George Payne’s Rochester: Over seasons and time
In When Obama invokes Martin Luther King George Payne, Founder of Gandhi Earth Keepers International offered his thoughtful commentary on President Obama’s recent State of the Union
[ Read More ]On his Day, remembering when Martin Luther King visited Rochester, January 8th, 1958
A year ago, in When Martin Luther King was at the home of Charles Lunsford (below), we looked back to an evening in January 1958 when Charles Price took a photograph of Martin Luther King.
[ Read More ]“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story” (scenes 1- 15(of24), Booker T. Washington at the Peace Jubilee, Chicago Auditorium, October 16th 1898)
USS Maine Tablet (1912) old Rochester, NY city hall. Fitzhugh Street Scene 1: Havana, February 1898 from 1896 film, Boxing match or Glove Contest Scene 2: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, February 1898
[ Read More ]When Obama invokes Martin Luther King from George Payne
In yesterday’s State of the Union address, President Obama used the phrase: “unarmed truth and unconditional love.” Powerful, I thought, but somehow anomalous when set against
[ Read More ]On the People’s Party with DJ Alykhan. And raising $500 for Chess, Rhymes and Wisdom
In Partying at Richmond’s for Chess, Rhymes and Wisdom, I wrote about a November 6th “People’s Party” event at Richmond’s that raised–happy to
[ Read More ]Rochester leaves its footprint on La Marche Globale
Today hundreds walked downtown in concert with the world. Including in their streets 60,000 unbowed Parisians showing solidarity and demanding action. Marking the opening of the COP21 United
[ Read More ]Nazareth College’s first “Mini Chautauqua” opens a new conversation on an old theme: nurturing planet Earth
Yesterday I was happy to attend Nazareth College’s “Mini-Chautauqua in Rochester,” invited by Executive Director of the Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue Dr. Muhammad
[ Read More ]Talker of the Town invited for a week to Rochester Free Radio with George Payne on the Broken Spear Vision
On Sunday, I was invited to George Payne’s Broken Spear Vision program on Rochester Free Radio. Broken Spear Vision Now live for about a year, Rochester Free Radio is a community,
[ Read More ]To readers and contributors, much thanks
I don’t like to say these posts are “mine.” Very few of them are the sole product of my sometimes overheated imagination. Instead, I call them partnerships and collaborations. Or as they say in
[ Read More ]On restorative justice, Non-Violence Clubs and school discipline
• July 25, 2015 Yesterday we read about a draft code of conduct read about a draft code of conduct for RCSD students designed to reduce dramatically the reliance on suspensions. The emphasis in
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