A prayer and a resolution
Photograph by Jason Francisco A Prayer for the Mothers for Life and Peace Rabbi Tamar Elad Appelbaum and Sheikha Ibtisam Mahameed
reflections at a prayer vigil
Vincent Van Gogh, The Poet’s Garden (detail), photograph by Jason Francisco Today at the University of San Francisco (USF), in the Archbishop Romero room of the University Ministry Offices, I participated in a vigil to share our grief at… Continue Reading
Now is the time
New York City, Climate Protests, September 17, 2023; photo by Bill McKibben Today the United Nations convened the first day of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit in advance of the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly.… Continue Reading
WHAT WE DEMAND
March on Washington August 28 1963 © Jim Wallace, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture March on Washington August 28 1963 © Jim Wallace, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture I have… Continue Reading
The Meaning of the March
Young Woman with Banner, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom, 28 August 1963 Photograph by Rowland Scherman, Wikimedia Commons Sixty years ago today, on August 28, 1963, 250,000 people gathered in Washington DC for the March on… Continue Reading
Mourning, Anger, Struggle: Dr. Clarence B. Jones on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
This morning, the New Yorker online magazine has published an excerpt from Dr. Clarence B. Jones’s Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir, which Dr. Jones wrote with Stuart Connelly. You can find today’s New… Continue Reading
Dishonoring Gandhi
White House photo @realDonaldTrump Wikimedia Commons 24 February 2020 This evening, after speaking to a joint session of Congress India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a State Dinner at the Biden White House. It is a rare moment… Continue Reading
Daniel Ellsberg, Nonviolence Warrior
Daniel Ellsberg, 1972, public domain We all care about those in our circle, our group, our tribe. But who cares about the others? About those outside our group, our country? About other species? About future generations? I identify with… Continue Reading
Reflections on the 55th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination
Memorial pin with quotations from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 1968. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture On April 3, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to the striking sanitation workers at… Continue Reading
David Harris, 1946-2023: “I dodged nothing”
David Harris at an anti-war protest at the Presidio in San Francisco, 1968. Photo by Jim Marshall, Wikimedia Commons David Harris, who died earlier this month at his home in Mill Valley, was an enormously courageous and impactful leader… Continue Reading
