Share the Wealth with Marilyn Vazquez: Sunday 2 October 2016
I came to the U.S when I was five months old, and attended public schools, made friends, and played sports my whole life. I will be speaking about the two key issues facing the integrated…
Category: Friends
Ann Manganaro, Teka Childress, Ellen Rehg
We were just sitting there talking when Peter Maurin came in. We were just sitting there talking when lines of people began to form, saying, “We need bread.” We could not say, “Go, be…
Ale’s Walls
Ale Vazquez sent me this text and photo: Mev in my room–I just put them up yesterday! And now when I look at them I think of you and Mev and Angelica and México and…
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Sharing a Common Suffering
–Brandon Sampson recently finished his Master’s at the University of Chicago.
White Gods by Zenique Gardner
Zenique was in the summer Writing Rejuvenation class, and she contributed to our rejuvenation in several ways. She gave me permission to share the following. I was in Africa for less than a week when I encountered their…
Share the Wealth with Lara Pennington: Life (out of) Balance–Leadership, Liberation and Vulnerability
Lara became the Executive Director of Queen of Peace Center, a substance abuse treatment program for women with addiction, their children and families, 5 years ago at the age of 25. This experience catapulted Lara…
Thank You, Dear Layla Writing Class, Spring 2016
Dear Friends Thank you for coming to Tower Grove Place Thank you for listening week after week Thank you for becoming acquainted with each other Thank you for meeting up with me, like at Kaldi’s…
Poem of the Week: Untitled by Rob Trousdale
Sometimes. When biting into a baguette; or Getting a back scratch from mom; or Sipping on a Muddy Waters cocktail. I remember the screams. From hidden cells. Inside the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility. And…
What Would Sri Krishna and Walt Whitman Do?
Dear Srimatiji My heart aches Reading the last chapter of Dear Layla You are Layla Yet you’re as far away For practical purposes As the Gaza Strip You are a psychiatrist You are a resident…