Dear you,
Here's a neat link from an email my dad forwarded to me. It's called the Restorative Justice Project.
http://www.cnvc.org/en/about-us/projects/restorative-justice-project/cnvc-restorative-justice-project
The quote at the top is great:
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there." - Rumi
Who is/was Rumi?
domingo, 31 de mayo de 2009
miércoles, 20 de mayo de 2009
Links of the morning - Wed, May 20
Links of the morning of Wednesday, May 20. What I'm reading this morning.
1. Let's start with some good news. This from the DC Labor Council:
WASHINGTON WOMEN BUILDING SOLID FOUNDATIONS: Hoping to build a better future, Washington-area women are looking to break out of low-paying jobs by getting hands-on tr
aining in the construction trades. A group of 14 women from Washington Area Women in the Trades (WAWIT) completed the hands-on portion of their training last Friday after an eight-week program that provides skill-based training for women who are seeking to enter a trade. “This program enables women who typically find themselves in a cycle of poverty - many in the ‘pink collar’ economy – to have the opportunity to join apprenticeship programs, build careers in the building and construction trades, provide for their families, become empowered by their self-sufficiency and create a stable living environment for themselves and their children,” WAWIT Trades Liaison Sylvia Casaro Dietert told Union City. The 8th WAWIT training cycle included training at Cement Masons Local 891, Laborers Local 657 and Sheet Metal Workers Local 100. WAWIT is a partnership of the YWCA, Wider Opportunities for Women and the Community Services Agency of the Metro Wash ington Council. – photo by Sylvia Casaro Dietert
(DC Union City emails are great - they help keep me connected to local labor issues. Website here.)
2. This on human rights in Burma:
"Dear Friends,
"
Burma's democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been locked up on new trumped up charges, just days before her 13 years of detention was due to expire. She and thousands of fellow monks and students have been imprisoned for bravely challenging the brutal military regime with peaceful calls for democracy.
"Risking danger to speak out for their jailed friends, Burmese activists are demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners and calling on the world to help. We have just six days to get a flood of petition signatures to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon calling on him to make their release a top priority -- he can make this a condition of any renewed international engagement. Follow the link to sign the petition, and forward this email on to friends to ensure Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners are freed. Burmese activists will present the global petition to the media on May 26th. "
Learn more and take action through my friend Mike's organization, the U.S. Campaign for Burma: http://uscampaignforburma.org/
3. Keeping it international. Here's some headlines from Just Foreign Policy. Thanks, just foreign policy folks, for making it easy to stay informed about what's going on with what the U.S. does worldwide.
--- Pakistan and Rwanda (wait, what??): UNHCR says the Pakistani exodus from Swat is turning into the world's most dramatic displacement crisis since the Rwandan genocide, the Guardian reports. Almost 1.5 million people have registered for assistance, bringing the total number of war displaced in North West Frontier province to more than 2 million, not including 300,000 the provincial government believes have not registered. Aid workers and political analysts warn that if international aid to ease the crisis is not urgently delivered, the strain on the displaced and those helping them could lead to political destablisation.
--- Panama and Trade Agreements: The Obama administration offered business groups more assurances it intends to move several pending trade agreements as soon as possible, The Hill reports. USTR Kirk expressed optimism to the Chamber of Commerce that the Panama trade deal would be submitted to Congress soon, and that he would try to move the Colombia deal this year.
--- Colombia: The Fellowship of Reconcilation says the US is planning to establish a new military facility in Colombia that will give the U.S. increased capacity for military intervention throughout most of Latin America, based on US planning documents. FOR says the plan should be subjected to vigorous debate.
4. It's an international kind of day. Here's an action alert from Oxfam.
As you probably know, the global food crisis has added at least 100 million more people to the 850 million people living at the brink of starvation.
But you may not know that there's a law that could help end this crisis by making US food aid to poor countries vastly more efficient and effective.
But without more support in Congress, it's not going anywhere.
Tell your Senators to co-sponsor the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act of 2009 and help end the global food crisis.
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A note about why I'm doing this. I participate in a lot of action campaigns. It's part of my desire to be a positive influence on the world - which necessitates speaking out when I think something isn't right.
I don't want to make anyone to feel guilty here. I just want to share some things that I read every day that I care about.
If a friend of mine stops by every month or so and clicks a link or two, I will consider this website worthwhile.
