Walking. Slow jogging. Falling. Scraping knee. Germantown.
Stretching. Gym in the Apartment.
Kahua O Mali’o – Kahua
Hewlett – Planxty
Zydeco X – Beausoleil
Never in Vain – Bloodkin
Small Miracles – Eric Bogle
Mirror Me – Shawnee
Radetsky March, Op. 228 – New York Philharmonic
From the Gutter to the Whitehouse – The Wakes
Dreamer – Prince
Seven Years – Natalie Merchant
The Island – Paul Brady
DO YOU LOVE HER – Jessie Reyes
We Three – Patti Smith Group
More Love – Abraham Jam
Within the Rocks – Paul Horn & R. Carlos Nakai
24 August 2021
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PC(USA) Week of Action – August 25
On Wednesday, Aug. 25, the PC(USA) Week of Action will turn its attention to the LGBTQIA+ community with events including a children’s story time and a poetry and story slam. The Week of Action is designed to bring attention and action to people and communities living under different forms of oppression.
Check out the schedule and watch the events at the Week of Action home page.
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Louisville, Kentucky
15 August 2021
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22 August 2021
Walking. Slow jogging. Germantown.
Stretching. Gym at the Apartment.
Share the Land – The Guess Who
U. Dwi – Hugh Masekela
Sote Tulifurahia Kama Siku Ya Arusi – Hukwe Ubi Zawose With Ensemble
Crying Shame – Jack Johnson
Hell’s Half Acre – Robbie Robertson
Pit a Little Love in Your Heart – Jackie DeShannon
Mother – Magdalen Hsu-Li
The Company Way – How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying
Summer Side of Life – Gordon Lightfoot
Cocktails and Flighty Thoughts – Chicken Run
Yeats – Black 47
Miracle of Miracles – Fiddler on the Roof
No Puedes Volver Atras – Victor Jara
Spirit of the Land – John Munro
Sur Tes Pa – Amour De Lucie
Calling All Crows – State Radio
Join Us in a Cup of Tea – Carol Channing
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PC(USA) Week of Action
From August 23-29, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will observe a Week of Action. The theme this year is “Shades of Oppression, Resistance and Liberation.” Each day will focus on a crisis or issue facing the people of the world. The week is evocative—it cannot cover every issue. The week also points to the breadth of resistance and liberation work being done by Presbyterians and our partners. Events will be both virtual and potentially in person.
All events will be livestreamed on the Week of Action web page where you can find the schedule with the times of the events (Eastern Daylight time). You are encouraged to watch the events live if possible. Livestreamed events will be presented in English, Korea, and Spanish. Events will be posted at a later date. There will be posts on PC(USA) social media – Facebook and Twitter.
Here is the scheduled of themes for the week:
Monday, August 23: Middle East … Our Peace
Tuesday, August 24: Vivencias Hispano-Latinas: Unidad en Cristo AND Systemic and Racialized Poverty
Wednesday, August 25: LGBTQIA+ Resilience
Thursday, August 26: No More Stolen Relatives: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People
Friday, August 27: AAPI Resilience, Resistance, Power & Affirmation
Saturday, August 28: Black Lives Matter
Sunday, August 29: Gun Violence Response and Recognition
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Louisville, Kentucky
15 August 2021
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Support justice for Julius Jones
Tell the State of Oklahoma to commute the death sentence on Julius Jones.
I oppose the death penalty.
Executing people to keep people from committing crimes has proven ineffectual.
Execution lowers us to the level of those who kill.
The violence of an execution feeds violence.
Execution negates any possibility of repentance and restoration.
And innocent blood could be shed. An innocent person could be executed,
Julius Jones may be innocent. The evidence points strongly in that direction. He has a petition for commutation before the Pardon and Parole Board. This Board can
Julius Jones sits on death row in Oklahoma, despite maintaining his innocence and despite compelling evidence that he may have been wrongfully convicted.
At the time of the crime for which he was convicted, Julius was a 19-year-old student athlete with a promising future, attending the University of Oklahoma on an academic scholarship. It is clear that Julius’ lawyer did not adequately defend him, and that explicit racial bias played a significant role in the process.. For example, his supporters point out that:
- Eyewitnesses place Mr. Jones at his parents’ home at the time of the murder, miles away from the crime scene.
- Mr. Jones’ co-defendant admitted to being involved in the crime and is now free after testifying against Julius. He was heard bragging that he “set Julius up.” Mr. Jones’ co-defendant matches the only eyewitness description of the shooter based on the length of his hair.
- Newly-discovered evidence shows that at least one juror harbored racial prejudice that influenced his vote to convict and sentence Mr. Jones to death. One juror reported telling the judge about another juror who said the trial was a waste of time and “they should just take the n***** out and shoot him behind the jail.”
Julius Jones, who is African American, was convicted and sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Paul Howell, a prominent white businessman, in 1999. There can be no justification for the murder of Paul Howell. It is a violation. It is tragic. But, an execution will not, can not bring Paul Howell back to life. An execution of the wrong person will also be a violation and a tragedy.
Tell the State of Oklahoma to commute the death sentence on Julius Jones.
Filed under Antiracism, Capital Punishment, Current Events, Death Penalty
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Louisville, Kentucky
15 August 2021
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