Black History Month.
Walking. Arroyo. La Cueva Neighborhood. Stretching.
Let America Be America Again – by Langston Hughes – James Earl Jones
Rise Up – Andra Day
You Don’t Have to Ride Jim Crow! – Bayard Rustin
Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM – Beyoncé
That’s the Way God Planned It – Billy Preston
If I Could Help Somebody – The Blind Boys of Alabama
Hands Up – Blood Orange
History Repeats – Brittany Howard
Young, Gifted and Black – Aretha Franklin
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Black America Again – Common, feat. Stevie Wonder
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Woke Up This Morning – Fannie Lou Hamer
Wade In the Water – The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Everytime I Feel the Spirit -The Florida A&M University Concert Choir
Ain’t No New Thing – Gil Scott-Heron
Deep River – The Howard University Chamber Choir
Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters) – Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
People Gotta Be Free – Keb’ Mo’
Keep Your Hand On the Plow – Mahalia Jackson
Blood Done Sign My Name – Mary D Williams
Eyes on the Prize – Mavis Staples
Strange Fruit – Nina Simone
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child – Odetta
Go Down, Moses – Paul Robeson
We March – Prince
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
We Rise – Rhiannon Giddens
Precious Lord – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beautiful Struggle – Talib Kweli
You’re Not Alone – Our Native Daughters
Step By Step – Sweet Honey In The Rock
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Grandma’s Hands -Bill Withers
Respect – Otis Redding
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
We Are Each Others Angels – African Children’s Choir
I’ve Got Dreams To Remember – Angélique Kidjo
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Lift Every Voice and Sing – The Boys Choir of Harlem
Category Archives: Antiracism
01 February 2026
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15 January 2026
Core work. Floor stretching. Arroyo walk.
Happy Birthday Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
By the Time I Get to Arizona – Public Enemy
One Vision – Queen
Proud to Be Black – Run-DMC
One – India.Arie
Wake Up – Rage Against the Machine
Ballad of Martin Luther King – Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk & The Sesame Street Kids
Letter to the King – The Game, feat. Nas
Pride (In The Name Of Love) – U2
Letter To Dr. Martin Luther King – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Abraham, Martin and John – Harry Belafonte
King Holiday – Dream Chorus & The Holiday Crew
Up to the Mountain (MLK Song) – Patty Griffin
MLK Song – Mavis Staples
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers from Selma
We Shall Overcome – Toots & The Maytals
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
Glory – Common & John Legend
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01 January 2026
New Year’s Day. Haitian Independence Day.
Short hike with Lucy, Tricia and Sean. Contemplation Trail.
Stretching.
Treadmill at the apartment.
The New Year – Death Cab for Cutie
The First Day Of The Year – Katie McMaho
New Life – Brianna Lea Pruett
New Generation – Nemaska Community
A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin
New Beginning – Tracy Chapman
New Redemption Song – Over The Rhine
Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears – Celtic Woman
New Time & Age – Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
New Year’s Day – U2 War
Turn Over A New Leaf – John Lee Hooker
New Year’s Luck – Kiha & The Faces
What’s New – Harry Pickens
You Make Me Feel Brand New – Roberta Flack
At the Door of the Year – Jim & Jean Strathdee
How Can I Keep From Singing – Little Windows 2
Haïti chérie – Kali, feat. Emeline Michel
Tankou melodi – Emeline Michel
Aux Antilles – Tabou Combo
La Dessalinienne – Haïtian Troubadours
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Te recuerdo Roberto
Every year on this day, I put on my Roberto Clemente jersey and I remember.
I remember hearing the news that Roberto Clemente had died in a plane crash on a humanitarian mission to Nicaragua where the earth had broken open.
I remember disbelief and tears.
And I remember more.
I remember seeing Clemente play. And I am forever grateful.
At Forbes Field and at Three Rivers Stadium, I had the privilege to see Roberto Clemente play. On numerous occasions, I saw him play with the skill and grace and passion that few brought to the game. Slashing hits. Unmatched arm. He covered right field like a blanket. He ran the bases with abandon.
Clemente hailed from Puerto Rico and played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 18 years. One of the first Hispanic players, he played in the face of prejudice—he faced jeers and slurs. People who had only one language mocked him for speaking English—his second language—poorly. Because of the prejudice against Hispanic players and because he played in the small market town of Pittsburgh, Clemente never received the acclaim as a player that he deserved until late in his career.
