Update 19: Tenderness, Courage, Birth and . . .
Dear Friends, Three words and . . . , selected from the deck of “Angel Cards” as I have been writing this update. Tenderness, Courage and Birth. The fourth card is blank – or it contains unlabelled spaciousness, depending on your point of view! The cards seem perfect for this moment, may I explain? As […]
23 August: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
2023 Theme: “Fighting slavery’s legacy of racism through transformative education” “Today and every day, let us stand united against racism and together build a world in which everyone, everywhere can live lives of liberty, dignity, and human rights.” (António Guterres: United Nations Secretary-General) “The enslavement of over 13 million Africans during the Transatlantic Slave Trade […]
22 August: International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
Hear Kaylee Werner’s story and why she says: “I’m an activist because of the times we live in. I’m an activist because I simply cannot allow injustice to go unchallenged.” The UN General Assembly set 22 August as the “International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief” to strongly […]
21 August – International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
“Each year, acts of terrorism propagating a wide range of hateful ideologies continue to injure, harm and kill thousands of people as they simply go about their daily lives.” * I am challenged again to not turn away. Sally Kohn’s book, The Opposite of Hate teaches me much. And more and more voices around the […]