It’s appropriate that this post is about time. For about a week, the chorus in this part of the Western Hemisphere has been complaining about Daylight Saving Time, the time management system that, in most US states, takes an hour from spring and adds it to fall. The goal is to lengthen the amount of […]
Self-care among activists
I’m in Philadelphia this week with a few thousand organizers for the 29th annual Creating Change conference. The first time I attended, in Denver, CO, I co-presented on the intersections of climate change, faith, and sexual orientation and gender identity with Peterson Toscano, J Mase III, and Rev. Nancy Wilson. This time around, the conference […]
Through the Valley
Content note: Suicide Three years ago, a friend whose brother had recently attempted suicide shared this thought: We can heal [our relatives and friends] by healing our relationship to suicide and other sensitive topics. Our dialog within and among ourselves is transforming the world around us, one heartbeat at a time with courage to face […]
