Category Archives: Human Rights

Remembering Emily Pike

8 March 2025
This playlist is in honor of Emily Pike and all the Missing and Murdered

Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People and all who grieve for them.
Emily Pike, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, left a group home in Mesa, Arizona in late January. Her remains were found on February 14. Her disappearance and death is an example of the violence endured by Native women, girls and Two Spirit people. Frequently in such cases, law enforcement and the larger community are slow to respond. This has given rise to MMIWG2S+ campaigns. The PC(USA) Day of Action No More Stolen Relatives: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People lifted up this issue and provides resources.


Red Dress – Amanda Rheaume (feat. Chantal Kreviazuk)
You Got to Run (Spirit of the Wind) – Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq
Run Sister Run – Cass McCombs
Through The Flood – Indian City
Say Her Name – Bear Fox
To All MMIW – Northern Cree
Highway of Tears – Layla Zoe
The Highway – N’we Jinan Artists, Kitsumkalum First Nation, BC
Break the Silence – N’we Jinan Artists, Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation
Blackbird – Emma Stevens
Pray Sister Pray – Crystal Shawanda
Missing You – Joanne Shenandoah
Little Star – iskwē acākosīk
M.M.I.W. (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) – Jahkota [feat. LB, Drezus & Cleo Big Eagle]

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7 March 2025

Walking. Albuquerque.
60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma.
Freedom Songs: Selma. Alabama provided a primary resource for the first part of the playlist.
Remembering courage and grace and faith.
Woke up This Morning – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Freedom Highway – Rhiannon Giddens
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers
This Little Light of Mine – Workers in Selma at Mass for Jimmie Lee Jackson
God Will Take Care of You – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Steal Away/Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Hosea Williams and Marchers
Come by Here – Marchers
Berlin Wall – Marchers
Oh, Freedom – Congregation of Brown Chapel
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus – Congregation of Brown Chapel
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Protestors
Everybody Wants Freedom – Demonstrators a March
Freedom Now – Demonstrators at March
Go Tell It on the Mountain – Demonstrators at March
Oh, Wallace – Band 1
Get on Board – Band 2
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round – Two Little Girls at March
We Shall Overcome – Workers in Selma at March
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round – James Orange and Youth
Which Side Are You On? – James Orange and Youth
Lonesome Valley – Bayard Rustin & James Farmer
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Mahalia Jackson
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me -Fisk Jubilee Singers & Ruby Amanfu
Let Freedom Ring (The Ballad of John Lewis) – Dee Daniels
Still on the Bridge – Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rogers

Remembering D’Wayne Wiggins and Roy Ayers
The Blues – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Little Walter – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Feels Good – Tony! Toni! Toné!
It Never Rains (In Southern California) – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Whatever You Want – Tony! Toni! Toné!
Everybody Loves the Sunshine – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Heat of the Beat – Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson
Running Away – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Mystic Voyage – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
You’ve Got the Power -Roy Ayers
Black Family – Roy Ayers
And Then We Were One – Roy Ayers

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Trevor Project’s 45 mile challenge

Walking for LGBTQIA+ young people!

I am participating in the 45 Mile Outdoor Challenge in March to support The Trevor Project’s mission of ending suicide among LGBTQIA+ young people ages 13-24. (I’ve walked 9.61 miles; 35.39 to go.)

You can participate by donating to my fundraiser (or by signing up to walk yourself). Every dollar you give and every step will go toward affirming the worth of our LGBTQIA+ friends, family and colleagues. The Trevor Project does incredible work to end suicide among gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people.

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1 March 2025

Shche ne Vmerly v Ukrainy i slava, i volia (instrumental) – Glocal Orchestra
Shche ne Vmerly v Ukrainy i slava, i volia (vocal) – Glocal Orchestra
Let’s Sing about Ukraine – Brothers Ivan
O Ukraine, Our Beloved Mother – Brothers Ivan
Prayer for Ukraine – Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
Various Songs – Made in Ukraine
The Water Flows into the Sea – Brothers Ivan
Why, Oh, Why, My Native Land – Brothers Ivan