1. Let's start with some good news. This from the DC Labor Council:
WASHINGTON WOMEN BUILDING SOLID FOUNDATIONS: Hoping to build a better future, Washington-area women are looking to break out of low-paying jobs by getting hands-on tr
aining in the construction trades. A group of 14 women from Washington Area Women in the Trades (WAWIT) completed the hands-on portion of their training last Friday after an eight-week program that provides skill-based training for women who are seeking to enter a trade. “This program enables women who typically find themselves in a cycle of poverty - many in the ‘pink collar’ economy – to have the opportunity to join apprenticeship programs, build careers in the building and construction trades, provide for their families, become empowered by their self-sufficiency and create a stable living environment for themselves and their children,” WAWIT Trades Liaison Sylvia Casaro Dietert told Union City. The 8th WAWIT training cycle included training at Cement Masons Local 891, Laborers Local 657 and Sheet Metal Workers Local 100. WAWIT is a partnership of the YWCA, Wider Opportunities for Women and the Community Services Agency of the Metro Wash ington Council. – photo by Sylvia Casaro Dietert(DC Union City emails are great - they help keep me connected to local labor issues. Website here.)
2. This on human rights in Burma:
"Dear Friends,
"
| |
"Risking danger to speak out for their jailed friends, Burmese activists are demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners and calling on the world to help. We have just six days to get a flood of petition signatures to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon calling on him to make their release a top priority -- he can make this a condition of any renewed international engagement. Follow the link to sign the petition, and forward this email on to friends to ensure Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners are freed. Burmese activists will present the global petition to the media on May 26th. "
Learn more and take action through my friend Mike's organization, the U.S. Campaign for Burma: http://uscampaignforburma.org/
3. Keeping it international. Here's some headlines from Just Foreign Policy. Thanks, just foreign policy folks, for making it easy to stay informed about what's going on with what the U.S. does worldwide.
--- Pakistan and Rwanda (wait, what??): UNHCR says the Pakistani exodus from Swat is turning into the world's most dramatic displacement crisis since the Rwandan genocide, the Guardian reports. Almost 1.5 million people have registered for assistance, bringing the total number of war displaced in North West Frontier province to more than 2 million, not including 300,000 the provincial government believes have not registered. Aid workers and political analysts warn that if international aid to ease the crisis is not urgently delivered, the strain on the displaced and those helping them could lead to political destablisation.
--- Panama and Trade Agreements: The Obama administration offered business groups more assurances it intends to move several pending trade agreements as soon as possible, The Hill reports. USTR Kirk expressed optimism to the Chamber of Commerce that the Panama trade deal would be submitted to Congress soon, and that he would try to move the Colombia deal this year.
--- Colombia: The Fellowship of Reconcilation says the US is planning to establish a new military facility in Colombia that will give the U.S. increased capacity for military intervention throughout most of Latin America, based on US planning documents. FOR says the plan should be subjected to vigorous debate.
4. It's an international kind of day. Here's an action alert from Oxfam.
Dear Lily,
| Today we can extend a hand to more than 850 million people living on the brink of starvation. |
But you may not know that there's a law that could help end this crisis by making US food aid to poor countries vastly more efficient and effective.
But without more support in Congress, it's not going anywhere.
Tell your Senators to co-sponsor the Lugar-Casey Global Food Security Act of 2009 and help end the global food crisis.
-----------------------------------------------
A note about why I'm doing this. I participate in a lot of action campaigns. It's part of my desire to be a positive influence on the world - which necessitates speaking out when I think something isn't right.
I don't want to make anyone to feel guilty here. I just want to share some things that I read every day that I care about.
If a friend of mine stops by every month or so and clicks a link or two, I will consider this website worthwhile.
martes, 19 de mayo de 2009
Q: Where does $10 goes a long way? A: Gaza.
If you donate to one cause this month, make it this one.
Here's the email I got...
My next trip: can I count on you? (from the real Patch Adams)
Which reminded me of this amazing story from my church:
Hiroshima Children's Drawings
Gifts of Peace and Hope
On Sunday, April 5, All Souls Church commemorated and celebrated an important moment of global solidarity from more than fifty years ago.
"In 1948, inspired by the sermons of the Rev. A. Powell Davies, children at All Souls collected school supplies to send to children in Hiroshima, Japan. In appreciation, the school children in Hiroshima created original works of art in crayon, water color, pen, and calligraphic brush, which they sent back to All Souls as gifts. Sixty years on, the church has had these precious creations restored.
"You are invited to view these drawings (high-quality reproductions) in Pierce Hall, where they will be exhibited through the middle of June.
"Also, inspired by the story, the Intermediate classes (3rd-5th grade) will collect school supplies (washable markers or preschool crayons only) to help support our homeless or hungry neighbors who attend the after-school activities at Martha's Table. Place your donations in the baskets at the 16th Street and Harvard Street entrance. In 1948, they collected over a half ton of supplies. Let's see how much we can collect!"
