Winrock Park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 July 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, New Mexico, Photo
Winrock Park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 July 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, New Mexico, Photo
Winrock Park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 July 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, New Mexico, Photo
Isn’t it odd that the same person who removed the Indigenous name Denali from the mountain in Alaska now wants to return the name of the Washington football team to a racist slur because “Our great Indian people … their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them.”???
Spoiler:
This is a rhetorical question.
There is nothing odd about it.
It is the same old white supremacist bs that undergirds the dominant society and is being expressed in so many ways by the current administration.
Here endeth the lesson.
Here begineth and continueth the advocacy.
Advocacy opportunities related to the use of Indigenous names and imagery include
National Congress of American Indians
Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance
Not Your Mascot
National Museum of the American Indian Webinar: Changing the Narrative About Native Americans
Twin Cities PBS: Not Your Mascot: Native Americans and Team Mascots
The Lakota Law Project provides many opportunities for advocacy around issues facing Indigenous peoples
In Whose Honor? – video from more than 20 years ago that, sadly, remains relevant in the current atmosphere
For information about the naming of Denali and the suggestion to change back the names of the Washington football team and the Cleveland base ball see:
Denali name change
Proposed sports name changes
Filed under Antiracism, Baseball, Current Events, Football, Human Rights, Sports
Winrock Park
Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 July 2025
Filed under Albuquerque, New Mexico, Photo
Hearts Of Stone -Los Lobos
St. Judy’s Comet – Paul Simon
I Shot The Sheriff – Eric Clapton
Let Me Roll It – Paul McCartney
The Rest of Our Days – Matthew Black
I Need Your Lovin’ – The Temptations
Factory Girl – The Rolling Stones
The Real Ska – Chris Murray
Come Monday – Jake Shimabukuro, feat. Jimmy Buffett
Earth Sign – Brittany Howard
Little Church – Miles Davis
If Not for You – George Harrison
Goddess of Change – Joan Armatrading
Yearnin’ Learnin’ – Earth, Wind & Fire
Capriccio, JW 7/12: III. Allegretto – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Trading Ground – Nomad
The Engadiner Suite, for Piano Trio: I. Summer – Ahn Trio
Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary – Rihanna
Filed under Albuquerque, Music, New Mexico, playlist
20-year-old Yeonsoo Go, the daughter of Episcopal priest, the Rev. Kyrie Kim, and a graduate of Scarsdale High School in Westchester County was detained by ICE on July 31 after appearing in court, as ordered by the court, for a procedural hearing on her visa application. The South Korean native moved to New York in 2021 with her mother.
Yeonsoo’s situation is one of many. Add other people’s names as you pray. If appropriate, send me those names and I will share them.
An active prayer: Contact your elected representatives demanding that they work to end detention of people seeking to follow the legal processes for immigration.
A prayer for Yeonsoo Go (and others)
God of justice,
we pray for your beloved child
Yeonsoo Go
who was detained by ICE
after appearing in court
for a routine visa hearing.
Watch over Yeonsoo
and keep her safe.
Grant her strength and courage.
Stand with her mother,
the Rev. Kim Kyrie
and her family and friends.
Guide those who protest
this injustice.
Bless their efforts.
We pray for Yeonsoo,
knowing that she is
but one of too, too many
taken by ICE –
often when they were doing
as Yeonsoo and following the rules
to obtain legal status in this country.
Inspire elected representatives
to join the protest and call
for the release of Yeonsoo
and all your beloved children
detained without due process.
Touch the hearts of those
who implement such polices,
transform their views from
cruelty and fear
to compassion and welcome.
We pray for Yeonsoo and
all our immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking siblings
in the name of Jesus, the refugee.
Amen.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, New York, Prayer
The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton The Battle of New Orleans
Sublime – Gal Costa
The Otter Song – In The Nick Of Time
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106: I. Andante tranquillo – The Cleveland Orchestra & Christoph von Dohnányi
Tomorrow – Brittany Howard & BADBADNOTGOOD
One – Johnny Cash
Playing for Keeps – Deidre McCalla
Bad Intentions 2- Yuna Battle
I Walk with You – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Battle Hymn of the Republic – Judy Collins
Kathy’s Song – Eva Cassidy
Members Only – Sheryl Crow
No More Dams I’ll Make for Fish – Joan Armatrading
Petit Metier – Songhoy Blues
I Dig Love – George Harrison
Sweet Revenge – MILCK
At Your Door – Matthew Black
Filed under Albuquerque, Music, New Mexico, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 