“I’m 10. And I Want Girls to Raise Their Hands.”
That’s the title of the October 31, 2017 op-ed piece in The New York Times by Alice Paul Tapper. When she was on a fourth grade field trip, Alice noticed that all the boys stood in the front and raised their hands while most of…
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On this first anniversary of My 1000 Small Steps, I share three wishes for the New Year.
“Have faith in yourself, your family and your friends.
And even have faith in things that we can’t see or touch – like love, which is going to light your life from the inside out,…
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As we end this tumultuous year, I thought the Prayer of St. Francis, also known as the Prayer of Peace, was an appropriate way to gain perspective on the past year and to contemplate the coming year.
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring…
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“Unity Will Take Generations” was the title of an article by Ilhan Omar (a Minnesota state representative and the first Somali-American Muslim lawmaker) that appeared in the August 28 issue of TIME.
Omar wrote: “No one has the privilege of inaction. No one has the privilege of saying this is not their battle. If we are…
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Written by AJ Pfander
As I anxiously anticipate the next madness from #45, I am reminded of the March post written by Judy Caforio. Judy presented an expanded perspective of taking small political steps to make profound change to include “finding a way to make the world…
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Inspired by a chapter in Healing the Heart of Democracy by Parker Palmer, I invited friends to write poetry that reflected small steps and the challenges we face in our country. I asked them to write using Haiku or Cinquain forms of poetry.
My hope is that their poetry will inspire you to continue to…
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