There is also a longer version of this story. It tells how the art that was made by the survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is considered almost sacred in Japanese society. The artwork that is now displayed in the main hall of All Souls Church now is particularly special because they are such hopeful drawings, a testament to life's ability to continue after such a tragedy, the drawings of children.
I've taken a few Sundays to look at them now; I see something new each time.
- lily
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Other links of the day:
- Here's some more info about Lt. Dan Choi getting fired for being truthful about his sexuality. http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/dontfiredan
- A very cool bed and breakfast in Lexington, VA recommended by my friend Jeanie. Lexington sounds like a very cool area. http://www.applewoodbb.com/general.html
- High quality products + American jobs = bailed out bank should do the right thing. Add your voice here. http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/hartmarx/
- This from Just Foreign Policy:
"Can Treasury Sneak IMF Money Through the Supplemental?
Lost in the drama over the war supplemental is a sneaky play by Treasury Department to get $108 billion in U.S. tax dollars for the IMF. If Treasury can get the money through the supplemental, it can avoid any Congressional debate over the policies of the IMF and whether this is a wise and just use of U.S. tax dollars; and whether Congress should insist on meaningful, observable reforms of IMF policy as the price of new U.S. funding.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/can-treasury-sneak-imf-mo_b_204058.html "
and this:
"1) After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama said that Israel "is going to have to take some difficult steps," the Washington Post reports. "Settlements have to be stopped," Obama said."
- The Union of Concerned Scientists put out a report, Climate 2030.
"Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released the Climate 2030 Blueprint, a peer-reviewed study showing that the United States can dramatically cut global warming pollution while saving households and businesses in every region of the nation billions of dollars in energy costs."
- I'm also outraged that the University of Virginia denied one of the best professors I've ever had, Dr. Wende Marshall, tenure. I feel very fortunate to have been her student. Why am I going to my five year reunion? To hang out with Wende.
http://www.virginia.edu/anthropology/faculty/wende.html
- Finally, the Higher Awareness email quote. "Journey home - 'Everything seeks its source.' -- a universal principle" (it's true that one must always journey home, but it's also true that opposites attract. -lily)
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Whew! I get enough emails between Monday and Tuesday to keep me busy all week!
Here's the email I got...
My next trip: can I count on you? (from the real Patch Adams)
| Patch Adams | Tue, May 19, 2009 at 3:25 PM | ||||||||||||
| Reply-To: codepink@mail.democracyinaction.org To: lswhitesell@gmail.com | |||||||||||||
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As a "doctor/clown," I have traveled the world over to bring the healing power of laughter to children and adults in virtually every corner of the world -- from Afghanistan, to Bosnia, to Haiti. Right now, there is a group of children who are really in need of healing -- the children of the Gaza Strip. 
Which reminded me of this amazing story from my church:
Hiroshima Children's Drawings
Gifts of Peace and Hope
On Sunday, April 5, All Souls Church commemorated and celebrated an important moment of global solidarity from more than fifty years ago.
"In 1948, inspired by the sermons of the Rev. A. Powell Davies, children at All Souls collected school supplies to send to children in Hiroshima, Japan. In appreciation, the school children in Hiroshima created original works of art in crayon, water color, pen, and calligraphic brush, which they sent back to All Souls as gifts. Sixty years on, the church has had these precious creations restored.
"You are invited to view these drawings (high-quality reproductions) in Pierce Hall, where they will be exhibited through the middle of June.
"Also, inspired by the story, the Intermediate classes (3rd-5th grade) will collect school supplies (washable markers or preschool crayons only) to help support our homeless or hungry neighbors who attend the after-school activities at Martha's Table. Place your donations in the baskets at the 16th Street and Harvard Street entrance. In 1948, they collected over a half ton of supplies. Let's see how much we can collect!"
There is also a longer version of this story. It tells how the art that was made by the survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is considered almost sacred in Japanese society. The artwork that is now displayed in the main hall of All Souls Church now is particularly special because they are such hopeful drawings, a testament to life's ability to continue after such a tragedy, the drawings of children.
I've taken a few Sundays to look at them now; I see something new each time.
- lily
-------------------------------------
Other links of the day:
- Here's some more info about Lt. Dan Choi getting fired for being truthful about his sexuality. http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/dontfiredan
- A very cool bed and breakfast in Lexington, VA recommended by my friend Jeanie. Lexington sounds like a very cool area. http://www.applewoodbb.com/general.html
- High quality products + American jobs = bailed out bank should do the right thing. Add your voice here. http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/hartmarx/
- This from Just Foreign Policy:
"Can Treasury Sneak IMF Money Through the Supplemental?
