nations consumed at the rate per [...] Continue reading Deadly Opulence |
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