30 September is observed in Canada as The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day. It is a day of memorial to recognize the atrocities and generational impact committed on First Nations peoples by the Canadian Indian residential school system. It has expanded in the United State as a day to remember the atrocities and generational impact inflicted by the U.S. boarding school system on Indigenous peoples. The Indigenous peoples of Australia had a similar experience.
Walking. Germantown. Schnitzelburg.
Lost Souls – Tom Jackson Lost Souls
Residential School Song (Indian Boarding School Song) – Cheryl Bear
Child of the Government – Jayli Wolf
BEFORE – A Tribe Called Red, feat. Joseph Boyden
Apatapasiq – Mike Bern
Battlefields – Twin Flames
Savage Mob – Snotty Nose Rez Kids, feat. Nooky & Birdz
open window – nêhiyawak
Took the Children Away – Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra, Paul Grabowsky & Ruby Hunter (the Australian Indigenous experience)
Take Me Home – Indian City
Spirit Horses – Annie Humphrey
The Land of the Blind – Ira Provost
Why Us – N’we Jinan Artists
500 Years – Rhonda Head
Residential School – Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat
Cut My Hair – Digging Roots
Residential School – Chris Pierce
For Our Children – Bryan Akipa
Category Archives: Current Events
30 September 2024
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
21 September 2024
International Day of Peace.
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Peace In The Valley – John Scofield Mercyland:
Pipes of Peace – Paul McCartney
The Times They Are A Changin’ – Keb’ Mo’
Peace – Sweet Honey In The Rock
Peace March – Bruce Cockburn
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
The Great Peace March – Holly Near
Peace Anthem – Sera
Peace Train – Cat Stevens
Paz Y Libertad – José-Luis Orozco
Song of Peace – Abraham Jam
Go Well and Peace Be with You – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
War No More – Wyclef Jean
Peace. Salaam, Shalom – emma’s revolution
Peace, Perfect Peace – Lucky Dube
Peace Will Rise – Si Kahn
Peace Will Come – Tom Paxton
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula – Dolly Parton, feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Peace Trail – Neil Young
Peace Tonight – Indigo Girls
Peace on Earth – U2
Peace Like a River – Paul Simon
Peace in the Valley – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Peace Has Broken Out – Eric Bogle
Peace for Whom – No Seung Hyuk
Peace at Last – Will Duncan and Bobby Horton
Peace – Los Lobos
Peace – Jeong Jin Seok
Peace – Black & Blues
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
18 September 2024
Chile Independence Day
Serenata Cruel – Villa Cariño
El Baile de los Que Sobran – Los Prisioneros
Lo Que No Voy a Decir – Subverso, feat. Portavoz
Shock – Ana Tijoux
Quiero Verte Más – Francisca Valenzuela
Vuelvo – Inti Illimani
Verde, Amarillo, y Rojo – Gondwana
Canto Libre – Victor Jara
Llueve sobre la ciudad – Los Bunkers
Loca – Chico Trujillo
Curiche – Newen Afrobeat Curiche, feat. Oghnene Kologbo, Enrique Camhi & Diego Alarcón
Pisagua 1973 – Los Miserables
Sencillo – Moral Distraida Hacerlo de Día
Me Gustan los Estudiantes – Tita Parra
Venceremos – Ventiscka
Himno Nacional De Chile – National Anthem Band World Cup
Filed under Current Events, Louisville, Music, playlist
16 September 2024
Mexico Independence Day.
Death of Victor Jara – 1973.
B.B. King Birthday.
Remembering Tito Jackson.
Himno Nacional Mexicano – Banda de Genaro Nuñez & Banda Estudiantil del Estado de Jalisco
Me Gustan los Estudiantes – Tita Parra
El Pueblo Unido Jamàs Serà Vencido – Inti-Illimani
México Lindo – Vicente Fernández
Viva Mexico – Mariachi Veracruz
Mi Ciudad – Lola Beltrán
Pisagua 1973 – Los Miserables
Victor Jara’s Hands – Calexico
Victor Jara – Arlo Guthrie
15 de Septiembre – José Alfredo Jiménez
Estadio Chile – Pete Seeger
Manifiesto – Victor Jara
Juan Sin Tierra – Ska-P
Back Against the Wall – Hogni
It Could Have Been Me – Holly Near
Washington Bullets – The Clash
On My Word Of Honor – B.B. King
You’ve Been An Angel – B.B. King
Blind Love – B.B. King
We Made It – Tito Jackson
Make Your Mind Up – EEDB, Toni Tuklan & Tito Jackson, feat. Kaos MC & Duendy Primero
One Way Street (The Gregg Pagani Mix) – Tito Jackson
So Far So Good – Tito Jackson, feat. 3T
Jammer Street – Tito Jackson, feat. 3T
Cruisin’ – Tito Jackson, feat. Betty Wright
I Ain’t Going Nowhere – Tito Jackson, feat. 3T
Home Is Where the Heart Is – Tito Jackson
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
15 September 2024
16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL, bombed 1963.
