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Praying for Justice and Peace
Prayer practices to cultivate a powerful, peaceful response to injustices, conflicts, and violence.
Wisdom on Racism
African-American Wisdom
When you talk about hope, you have to be a long distance runner.
— Cornel West in Hope on a Tightrope
"You must lay your lives on the altar of social change so that…
Exploring The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me
Themes and practices for James Baldwin's powerful letters about emancipation and Ta-Nehisi Coates' revelatory personal narrative to his son.
Stands Must Be Taken
Teacher Wisdom
"Stands must be taken. If I am to respect myself I have to search myself for what I believe is right and take a stand on what I find. Otherwise I have not gathered together what I …
What Kind of Activist Are You?
Last summer when Black Lives Matter marches were taking place all over the country, the residents of our retirement community were upset. Most of them had been marching for good causes all their liv…
In Life and Business: Learning to Be Ethical
In the NYTimes.com, Alina Tugend writes about a new website www.EthicalSystems.org which will bring together research and resources on business ethics, a subject that is receiving more attention the…
Exercising First Amendment Rights
"People have the right to protest — that’s what democracy is all about."
— Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State
Protests have always been part of movements for justice in…
Confronting Ageism
In 1968 gerontologist Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" to describe the many ways in which society discriminates against the old. Maggie Kuhn formed the Gray Panthers in 1972 as a network of ol…
Advice for Challenging Times
I used to always turn to the books that surround me at the Center for solace, advice, and instruction. And books are great helps. But now I also can browse the Internet to find gems of insight for m…
A Civil Rights Issue: Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
In an article for alternet.org Chris Hedges examines the strong connections between being poor and going to prison in the United States. Of the 2.2 million people locked up at the moment, 97% of fed…