Join us Sunday February 24th as Cami Kasmerchak shares stories of her summer in the Appalachian Mountains. Cami worked for the nonprofit organization Appalachia Service Project in Clinton, Tennessee and will be returning to the…
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Rev. Howard Thurman To live…
I was eight years old when Hitler came to power on 30 January 1933. I knew that my parents and other family members had hoped that this wouldn’t happen. They were hoping Paul von Hindenberg…
Our dear friend Cheryl Sullivan is leaving soon for Santiago, Chile. Upon her recommendation, we will read and discuss Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral’s bi-lingual book of poetry, Madwomen: The Locas Mujeres Poems Of Gabriela Mistral….
Join us for our next Share the Wealth gathering as artists Metra Taylor and J’Ann Allen invite us to explore art depictions of wars throughout history. Metra and J’Ann will take us from the ancient…
While Cafe Ventana was having its Tenacious Trivia Night, our Latin America Reading Group was discussing “I, Rigoberta Menchu” and life in Guatemala — what insight, connections, and sharing with Fatima Rhodes, Cindy (who’s from…
During this morning’s sangha gathering, Chris invited us to do deep listening in pairs. In later sharing, something Cristina said sparked the following idea: Instead of meeting a friend for coffee, meet her for a…
1. “The United States Army has never condoned wanton killing or disregard for human life.” –Major General Franklin Davis, Jr., 1971 2. “Murder, torture, rape, abuse, forced displacement, home burnings, specious arrests, imprisonment without due…
Activist Abbie Hoffman on his father: “Until the day he died, he always blamed Brandeis for my corruption, be it divorce, dope, hippies, or schvartzes, he always ended up cursing Brandeis.”
Last night, twenty of us gathered to discuss Mev’s The Struggle is One: Voices and Visions of Liberation. People ranged in age from 20 to 65; some of us knew Mev personally, others had read…