Lost in the drama over the war supplemental is a sneaky play by Treasury Department to get $108 billion in U.S. tax dollars for the IMF. If Treasury can get the money through the supplemental, it can avoid any Congressional debate over the policies of the IMF and whether this is a wise and just use of U.S. tax dollars; and whether Congress should insist on meaningful, observable reforms of IMF policy as the price of new U.S. funding.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
and this:
"1) After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama said that Israel "is going to have to take some difficult steps," the Washington Post reports. "Settlements have to be stopped," Obama said."
- The Union of Concerned Scientists put out a report, Climate 2030.
"Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released the Climate 2030 Blueprint, a peer-reviewed study showing that the United States can dramatically cut global warming pollution while saving households and businesses in every region of the nation billions of dollars in energy costs."
- I'm also outraged that the University of Virginia denied one of the best professors I've ever had, Dr. Wende Marshall, tenure. I feel very fortunate to have been her student. Why am I going to my five year reunion? To hang out with Wende.
http://www.virginia.edu/anthropology/faculty/wende.html
- Finally, the Higher Awareness email quote. "Journey home - 'Everything seeks its source.' -- a universal principle" (it's true that one must always journey home, but it's also true that opposites attract. -lily)
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Whew! I get enough emails between Monday and Tuesday to keep me busy all week!
domingo, 10 de mayo de 2009
Links of the Day - Sunday, May 10, 2009
Some great quotes for today:
Look for the gifts
"In school you get the lesson and then take the test ... In life you take the test and then get the lesson."
-- Unknown Source
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life."
-- Dalai Lama
"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
-- Albert Einstein
These are all from the Inner Journey / Higher Awareness daily email, which I receive thanks to the recommendation of an awesome singer/songwriter named Erika (thanks Erika!)
Look for the gifts
"In school you get the lesson and then take the test ... In life you take the test and then get the lesson."
-- Unknown Source
"The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one’s life."
-- Dalai Lama
"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
-- Albert Einstein
These are all from the Inner Journey / Higher Awareness daily email, which I receive thanks to the recommendation of an awesome singer/songwriter named Erika (thanks Erika!)
viernes, 8 de mayo de 2009
Links of the Day - Friday, May 8, 2009
Thoughts of the Day...
If you watch one thing today, watch this AMAZING Mother's Day "Women for Peace" video: http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=401
The Union of Concerned Scientists always has such great stuff:
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/feed/feed-latest.html
I'm thinking of maybe doing the Potomac River Ramble, June 24-28. Anyone want to do it with me?
http://www.potomacriver.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:09-ramble&catid=25:about-us&Itemid=113
Here are some Watershed Management Documents that I'd like to look through some day:
http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/epo/EnvironmentalServicesEpoWatershedIntro.aspx#wmp
These are the Happenings and Opportunities from All Souls Church for Mother's Day Weekend:
http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=00193_ii0u9BCIFuN4LchL6zHF7AoTXdhnRgl3X-JdTMJhU97YUoQgJ6eeFCSRh9-MDcEycmNrtvJ_cM5YH76amzmK37SbYmzkNvHiZWxwi-wzDAqNGVltIH3Ok5cfVznWlGJ3C1xQDqrM%3D
Here's the Carolyn Hax live discussion from yesterday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/05/01/DI2009050102635.html
Everyone's talking about the Star Trek movie... crazy world we live in.
Movies to watch: The Times of Harvey Milk, Soul Food
If you take one action today, do this:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/asy_prisions/
And finally, the Inner Journey quote of the day:
If you watch one thing today, watch this AMAZING Mother's Day "Women for Peace" video: http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=401
The Union of Concerned Scientists always has such great stuff:
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/feed/feed-latest.html
I'm thinking of maybe doing the Potomac River Ramble, June 24-28. Anyone want to do it with me?
http://www.potomacriver.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:09-ramble&catid=25:about-us&Itemid=113
Here are some Watershed Management Documents that I'd like to look through some day:
http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/epo/EnvironmentalServicesEpoWatershedIntro.aspx#wmp
These are the Happenings and Opportunities from All Souls Church for Mother's Day Weekend:
http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=00193_ii0u9BCIFuN4LchL6zHF7AoTXdhnRgl3X-JdTMJhU97YUoQgJ6eeFCSRh9-MDcEycmNrtvJ_cM5YH76amzmK37SbYmzkNvHiZWxwi-wzDAqNGVltIH3Ok5cfVznWlGJ3C1xQDqrM%3D
Here's the Carolyn Hax live discussion from yesterday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/05/01/DI2009050102635.html
Everyone's talking about the Star Trek movie... crazy world we live in.
Movies to watch: The Times of Harvey Milk, Soul Food
If you take one action today, do this:
http://action.humanrightsfirst.org/campaign/asy_prisions/
And finally, the Inner Journey quote of the day:
"Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else."
-- Wayne Dyer
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