The Black Student Union at Gonzaga University sponsored a demonstration on December 11, 2014, to stand in solidarity with communities across America against police misconduct.
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Spokane Solidarity with Ferguson MO
After the unjust decision by the grand jury, newly elected Spokane NAACP President Rachel Dolezal called for a solidarity rally at City Hall and a march through the downtown business district. Guesstimates of participants ran from 100 to 280. The City Hall Plaza was closed. Demonstrators gathered on the corner in front of the City Hall building. Young African American men lay down on the ground symbolically representing the corpses of Black youth in America’s streets. The group was largely made up of college students including African Americans, Mecha members, Asian and white students. Members of the Spokane Socialist Alternative were represented, as was PJALS and GBLT. Absent Without Leave were the usual participants in Martin Luther King Day march – politicians, preachers and institutional representatives. And maybe that was a good thing. With new leadership coming from a younger generation grassroots organizing may begin.
Add your comments and let us know where Spokane should go from here.
Add your comments and let us know where Spokane should go from here.
MLK, Jr. Lecture: Dr King for the 21st Century
Michael Eric Dyson, Sociology Professor and Media Icon
Wednesday, January 29, 7:00 p.m.
To be video streamed from Washington State University Pullman WA
to the Spokane Academic Center Room 245 at 7:00 pm
The Spokane Academic Center address is 412 E Spokane Falls Blvd.
For more information contact Yvonne Montoya Zamora at montoyazamora@wsu.edu or 509.358.7554.
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Yvonne
The Nuns Who Saved ObamaCare
My friend Betty Jones, a 1960’s SCLC civil rights activist, sent me this link. The Parking Lot God was looking out for me. This message is so timely because yesterday I attended my second meeting of the Men’s Book Group. This is a group of retired Whitworth University (Presbyterian) faculty and friends. The topic of discussion was the Time Man of the Year article on Pope Francis. We were discussing the tension between church activists at a community level with that of the hierarchy. The meeting ended after a great discussion but there was a question mark. Now that the hierarchy has heard the voice of the people and has provided cover for progressive social justice activities, no one has an excuse for their lack of activism. Enjoy this story of Sister Simone Campbell, the nun who saved ObamaCare.
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Nelson Mandela 1918 – 2013
We will long remember Mandela
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment”
Don’t Vote Alone – Encourage Your Friends to Vote
Voting is the essence of democracy. Voting in the United States is voluntary. Some people vote in person at the polls, while others vote by mail days or weeks before the actual election date. Regardless of how you do it, it’s important that all U.S. citizens who qualify participate in the democratic process of electing public officials.
For information to assist you in locating and contacting your government officials visit the Speak Up and Out to Government page.
Spokane WA NAACP Freedom Banquet 2013
Speak Out to Government
Voting is the essence of democracy. Voting in the United States is voluntary. Some people vote in person at the polls, while others vote by mail days or weeks before the actual election date. Regardless of how you do it, it’s important that all U.S. citizens who qualify participate in the democratic process of electing public officials.
For information to assist you in locating and contacting your government officials visit the Speak Up and Out to Government page.
Tony and The Photogs
Photographer Painter Sculptor Pianist Storyteller
Anthony Boccaccio has just published his new book.
On the last Thursday of each month a group of a dozen or so Spokane photographers meet over pizza and beer to share their recent works. This last Thursday we met at the home of Tony Boccaccio who shared his recently published book WHERE MADNESS FOLLOWS. He has been photographing Amazon gold mining camps since 1971.
For information on purchasing the book go to Blurb http://www.blurb.com/user/store/tboccaccio
All the King’s Men: Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin with Martin Luther King, Jr.
in 1956 (Credit: Associated Press)
In February 1956, when Bayard Rustin arrived in Montgomery to assist with the nascent bus boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr. had not personally embraced nonviolence. In fact, there were guns inside King’s house, and armed guards posted at his doors. Rustin persuaded boycott leaders to adopt complete nonviolence, teaching them Gandhian nonviolent direct protest.
From the page ABOUT BAYARD RUSTIN at the website for the documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. http://rustin.org/ A clip from the film is available as well as to a link to NETFLIX where the film is available for streaming.
For more on Bayard Rustin visit his page All the King’s Men Bayard Rustin .