Happy Halloween! Here’s some music to start your Halloween off right: September and October are the months that the book blogging world comes together to read spooky books for R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril — an event founded and hosted by Carl … Continue reading →
As I described in my previous posts, after spending years reading books about race in a community book club, I was primed to take an active role in the implementation of calls to action made in the report of the Ferguson Commission … Continue reading →
Last week when I described my current state of organizing and activism, I promised that I would go back and tell the story of how I got here. So, that’s today’s post. After a childhood that was blessedly mixed due … Continue reading →
Welcome to British Isles Friday! British Isles Friday is a weekly event for sharing all things British and Irish — reviews, photos, opinions, trip reports, guides, links, resources, personal stories, interviews, and research posts. Join us each Friday to link … Continue reading →
I’m so far behind on my reviews! I don’t have much time this weekend, but I can make a good stab at this tomorrow, so I’m going to sign up for the Review-a-thon at Book Bumblings. Here are the books … Continue reading →
Today I’m starting a new occasional series to document a community project that I’m working on. In recent months, I’ve become convinced that citizens have more power than we think we do, more power than we’re told we have. The … Continue reading →
On the final day of the American Citizens Summit, I got what I signed up for — a tool for speaking and listening across a divide. That tool is Living Room Conversations. The Living Room Conversations website has a simple process for staging a … Continue reading →
I’ve been listening to the sessions of the American Citizens Summit this week: My commitment to attend Some inspirational quotes from the first night Some thoughts (and a bit of disappointment) from Day 2 Day 3 was another full … Continue reading →
Yesterday contained a full day of sessions — panels and solo speakers — at the free, online American Citizens Summit. Like the first night’s programming, the focus was on how to think of politics differently by ignoring the political expediency … Continue reading →
The American Citizens Summit started last night, with a universal prayer by a Native American, Mona Polacca. I wasn’t able to listen last night, so I caught up this morning before today’s sessions start. As I said in my Compassionate Sunday … Continue reading →