THE ENDURING GRACE OF JOHN LEWIS An interview in On Being by Krista Tippett
The legendary late civil rights elder and congressman, with lived wisdom for the culture of protest and common life today.
An extraordinary conversation with the late congressman John Lewis, taped in Montgomery, Alabama, during a pilgrimage 50 years after the March on Washington. It offers a special look inside his wisdom, the civil rights leaders’ spiritual confrontation within themselves, and the intricate art of nonviolence as “love in action.” CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
An Exhibition Made for and by the Afro-Latinx Angeleno Community
By Elisa Wouk Almino in Hyperallergic
Since 2018, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, a Mexican-American museum and cultural center in downtown Los Angeles, has been planning an exhibition on the culture and history of Afro-Latinx Angelenos. From the project’s inception, the lead curator, Mariah Berlanga-Shevchuk, wanted the show to be realized by the local community. Over the course of several months, the museum put out open calls for local Afro-Latinx families and individuals to share their stories and artifacts, and received a wonderful range of submissions, from family photos and recipes to handmade jewelry, instruments, and orixa dolls. The result, afroLAtinidad: mi casa, my city, opened in late February of this year. CICK TO CONTINUE
Reprise from ONE MILLION WOMEN: Misogyny, Male Rage And The Words Men Use To Describe Greta Thunberg and now AOC
Important article published October 2019
Here’s one huge example of what can happen when those who believe entitlement is their birth right get challenged by anyone they regard as “lesser” than themselves.
IT’S A WRAP! Youth Media Academy Summer 2020!
It’s a wrap! In an inspirational and tear-worthy closing ceremony held last week, we celebrated sixty-six remarkable student filmmakers from coast to coast and the conclusion of our Summer 2020 virtual Youth Media Academy (YMA)—our free, four-week program training underrepresented youth in filmmaking and gender activism. In spite of the unprecedented circumstances we are all facing during a global pandemic, in our opinion, the young participants rocked it!
Pandemic, Protests Cause Racism to Resonate as a Public Health Issue
By Joseph P. Williams, Senior Editor U S News
SPURRED BY WEEKS OF street protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd – and amid the fast-moving, potentially deadly coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged Black and Hispanic communities – officials across the country are calling out racism as a public health crisis.
5 Things Travelers Can Do Now to Combat Racism
by Tiana Attride in HERE
Five first steps travelers can take to be an anti-racist ally wherever they go.
As the Black Lives Matter movement gains traction worldwide, industries across the board are gearing up to diversify at last—and the travel and hospitality industries, like most, have plenty of work to do.
While many changes need to take place on an industry level, individual travelers can still do their part to work against racism on their own personal trips. Although there are countless ways to combat racism in everyday life, these first five steps present a clear path to rearranging the way you—and your fellow travelers—think and act when you go out into the world. CLICK TO CONTINUE
11 Anthems of Black Pride and Protest Through American History
By Thad Morgan in Inside History
From spirituals to ballads, funk and hip hop, these songs have provided a sound track to the pride and struggle of African Americans through the centuries.
DIGNITY OF EARTH & SKY Dale Lamphere, South Dakota Artist Laureate
The Dignity sculpture is a stunning combination of art and history. Located on a bluff between exits 263 and 265 on Interstate 90 near Chamberlain, the stainless steel, 50-foot-tall statue was specifically designed by sculptor Dale Lamphere to honor the cultures of the Lakota and Dakota people.
WORKSHOP SERIES FOR MARKET GARDENERS Covers Everything about Common Crop Families
From Living Web Farms
Vegetable gardening and farming concerns itself with the culture of many crops, most of them fitting into one of five or six botanical families. Living Web Farms is producing an educational series that covers these crop families, one by one, delving into the particulars of growing the various species within each family, including tips for cooking and preservation. A virtual Zoom workshop on June 20, 2020 entitled All About Legumes will detail crops such as peas, beans, and other nitrogen fixers.
Alice Trumbull Mason, a Pioneer of Abstraction, Makes a Triumphant Return
By Bridget Quinn in Hyperallergic
Emily Mason remembers her mother saying, “I’ll be famous when I’m dead.” Though fame may not be quite secured (yet), the artist’s first-ever monograph acts as bulwark against forgetting her legacy.
Asheville Wellness Tours – Covid update
ASHEVILLE LATEST TRAVEL UPDATES from Explore Asheville
As we continue in Phase II of North Carolina’s re-opening plan, shops, galleries, attractions, taprooms, and restaurants are predominantly open and welcome guests. In opening, many Asheville-area businesses, residents and guests are making a commitment to each other: Our Stay Safe Pledge. Asheville cares about every neighbor and guest, and as you are welcomed into open shops, restaurants, attractions, and natural spaces, it is with sincere consideration for each other’s well-being. Learn about the Stay Safe Pledge here »
LIVING WEB FARMS – We Stand With #BlackLivesMatter
Surviving Life Beyond the Pale: I was set up! A journey from innocence through abuse to strength
Grateful Steps Publishing House is pleased to announce the arrival of Surviving Life Beyond the Pale: I was set up! A journey from innocence through abuse to strength, a new book by M.A. Sandry, an Asheville native. With a goal of helping others through similar difficult circumstances, the author takes the reader on a journey through her multiple, severe early life traumas, which she remarkably overcame through personal insight, courage and spiritual growth.
CHANGING THE MESSAGE: Cruelty to persons who are gay is incompatible with Christian teaching
Grateful Steps Publishing House is pleased to announce the arrival of Changing the Message: Cruelty to persons who are gay is incompatible with Christian teaching, a new book by a North Carolina author, Julie Wood, about her son, an UNCA student who died by suicide. The boy had been viciously berated in front of his peers by a youth minister. The author is a Winston-Salem resident.
The book is about a tragedy with a potential of great public interest. It challenges the hidden danger in the exclusionary language regarding homosexual behavior in The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, an international organization.
CREATED 150 YEARS AGO, the Justice Department’s First Mission Was to Protect Black Rights
By Bryan Greene in SMITHSONIANMAGAZINE.COM
Amos T. Akerman was an unlikely figure to head the newly formed Department of Justice. In 1870, the United States was still working to bind up the nation’s wounds torn open by the Civil War. During this period of Reconstruction, the federal government committed itself to guaranteeing full citizenship rights to all Americans, regardless of race. At the forefront of that effort was Akerman, a former Democrat and enslaver from Georgia, and a former officer in the Confederate Army.
Why Ellevest Launched a Money Membership for Women+
At Ellevest, our mission is to get more money in the hands of women+ — because we know that everyone deserves the opportunity to build wealth, and that nothing bad happens when women have more money. Instead, economies grow. Communities thrive.
But gender wealth inequality is real. Women and non-binary people earn less and own less than men do, while carrying more debt. Black and Latinx women have the biggest wealth gaps of all. So in November 2016, we launched a new kind of financial company — one built by women+ for women+, because the finance industry wasn’t. CLICK TO CONTINUE
ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM’S: Museum from Home
Until we reopen to Members and visitors, we invite you to explore the different ways we can bring the Museum experience to you!
Watch video recordings of CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY: 2020 Virtual Conference: A Community Stronger Than COVID
Join the Citizens’ Climate Lobby Asheville Chapter
ADVICE FOR THIS STRESSFUL TIME from Dawn Starks in Simple Money
No debate, these are stressful times. While this pandemic continues to unfold, here are some suggestions I compiled for the clients of my planning firm for how to cope with the stress that all of us are feeling.
I have divided it into three sections: advice for all, advice for those already retired or close to retirement, and those still in their working years.