a center for education and nonviolent action on issues relating to human rights, economic justice, environmental sustainability, and nonviolence
Cesar Chavez was born March 31, 1927, in Yuma, Arizona. Grandson of a migrant farm worker from Mexico, he toiled in the fields of California himself for years until becoming an organizer and labor-rights advocate for migrant farm workers. Through the 1960s he organized fellow migrant workers. After just six months 300 members of the … Read more…
Whatever we spend money on multiplies. When you spend money at WALMART or STARBUCKS, they open new stores. When you shop at local outlets — and local coffee shops — your money multiplies local spending and businesses. In his book Eat Here, Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket, Brian Halweil points out that local … Read more…
When the Oklahoma Observer arrives, I peruse it gratefully, impressed twice a month by the persistence it represents. Frosty and Helen Troy exemplify the principle that each of us must do what we can to bring the possibilities described by all the prophets into being. As Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero said, “Everyone can do something.” … Read more…
A little sermonizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15 and died on April 4th. Between those dates we might all reflect upon our dreams for the world. Here are mine. With all the world’s failings and shortcomings, I still have a dream. It’s partly about hunger and poverty: I have a dream … Read more…
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 … Read more…
“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 … Read more…
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. … Read more…