And he deserved acclaim because he could play. He won twelve Golden Gloves for his defense. He had one of the strongest throwing arms that has ever been seen. He ended his career with 3,000 hits.
I remember seeing Clemente live. And I am forever grateful.
The people of Puerto Rico and Pittsburgh admired Clemente for his athletic ability but even more we admired him and we admire him for the way he lived his life off the field. There he made the most of his time.
Clemente engaged in humanitarian work in Puerto Rico and in Pittsburgh alike. He demanded respect for himself and the people of Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries. He worked for people who lived in poverty and responded to the needs of his sisters and brothers. He reached out to children and provided them with opportunities to develop their own athletic talents. In 1973, Clemente was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and the first Presidential Citizens Medal. In 2002, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Baseball has named its annual award for community involvement after Clemente.
A massive earthquake hit Managua, Nicaragua on December 21, 1972. The quake devastated the city, with thousands either dead or left homeless. Clemente organized relief efforts in Puerto Rico. When he learned that some of the aid had ended up in the pockets of the leaders and had not reached the people of Nicaragua, Clemente decided to deliver the next shipment personally. On New Year’s Eve, he stepped into a DC-7 plane along with the supplies and headed for Nicaragua. Not long after takeoff the plane suddenly lost altitude and crashed somewhere into the waters off Puerto Rico. Clemente’s body was never found.
Interviewed after he led the Pirates to victory in the 1971 World Series, Roberto Clemente spoke first to his parents. Moisture filled my eyes as I watched that incredible, unforgettable moment.
Moisture fills my eyes now as I type these words about this incredible, unforgettable athlete and this even more incredible, unforgettable human being.

Te recuerdo, Roberto. Siempre.
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31 December 2025 – Watch Night – New Year’s Eve – Clemente
Walk – slowly – North Domingo Baca Park
Watch Night.
Roberto Clemente death.
Farewell 2025, welcome 2026.
The World Is Old Tonight – Little Windows
Auld Lang Syne – Jersey Boys Ensemble
Auld Lang Syne – Eric Rigler
Auld Lang Syne – Shawn Lyons
Canticle of the Turning – Rory Cooney, Gary Daigle & Theresa Donohoo
New Year’s Resolution – Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
Kingdom Coming – Matt Glaser, Evan Stover, Jay Ungar, Art Baron & Molly Mason
Freedom – Pharrell Williams
Freedom – Richie Havens
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Now – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Road – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom Train – Toots & The Maytals
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around – The Freedom Singers
Oh Freedom – The Princely Players
Woke up This Morning with My Mind Stayed on Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
All Through the Night – Nancy Wilson
Auld Lang Syne – Joanne Shenandoah
The Parting Glass – The Wailin’ Jennys
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29 December 2025 – Remembering Wounded Knee
No exercise.
Remembering Wounded Knee.
Wounded Knee – Mickie Free
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Wounded Knee – Walela
Dreams of Wounded Knee – Bill Miller
Wounded Knee Hero – Thunder Bird Sisters
We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee – Redbone
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26 December – Dakota 38 +2
No exercise.
Remembering the Dakota men executed one hundred sixty years ago this day.
Treaties – Frank Waln
Intertribal Song -Dakota Nation & Red Bull United Tribes
Standing Alone – Buddy Red Bow
Reflections of Paha Sapa – Bryan Akipa
The Moon Is Shining – Indigenous
Round Dance – Dakota Nation & Mandaree Singers
Peyote Healing – Robbie Robertson, Verdell Primeaux & Johnny Mike
Thunder Horse – Kevin Locke
Lakota Forever – Brulé
Many and Great (Dakota) – Jon Sarta (this was sung by the men to be executed as they were taken to the gallows)
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18 December 2025
International Migrants Day. Walking 2.13 miles at North Domingo Baca Multicultural Center. Slower pace than yesterday. Stretching.