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21 February 2025

Hiking. The Volcanoes. Petroglyph National Monument.
Malcolm X / El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz assassination.
Nina Simone birth.
Black History Month.
Revolution – Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew How I Would Feel to Be Free – Nina Simone
The Malcolm X Jazz Suite – Terence Blanchard
Roll ‘Em Pete – Big Joe Turner
Flying Home – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
My Prayer – The Ink Spots
Big Stuff – Billie Holiday
Don’t Cry Baby – Erskine Childers
Bean and Cornbread – Louis Jordan
Azure – Ella Fitzgerald
Alabama – John Coltrane
That Lucky Old Sun Just Rolls Around Heaven – Ray Charles
Arabesque Cookie – Duke Ellington
Shotgun – Junior Walker & The All Stars

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13 February 2025

Walking. Arroyo to Smith’s. Morning movement.
Black History Month.
Mighty River – Mary J. Blige –
Stand Up – Cynthia Erivo
The Lord God of Abraham, from Elijah, Op. 70 – Paul Robeson
Just One Of Those Things – Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson
Sunny Land – Elmore James
Take Time – Lenny Kravitz
B Movie (aint really a life) – Gil Scott-Heron
Different Colours, One People – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir Symphonic Soweto, feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo & Rocky Dawuni
Want Ad Blues – John Lee Hooker
Let’s Talk About Hair -Sweet Honey In the Rock
Spirit of the Lord Is Coming Down – The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Weight – Aretha Franklin
Careless Love – Lead Belly
Alphabet St. – Prince
Walking to New Orleans – Fats Domino

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12 February 2025

Walking. Huning Highland neighborhood. Walking. North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center. Morning movement. Chair stretching.
Black History Month,
Late Hours At Midnight – Elmore James
We Won’t Cry – Archie Roach, feat.Paul Kelly
Pieces of a Man -Gil Scott-Heron
Bag Lady – Erykah Badu
Miami – Nicki Minaj
Girl – Destiny’s Child
That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding
Music is in Everything – Ziggy Marley, feat. Lisa Loeb
Don’t Lie – The Black Eyed Peas
Intro – Mary J. Blige
Hell No, We Aint Alright – Public Enemy, feat. Paris
I’m On Your Side – Keb’ Mo’
Colors – Yuna
That’s One To Grow On – Dobie Gray
Water Boy – Paul Robeson
Go Ahead John (part two B) – Miles Davis

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11 February 2025

Walking in Downtown Albuquerque. Morning movement. Hand work. Core Work.
Anniversary of Mandela’s release.
Black History Month.
Mandela – Hugh Masekela
Nelson Mandela – Special AKA
A Madiba Wish – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Mandela Medley – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Rainbow Nation – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir S(feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Jikele Maweni – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Thula Baba – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo & Buskaid Soweto String Project)
Lizalis’idinga lakho / Senzeni Na / Thina Sizwe – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Soweto Travels – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir S (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Black President – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo & Zonke)
Wasiqoqela Ndawonya / Koloi Ena / Sizongena – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Voice Of Hope – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Nomalanga – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Different Colours, One People – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir – (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo & Rocky Dawuni)
Mathebethebeni – Wouter Kellerman & Soweto Gospel Choir (feat. KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic & Angélique Kidjo)
Asimbonanga- Johnny Clegg & Savuka
Nkosi Sikelel ‘IAfrica – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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30 January 2025

Morning movement. Walking to Cherry Hills library and some other places.
Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland in 1972.
Sunday Bloody Sunday – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Domhnach Na Fola – T With The Maggies
Minds Locked Shut – Christy Moore
Bloody Sunday – Cruachan
Sunday Bloody Sunday – The Wolfe Tones
Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
Sweetheart Like You – Bob Dylan
All My Loving – Paul McCartney
Rabbit Jim – Si Kahn
Wide Open Spaces – The Chicks
Everything You Need 5:43 Indigenous, feat. Mato Nanji
This Little Light – Mavis Staples
Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me – Eliza Gilkyson
Goodbye Goodnight – Andra Day
Mr. Bojangles – Nina Simone

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15 January 2025

Walking. South on Wyoming to see the Sandias. Around the Larry H. Miller Toyota dealership. Morning Movement. Chair stretching.
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
Let It Be – Bill Withers
Glory – Common & John Legend

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