Roberto Clemente Day in Major League Baseball.
4 Little Girls – Wendell Morrison
Birmingham Sunday – Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
Two Black Churches: No. 1, Ballad of Birmingham – Will Liverman & Paul Sánchez
Birmingham Sunday – Rhiannon Giddens
Alabama – John Coltrane Quartet
Roberto – Ismael Miranda
Te Recuerdo – John McCutcheon
Sueño De Un Niño – Tito Allen
Somos La Fuerza Latina – Varios artistas
Roberto Y Tirabala 6:32 Andy Montañez
Orgullo De Borinquen – Lefty Pérez
Clemente (Estrella 21) – Edel Borrero
Jugando La Pelota – Jesús “Chocolate” Coombs
Jardinero Del Amor – Wichi Camacho
Lo Mejor Que Dios Ha Hecho – Ángel Ramírez
Roberto Clemente – Bill Tiberio Band
Roberto Clemente – Nelson Feliciano and His Orchestra, feat. Junior Cordova
Roberto Clemente – Phil Coley
Roberto Clemente – Franck Junior Flores
Roberto Clemente – Moe D
Filed under Baseball, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights, Music, Pittsburgh Pirates, playlist
I will be walking 62 Miles in October
In memory of friends we have lost,
in honor of friends who have overcome,
in anticipation of friends who will receive the diagnosis,
I am taking part in the
American Cancer Society’s
Walk 62 Miles in October.
Watch for posts – starting October 1.
But you can get a jump on supporting this effort.
Donate at:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/488632167350335/
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Family, Friends
A prayer for our Haitian, and other immigrant, family members
God who makes and loves every person,
we pray for our Haitian family members,
particularly those who live in and around Springfield, Ohio.
We thank you for their presence with us.
We are grateful for the gifts they bring.
Protect your Haitian children and all children
from falsehoods motivated by fear and anger
and perpetrated for political gain.
Protect your children and our communities
from the acts of hate such lies may spawn.
Touch our hearts that we might
tell the truth,
challenge lies,
disrupt stereotypes,
overcome fear,
practice welcome,
and embrace all in love.
We pray in Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Prayer
12 September 2024, part 1
Remembering Frankie Beverly
While I’m Alone – Frankie Beverly & Maza
Lady of Magic – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Workin’ Together – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Golden Time of Day – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Feel That You’re Feelin’ – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Lovely Inspiration – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Southern Girl – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Joy and Pain – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Happy Feelings – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Reason – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Running Away – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Before I Let Go – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Love Is the Key – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Never Let You Down = Frankie Beverly & Maze
I Wanna Thank You – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Your Own Kind of Way – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Back in Stride – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Too Many Games – Frankie Beverly & Maze
I Wanna Be With You – Frankie Beverly & Maze
When You Love Somebody – Frankie Beverly & Maze
Filed under Current Events, Exercise, Louisville, Music, playlist
False Prophets
False Prophets don’t speak for me! For decades, the religious right has aligned itself with the Republican Party’s powers-that-be in an attempt to monopolize public conversations about faith and define what it means to be a “values voter.” But Faithful America members have been standing up to those who are hijacking Jesus’ name and trying to baptize their oppressive and harmful policies. Learn more about the 2024 False Prophets inductees as well as those already in Faithful America’s False Prophets Hall of Fame. #FalseProphetsDontSpeakforMe
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. – Matthew 7:15
Filed under Current Events
A prayer to do one thing
Inspire us, God,
to do one thing.
One thing for justice.
One thing for peace.
One thing for love.
Inspire us, God
by doing one thing
to do more.
More for justice.
More for peace.
More for love.
This day.
Every day.
Through Jesus, we pray.
Amen.
inspired by the Guns to Garden panel, James Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage
Filed under Current Events, Gun Violence, Prayer
Along the Graybeard Trail 