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Can We Talk? Cynthia Parker Speaks at Grace Chapel
Tonight, Cynthia Parker will present “Race Talk” at an intercultural dialogue co-hosted by Fire, Grace Chapel’s young adult ministry. Parker explores racism through key moments of personal and...
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It is a time for angels
Last week at the Institute during an internal training for our new cohort of Associates, my colleague Alia introduced a practice called ‘Secret Angels’. For those who are familiar with the Secret Santa...
View ArticleIn times of anger and grief and sadness… dance
(Above: Video of a Boston #BlackLivesMatter protest) In times of anger and grief and sadness, it is easy for me to retreat or to read endlessly or, worse, to tune out as if lives are not at stake....
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On Love and Justice
This weekend I attended CommonBound 2016, the bi-annual conference of the New Economy Coalition (NEC), “…a [160-member] network of organizations imagining and building a future where people,...
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What the World Needs Now
Watching intermittent coverage of the Democratic National Convention my heart softened when I heard New Jersey Senator Corey Booker remind those listening that “Patriotism is the love of country, but...
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Practices for Personal Resilience and Development
Photo by Elade Manu. Found on Flickr and shared under Creative Commons Attribution 2.o license. This is a slightly edited version of a post from about 3 years ago, and it feels more timely in light of...
View ArticleNot Again!
I am becoming pretty good at compartmentalizing – focusing on the work that is right in front of me, even as more tragedy surrounds us and more outrage wells up within me. It’s certainly functional to...
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Dayenu: What is enough? White people confronting racism and privilege.
At Passover, there is a song about being thankful for each thing we are blessed with. Dayenu means “it would have been enough.” It is a call to appreciate the small things and to recognize that they...
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Weaving Webs of Possibility: The Moral Imagination in Social Change
Image by Graylight, used under provisions of Creative Commons Attribution license 2.0. As I was just starting work at IISC, back in 2005, our founding Executive Director Marianne Hughes, introduced the...
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2018, The Year of Love: A Retrospective
“I need love Not some sentimental prison I need god Not the political church I need fire To melt the frozen sea inside me I need love.” – Sam Phillips Image by Luke, Ma, “Love by Nature,” shared under...
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