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
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
Filed under Current Events, Human Rights, New Mexico
Morning movement. Pacing in apartment. Stretching.
We The People – Brulé
We the People…. – A Tribe Called Quest
People Have The Power – Patti Smith
This Land Is Your Land – Chicano Batman
One Small Voice – Carole King
Fly On Your Wall – Angel Olsen
HEAVEN – Troye Sivan, feat. Betty Who
Revolution 9 01 – Danbert Nobacon & The Axis of Dissent
Not Gonna Say Your Name – Entrance
Erupt & Matter – Moby & The Void Pacific Choir
Love Makes the World – Sateen
Troubled Times – Green Day
One Man Revolution – Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman
LAND OF THE FREE – Joey Bada$$
I Give You Power – Arcade Fire I feat. Mavis Staples
Fight the Power – Public Enemy
Which Side Are You On – Natalie Merchant
Get Up Stand Up -Bob Marley & The Wailers
Ella’s Song – Sweet Honey
Singing For Our Lives – Holly Near
This Is America – Childish Gambino
Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Simon & Garfunkel
We Shall Not Be Moved – Marchers from Selma, Alabama
Siyahamba – Morgan State University Choir & James Abbington
I Am a Patriot (And the River Opens For the Righteous) – Little Steven V
Oh Freedom – Mary D Williams
Step By Step – John McCutcheon
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
Solidarity Forever – Pete Seeger
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round -The Freedom Singers
Imagine – John Lennon
There’ll Be Sunshine In The Morning – Jim And Jean Strathdee
Filed under Albuquerque, Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
I speak for no others,
only for myself.
For me, this day has
nothing to do with
green beer or
green clothing,
this day has nothing to do with
pinching me or kissing me;
my bad jokes aside,
this day has nothing to do even with Jameson.
Today is a day
to remember oppression
to honor resistance
to recognize that, despite the efforts of
systems of race and racialization
to separate us,
struggles for dignity and justice,
freedom and equality,
human rights and humanity
are inseparably linked:
none of us are free until all of us are free.
for that reason, in that spirit, and in my own fashion,
I mark this day, and each 17th of March.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Fitzgerald, from County Cork, on my mother’s side
Filed under Current Events, Family, Friends, Ireland
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
Assorted songs – Made in Ukraine
Filed under Current Events
Walking. Gym in the Apartment.
Sitting Bull’s Medicine Song – Kevin Locke
2 Live & Die on the Plains – Frank Waln
Ghost Dance – Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble
Sitting Bull’s Memorial Song – Lakota Thunder
For My People – Litefoot
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Assinboine: Warrior Death Song (for Sitting Bull) – Native Americans Songs and Dances of the Sioux, Apache, Kiowa, Hopi, Navajo, Cree, Seminole and Others
The Prayer – SupaMan
Aiionwatha Forgives (World) – Joanne Shenandoah
Life Surrounds Me – R. Carlos Nakai
Wovoka – Redbone
Lakota Forever – Brulé
Ghostdance – Bill Miller
Filed under Antiracism, Exercise, Music, playlist
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.
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
“Resistance is the secret of joy,” writes Alice Walker (Possessing the Secret of Joy)
Perhaps, in a manner akin to a mathematical equation, the words could be reversed.
Perhaps, joy is a secret of resistance.
Joy is, at one and the same time, personal and communal.
Joy comes when communities and individuals are strengthened, nourished, sustained.
Joy comes when individuals and communities welcome and embrace one another in love.
Joy comes when communities and communities affirm all God’s children.
Joy comes when individuals and communities (including God’s whole creation) thrive.
Joy comes when communities and individuals experience well-being and wholeness.
Joy comes when individuals and communities love and practice kindness.
Joy comes when communities and individuals acknowledge evil and sin, repent, and seek repair, reparation, and justice.
To work for such joy is to reject the lies that we are made for enmity … the lies that we are made to “other” and fear and hate people from whom we differ … the lies that creation is ours to exploit … the lies of white supremacy and patriarchy and homophobia and all systems and structures of oppression.
To work for such joy is to resist.
“Resistance is the secret of joy.”
Joy is a secret of resistance.
Filed under Books, Human Rights
Friday Prince. Today Ireland.
Friday purple.Today green.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising of Irish men and women against the occupation and oppression of England. More civilians were killed during the rising than were combatants on both sides. Guerrilla warfare followed that resulted in England leaving Ireland. The agreement to end that war partitioned the country: 26 counties became the Irish Free State; 6 counties in the north remained part of the United Kingdom. Civil war ensued but did not change that configuration. The Troubles convulsed Northern Ireland; progress has been made toward peace, the journey is not complete.
In remembrance and prayer, green was today’s color.
Note April 24 also marks the day the Armenian genocide began in 2015.
See you along the Trail.
Along the Graybeard Trail 