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WWMLK say?
MLK, Jr., a genius in reality and a seer of what could be if we only would allow it, was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, shot by an assassin’s bullet. Fifty-five years later, another Black man would … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty, Crime Fighting
Tagged injustice, lethal force, MemphisPD, MLK, police, police brutality, SCORPION, skateboarding, social justice, Tyre Nichols
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Don’t Bring Politics to a Gun Fight?
Beto O’Rouke walked up to the stage during the Abbot news conference regarding the shooting at the Uvalde, Texas elementary school. He was met with curses from someone on the stage who accused him of politicizing the event. The event … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged abbot, automatic weapons, community, Gettysburg Address, government, gun violence, guns, massacre, O'Rouke, politics, PTSD, school shooting, Today Show, uvalde, vote
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Communities Against Gun Violence: #SacramentoStrong
Saturday night my friend and neighbor texted me to remind me about Sunday’s march to protest gun violence. Grateful for the reminder, Sunday, I gathered myself up and into her car, destination 7th & K streets. For those of you … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty, Crime Fighting
Tagged 6 dead, activism, bullets, capital, Change, community, councilwoman Valenzuela, crime, guns, killing, march, march to capital, mass shooting, massacre, mayor steinberg, moms demand action, organize, sacramento strong, sacrmento, shooting, speak up, victim witness, victims, victims of violent crime
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I’ve Felt This Before
A friend of mine took this quote from an article in the Atlantic, Our Pandemic Summer and shared it on FaceBook. “As the rest of the U.S. comes to terms with the same restless impermanence, it must abandon the question … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged AIDS, changes, Coronavirus, COVID19, cure, Earth, Environment, epidemic, faith, HIV, hope, lessons learned, pandemic, partners, relationships, RELIGION, science, sex, ShelterinPlace, SIP, Theresa Crenshaw, virus
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In Sickness and In Health
I wonder if I have become immobilized by fear. I haven’t been able to run since mid August 2017. That is the first time I actually typed out that date and now it sits here on the page, staring me … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged adapting, changes, Growth, persistence, Running, social justice, struggle, voting, worry
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The Day I Lost My Mind
Tomorrow will be one year since the day I lost my mind. Late the night before (a year ago today) I violently poked at the remote control to the television and tossed/ threw it onto the sofa. Then amid expletives, … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty, Family
Tagged adapting, age, Cousin, Family, Friends, friendship, Generations, Growth, social justice, Transition
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Through the Looking Glass
~This is the 7th blog entry chronicling my experience as a volunteer at a school for homeless children. I will not identify the children by their given name and in general, I write of composite personalities so that I can … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, helping, homelessness, parks, school, social justice
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Who was the first man on the moon?
~This is the 6th blog entry chronicling my experience as a volunteer at a school for homeless children. I will not identify the children by name and in general write of composite personalities so that I can best illustrate common … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, helping, homelessness, parks, school, social justice
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Parks Make Life Better
~This is the fifth blog entry chronicling my experience as a volunteer at a school for homeless children. I will not identify the children by name and in general write of composite personalities so that I can best illustrate common … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, helping, homelessness, parks, school, social justice
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Mermaids and Worms
~This is the fourth blog entry chronicling my experience as a volunteer at a school for homeless children. I will not identify the children by name and in general write of composite personalities so that I can best illustrate common … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, helping, homelessness, school, social justice
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Hug Life
~This is the third blog entry chronicling my experience as a volunteer at a school for homeless children. I will not identify the children by name and in general write of composite personalities so that I can best illustrate common … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, helping, homelessness, school, social justice
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Beauty Is the Harvest of Presence
~This is the second blog entry chronicling my experience as a volunteer at a school for homeless children. The title of this post is from Beauty by David Whyte. I will not identify the children by name and in general … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, Green eggs, helping, homelessness, school, social justice
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Just Be There
I rushed out of the house with my negative TB test in hand. My first day as a volunteer at a local, private emergency school for children whose parents are homeless. Children attend school to learn, play, eat, relax and … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged children, education, helping, homelessness, school, social justice
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The Hidden Message
Yesterday I read a post on FaceBook by a man who essentially said that women in the United States are not oppressed and then went on to list how de facto oppressed women are treated. After all, we have all the … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged #fightandwrite, abortion, clitoris, feminism, girls, mansplaining, men only, oppression, women's rights
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for our sisters and daughters; our brothers and sons
Empowerment is a word I often used. No more. Yesterday at the Women’s March on Sacramento I stood in the cold as I heard a woman representing the disabled community say that telling someone you are empowering them presumes that you … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged #fightandwrite, Anti-Trump, march, power, protest, social justice, Transition, voice, vote, Women's March
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Murmuration Nation
The other day I ran across an NPR post on Facebook about the secret to successful murmuration among flocking birds (Video: Swooping Starlings In Murmuration – NPR). While I have seen birds display this behavior along the Interstate 5 … Continue reading
Posted in All Spilled Ink, Civic Duty
Tagged #fightandwrite, Challenge, cohesiveness, determination, murmuration, rising above, support
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