God who loves us all,
you create us for each other.
Each child is our child.
Every person is our sibling.
We are connected in the web of life.
Help us live accordingly,
working to ensure
that everyone has enough.
Amen.
Category Archives: Human Rights
A prayer for hunger #3
Filed under Current Events, Food, Human Rights, Prayer
A prayer for hunger #2
Creator,
to those who have hunger,
give bread,
to those who have bread,
give the hunger for justice.
Amen.
this prayer appears in several variations; it has been cited as the “Latin American Bread Prayer” and as coming from the Benedictine order
Filed under Current Events, Food, Human Rights, Prayer
URGE CONGRESS: INTERVENE TO STOP U.S. MURDER ON HIGH SEAS
Amnesty International Action Alert
The Trump administration has now carried out eight illegal airstrikes at sea, killing at least 34 people. If the U.S. government can unilaterally decide to bomb anyone it labels a “terrorist” – anywhere, anytime – it sets a chilling global precedent. No government should have the power to kill without accountability.
Act Now: Sign our letter to your elected representatives: Congress must act ASAP to halt these illegal airstrikes.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights
6 October 2025
Murder of Matthew Shepard.
Birth of Fannie Lou Hamer.
Laramie – Magdalen Hsu-Li
Scarecrow – Deena Rae Turner
The Fence – Peter Katz
Matthew Shepard – Heather Lev
American Triangle – Elton John
Scarecrow – Melissa Etheridge
God Loves Everyone – Ron Sexsmith|
Remaining songs by Fannie Lou Hamer:
Precious Lord
Run Mourner, Run
City Called Heaven
All the Pretty Little Horses
I’m Gonna Land on the Shore
Oh Lord, You Know Just How I Feel
I’m Going Down to the River of Jordan
Jesus Is My Only Friend
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
Walk with Me
This Little Light of Mine
Certainly Lord
Woke up This Morning
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
2 October 2025
International Day of Non-Violence
Imagine – Avril Lavigne
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding – Keb’ Mo’
Peace Train – People Get Ready – Abraham Jam
The Green Fields of France – Dropkick Murphys
Give Peace A Chance – Aerosmith Feat. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars
Down By the Riverside – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Peace Train/Isitimela Sokuthula – Dolly Parton, feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ahimsa – The Antlers
Nonviolence – Cha$e D’Amico
Pacifist’s Lament – Ani DiFranco
Turn! Turn! Turn!- Pete Seeger
Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
Weary Mothers – Joan Baez
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
Let Us All Come Together – Sweet Honey In the Rock
Peter – David LaMotte
Where Have All The Flowers Gone – Dolores Keane, Tommy Sands & Vedran Smailovic
Christmas In The Trenches – John McCutcheon
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda – Eric Bogle
People Get Ready – The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Peace And Power – Joanne Shenandoah
Peace Is the Way – Jim & Jean Strathdee
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist, United Nations
Say no to violence
From the United Nations:
The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.
According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to “disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness”. The resolution reaffirms “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and the desire “to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”.
Introducing the resolution in the General Assembly on behalf of 140 co-sponsors, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. Anand Sharma, said that the wide and diverse sponsorship of the resolution was a reflection of the universal respect for Mahatma Gandhi and of the enduring relevance of his philosophy. Quoting the late leader’s own words, he said: “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man”.
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, United Nations
30 September 2025
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.
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
Filed under Albuquerque, Antiracism, Current Events, Human Rights, Music, playlist
16 September 2025
Mexican Independence; Death of Victor Jara; B.B. King Birthday;
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
Filed under Albuquerque, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, playlist
On the Feast of San Augustinito at the Pueblo of Isleta, September 3, 2025
The drums beat,
the people continue.
The rattles shake,
the people continue.
The bells jingle,
the people continue.
The dancers move,
the people continue.
The singers chant,
the people continue.
Out of the past,
the people continue.
In the present,
the people continue.
Into the future,
the people continue.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Friends, Human Rights, Music, New Mexico, Prayer
Gaza 5K walk/run – Virtually
I’m fundraising for UNRWA USA by participating in the Gaza 5K walk/run VIRTUALLY on or about Sunday, October 12th, 2025. I’d like to walk in person in New York, but I will be in Albuquerque.
I choose to show my solidarity with Palestine refugees by committing myself to raising money for UNRWA mental health services. The trauma of the crisis and the stress of living under blockade, unable to leave the Gaza Strip, has left thousands of refugees, particularly children, in need of psychosocial support.
The situation may seem hopeless, but by providing counseling through UNRWA, we can support their mental health, help them cope with their traumas, and improve their quality of life even slightly during this assault on their homes and lives.
Though I know I can’t change the world for every refugee, with your support, I intend to reach as many children as possible.
If you share my commitment to bettering the mental health of Palestine refugee children, please donate to my Gaza 5K walk.
Proceeds will go directly to UNRWA mental health services and counselors–refugees themselves–in the Gaza Strip. NOTE – this fundraiser does not raise funds for immediate food needs. There are other ways to do this. This fundraiser helps to provide mental health services.
Thank you for supporting me to show Palestine refugees that Americans care and for giving what you can!
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Exercise, Human Rights
Along the Graybeard Trail 