…community celebration. It is a moment to rekindle to love and faith in our hearts. Find the Community Publishing Campaign here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-roots-of-resistance#/ In gratitude, joyful tears, and deep love, Rivera…
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“Seeking human kindness” by Enver Rahmanov – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – As I’m riding the overnight train from Chicago to New Mexico, an…
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…saw irritation zip across the thin biologist’s face. Louisa was such a stickler for communication protocol. “Mmm-hmm, y’all want folks to feel sorry for you, huh? Well, I don’t. Don’t…
Read more »…for the community-based movement. When the villages of Quebec learned that 20,000 fracking sites had been planned up and down (and even under) the St. Lawrence River, it quickly became…
Read more »…older you grow wiser.” Boggs eventually adopted Dr. King’s nonviolent strategies and fostered Dr. King’s vision of “beloved communities,” in Detroit. She started food cooperatives and community groups to support…
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This is an excerpt from Rivera Sun’s novel, The Dandelion Insurrection, featuring a moment when Zadie Byrd Gray commits to being a love-motivated changemaker and living up to her inner…
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…political messaging of the supremacy of commerce. When people complain about their fellow citizens holding signs on the street corners, they are, in essence, stating that they believe commerce and…
Read more »…compelling power holders to rise out of complacency, silence, and avoidance of the issues, movements can pressure power holders to use their leverage for tangible social justice changes. When people…
Read more »…their rights. Yesterday, in real life, I represented CodePink in testifying to a congressional commission against expanding the military draft to women. As I told the commissioners: “Women’s equality cannot…
Read more »…Service is soliciting comments on all forms of national service. They need to hear from people urging them to end the draft and draft registration for all genders. Make your comments to…
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