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 Non-ViolenceJoyful Generosity supports a grand career 6-24-10Today’s featured volunteer has built a lifetime on Joyful Generosity. And he lives with sweet satisfaction for having made some big differences in the world. Let’s take a romp through this lifetime looking for clues to that satisfac... read more… Racism – still alive in our world, in our nation, in our valley? 4-15-10Many believe racism in our country to be ancient history, that it was handled in the 60s by Martin Luther King and that it just hasn’t been a problem since. And it’s quite easy to believe that when your life and your lifestyle protect you... read more… The definition of a “settlement” 4-08-10Greatly encouraged by the feedback in response to the “just joan” column of March 25, I offer today some additional preliminary information. In that column, I pondered the feasibility of keeping my commitment to provide readers with refle... read more… To see is to believe. To experience is to understand. 3-25-10Feedback from my March 11 column The audacity of the Haitian populace (read at http://3hmm.com/thesun/?p=16225) has been profound and profoundly one-sided. Not a single person has told me they are angry with me for bringing truths about this little n... read more… An upcoming benefit performance and a just-past conference 3-18-10Peeking into two extraordinary events: three weeks from today, you can attend opening night of Sonoma’s second annual V-Day production of The Vagina Monologues. Last week, nearly a dozen Sonomans were edified, astounded and motivated by the two... read more… The remarkable Contagious Love Experiment 12-03-09Having received no intel that day, Conor had led his squad house to house on random searches, looking for weapons or anything else which might suggest trouble or hint at terrorism.Now Conor stood in a handsome courtyard, quite astounded to see ... read more… She started early on a lifetime dedicated to the common good 11-13-09A particular joy in the last half of my long life has been meeting and developing nifty connections with lots and lots of utterly fabulous folks. That has certainly continued as I live in Northern California and in our incomparable city of Sono... read more… Violence comes from thinking you need a bigger share 11-06-09This headline is but one quote from a stunning speech offered here in Sonoma on Oct. 20, 2009. Vandana Shiva, gracefully robed in her traditional Indian sari, held the large audience in the Veterans Memorial Building spellbound with her vast wi... read more… Peacemaking through a poignant exchange 10-02-09Loren Peters is one of my heroes. After meeting the Bishop O’Dowd High School (Oakland) teacher, I applied and was accepted to be a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams two-week delegation in Israel/Palestine.When invited by local peace and... read more… Every scream represents an unmet need 7-03-09With the self-deprecating humor of a talented comedienne, Cindi Vian peppered her PowerPoint presentation with remarks that regaled her audience and at the same time established a direct connection among them regarding her very serious topic.I was on... read more… Help save the environment by eating locally 5-29-09Few things are more gratifying to a columnist than measurable response. Though I was in a distant city attending a granddaughter’s graduation from law school and couldn’t be there myself, I’m told cars were parked all up and down th... read more… It’s up to you and me to demand genuine food safety 4-17-09Alarm bells have been clanging all over my in box for a month. E-mails from around the country raising fear and dread about a proposed piece of legislation. A bill with provisions sounding so draconian I wanted to believe the e-mails were hysterical ... read more… A day on the streets of the Tenderloin. Say what? 4-10-09Can’t think of a better way to spend April Fools’ Day than with the Faithful Fools of San Francisco, who consider the first day of April to be their “Feast Day.” So I showed up at their headquarters on Hyde Street at 9 a.... read more… Young folks plead for intergenerational activism 2-20-09While we’re awed and thrilled to watch as the presidential campaign of Barack Obama mobilized young people in the political process, we also acknowledge a vital need to find ways to maintain that interest and energy now that their candidate has... read more… India, United States and Sonoma celebrate golden anniversary together 2-06-09Just over 100 years ago, Mohandas Gandhi launched a new way of waging conflict. Non-violence as a strategy for conflict resolution was not new. But Gandhi was the first to apply its power to wide-ranging social change. For the first time in history a... read more… |
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