“HOMESICK
FOR HARMONY”
(Hints on Help in Healing Hate)
Principles And Examples Of Success In Overcoming Bias
& Division,
the “Us Vs. Them” That Plagues Our Human Society
(A Presentation/Workshop Led by Liberty Goodwin,
Quaker Writer & Researcher)
Contact:
401-351-9193 or friendliberty@quakerworks.net
)
We’ll look over some
materials with stories of times that people have found common ground or even
friendship that crosses “party lines” of race, religion, nationality, even
politics! We’ll pick some to discuss in
small groups & and seek to identify other examples from life or literature,
of bringing people together in acceptance or even love of their diversity.
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FROM ”VICTORIES WITHOUT VIOLENCE”, by Anna Ruth Fry
**ROTARIANS IN PAIRS. P. 58.
During a state of inter-racial & inter-religious rioting in large
Indian city, the local Rotary Club decided to try the influence of Rotary
fellowship. In pairs the Rotarians of
opposing races and religions walked through the streets arm-in-arm to the
amazement of the rioters of both factions, & shortly peace came to the
city.
www.yahoo.com/news/black-lives-matter-protest-turned-154624256.html?nhp=1
Photos
and videos from the event posted to the Wichita Police Department’s Twitter
account show officers in uniform posing with families, dancing with kids and
singing with locals.
“NOT BY THE SWORD”: By Kathryn Watterson
How The Love Of A Cantor & His Family Transformed
A Klansman,
From Chapter 13, “FACE TO FACE - KLANSMAN”, P. 164-166.
www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man... Aug.t 20, 2017, Heard on All
Things Considered Daryl Davis is a
blues musician, but he also has what some might call an interesting hobby. For
the past 30 years, Davis, a black man, has spent time befriending members of
the Ku Klux Klan. He says once the
friendship blossoms, the Klansmen realize that their hate may be misguided.
Since Davis started talking with these members, he says 200 Klansmen have given
up their robes. When that happens, Davis collects the robes and keeps them in
his home as a reminder of the dent he has made in racism by simply sitting down
and having dinner with people.
INSIDE THE RADICAL, UNCOMFORTABLE MOVEMENT TO REFORM WHITE SUPREMACISTS
MOTHER JONES: As hate groups have surged, so has
the number of extremists trying to escape.
www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/reform-white-supremacists-shane-johnson-life-after-hate/
FROM SAFE PASSAGE ON CITY STREETS By Dorothy T. Samuel
**STOLEN HARMONIES,
P. 72: “Baltimore streets are almost empty at night, only an occasional
person flitting home from work, a couple dashing from car to doorstep. Eventually one of these rare pedestrians
came down the deserted street, saw the piano, stopped, and fingered a
chord. Somehow the chord held him. The chord expanded into a melody, one melody
expanded into another. People began to
come out from behind their locked doors, to rub shoulders around the old piano,
to join voice in well-known songs. Eleven-o’clock, midnight, one-o’clock, and
the impromptu party went on. Young and
old, black and white, people who normally rushed by each other with suspicion
or coldness, formed a happy circle of friendliness and sharing and song”.
… THE LEMON TREE: AN ARAB, A JEW, AND THE HEART OF THE MIDDLE EAST
A DEADLY MISUNDERSTANDING: By Mark D. Siljander
A Congressman’s Quest to
Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide
MY APOLOGY. Chapter 8, P. 90-96 Congressman Siljander’s personal and unique approach to an angry Colonel Quaddafi results in surprising and positive results in the international scene.
http://ecowatch.com/2013/08/14/green-tea-coalition-us-renewables
August 14, 2013 By Emily Saari Georgia’s state utility company will be
adding 525
megawatts of solar energy by 2016 thanks to grassroots pressure from a new
alliance known as the Green
Tea Coalition, which unites environmentalists & right-wing Tea Party
activists. Officially launched Aug. 6,
it represents a bridge between political parties in support of clean energy
policies. In Georgia, the coalition
includes members of the Sierra
Club, Georgia Watch, Occupy Atlanta, National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People & the Atlanta Tea Party Patriots.
AND MOVE ON HELPED SAVE
THE INTERNET TOGETHER
Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch and top
officials in his company are calling for the Obama administration to release
from prison the thousands of non-violent offenders who qualify for clemency
under a Justice Department initiative.
The push to shorten long federal sentences, mostly for drug offenses,
has had a sluggish start since it was announced in April 2014.
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