I’m still not making predictions about the election’s outcome. And I’m so over searching for the hidden meanings in polls. My record of not answering the non-Hurricane flood of robocalls remains unbroken. Not least, I voted two weeks — seems like two months — ago. So now there’s only one big question hanging over the … Continue reading My Secret Post-Election Plan: Celebration?? Or Consolation??
Why September Should Be “Willie Frye” Month — Part Two [Part One is here.] [Part Three is Here.] [Part Four is here.] [In 1966, Willie Frye Jr., a Quaker pastor in Goldsboro, North Carolina, had not been active in the civil rights struggles that were convulsing much of the South in those years. But his … Continue reading Part Two: Why September Should Be “Willie Frye” Month (For Quakers & Justice Seekers)
The Top Ten Things Quakers & Seekers Need to Know About Willie Frye Jr.: A Preamble: Why should September be Willie Frye month? Two main reasons: One, because he was both born (on the 26th) and passed away (on the 9th) in September. And– Two, because of the remarkable but little-known legacy he left us … Continue reading For Quakers (& Justice Seekers), September Should Be “Willie Frye” Month; Here’s Why . . .
The latest “review” of Tell It Slant comes from Olympia, Washington Friends Meeting: 24-08-08 Library Committee — Ramona Hinkle shared a book report: Tell It Slant – Chuck Fager, A Prophetic Life of Adventure & Writing on Religion, War and Justice, Love and Laughter by Emma Lapsansky-Werner and Chuck I considered reviewing this book with … Continue reading Excerpt #7, Tell It Slant: “Life Falls on You Like a Ton of Bricks”
I wasn’t in Chicago for the 1968 DNC disaster. Instead, I was glued to a radio, at a small conference in upstate New York. Yet at moments it felt like I was there, right next to Grant Park, and that rocks or tear gas canisters could crash through a window at any second. The large … Continue reading Will the DNC Repeat Chicago 1968? Or — Charlotte 2012??