Unite 75 – Daara J Family
Immigrant – John McCutcheon
Ave Que Emigra – Gabby Moreno
The Migrant Worker – Jim Croce
Gourma – Etran Fintawa
Take Me to Cleveland – Robert Neustadt
No Geography – The Chemical Brothers
Look in Their Eyes – David Crosby
Why We Build the Wall – Hadestown
La Jaula de Oro – Los Tigres del Norte
Alien – Gil-Scott Heron
Cages – Redbait
Bad Hombres y Mujeres – Antonio Sanchez
La Frontera – Lagartijeando, feat. Minuk
Migration – Jonny Lipford
The Dreamer – Jackson Browne
My Only Home – Unchained XL, feat. Genesis Elijah & Femi Ashiru
A Safe Place to Land – Sara Bareilles, feat. John Legend
Running – Keyon Harrold, Andrea Pizziconi & Jasson Harrold, feat. Running feat. Common & Gregory Porter
Amor Migrante – Elena & Los Fulanos
Go Tell a Bird – Maya De Vitry
Beyond the Border – Bhi Bhiman
Godspeed – Radney Foster
Where We Are – Diana Jones
Migra – Santana
Immigrant Eyes – Willie Nelson
The Immigrants – Gabby Moreno & Van Dyke Parks
Deportees – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC & Residente
Refugee King – Liz Vice, feat. Hannah Glover
No Human Is Illegal – The Wakes
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Credo del Inmigrante (The Immigrant’s Creed)
With profound thanks to the author, mi hermano he Rev. José Luis Casal.
December 18 is International Migrants Day. This seems an appropriate day to reflect upon Credo del Inmigrante (The Immigrant’s Creed) by the Rev. José Luis Casal.
“Credo del Inmigrante,” José Luis Casal
Creo en Dios Todopoderoso, quien guió a su pueblo durante el éxodo y en el exilio, el Dios de José en Egipto y de Daniel en Babilonia, el Dios de los extranjeros y los inmigrantes.
Creo en Jesucristo, el galileo desplazado, que nació lejos de su hogar y de su gente, que tuvo que huir de su país con sus padres porque su vida corría peligro, y cuando regresó del exilio, tuvo que sufrir la opresión del tirano Poncio Pilato, servidor de un imperio extranjero; que fue perseguido, injuriado y finalmente torturado; fue acusado y condenado a muerte en un juicio injusto. Sin embargo, al tercer día ese Jesús despreciado resucitó de la muerte, no como extranjero sino para ofrecernos la ciudadanía de los cielos.
Creo en el Espíritu Santo, el Inmigrante eterno del Reino de Dios entre nosotros, quien habla todas las lenguas, habita en todos los países y reúne a todas las razas.
Creo en la Iglesia como un hogar seguro para todo extranjero y creyente, donde hablamos un mismo idioma y tenemos el mismo propósito.
Creo que la Comunión de los Santos comienza cuando aceptamos la Diversidad de los Santos.
Creo en el perdón que nos hace a todos iguales, y en la reconciliación que nos identifica mucho más que la raza, el idioma o la nacionalidad.
Creo que Dios en la Resurrección nos reúne a todos como un solo pueblo en el que todos somos distintos, pero iguales al mismo tiempo.
Creo en la Vida Eterna más allá de este mundo, en la cual nadie será inmigrante, sino todos ciudadanos del Reino de Dios que no tendrá fin.
Amén
The Immigrant’s Creed – José Luis Casal
I believe in almighty God, who guided his people in exile and in exodus, the God of Joseph in Egypt and of Daniel in Babylon, the God of foreigners and immigrants.
I believe in Jesus Christ a displaced Galilean, who was born away from his people and his home, who fled his country with his parents when his life was in danger, and returning to his own country suffered the oppression of the tyrant Pontius Pilate, the servant of a foreign power. He was persecuted, beaten, and finally tortured, accused and condemned to death unjustly. But on the third day, this scorned Jesus rose from the dead, not as a foreigner but to offer us citizenship in heaven.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the eternal immigrant from God’s kingdom among us, who speaks all languages, lives in all countries, and reunites all races.
I believe that the church is the secure home for the foreigner and for all believers who constitute it, who speaks the same language and have the same purpose.
I believe that the communion of saints begins when we accept the diversity of the saints.
I believe in the forgiveness of sin, which makes us all equal, and in reconciliation, which identifies us more than does race, language or nationality.
I believe that in the resurrection, God will unite us as one people in which all are distinct, and all are alike at the same time.
Beyond this world, I believe in life eternal in which no one will be an immigrant, but all will be citizens of God’s Kingdom which will never end. Amen.
Any, no, all
Any human can do hurtful, harmful things.
Any human.
Any human can perform cruel, evil acts.
Any human.
Any human can break a law.
Any human.
But …
no human is illegal.
No human.
No human is garbage.
No human.
And …
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
All humans.
All humans are unique.
All humans.
All humans are precious.
All humans.
All humans deserve respect.
All humans.
All humans deserve dignity.
All humans.
All humans deserve love.
All humans.
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