In Tempe, AZ a woman says in response to the White Man March, "Tempe is such a diverse city, and I think that's what makes Tempe so unique and so interesting. It's such a draw for a lot people. For someone to come in and try to protest that, I think it's terrible. I think it's very disrespectful to the people of the city and to people everywhere in ( Read more... )

"Partners," which premiered tonight, did not get good reviews. But I couldn't even watch it after the first few minutes as it started by showing a cast of 4 white people. And then there was a Latina character who talked in an old-fashioned stereotypical way. I'm so tired of that stuff. When will Hollywood stop all that whiteness?

"Star Trek" was a ( Read more... )

Family, friends and thoughtful acquaintances, This is a "pay it forward" kind of situation if anyone has ever done a goodness to you without expectation of return. And if they haven't, you could get it started & some people believe that it will come back. As Melvina Reynolds sang, "Love is something if you give it away, you end up getting more."

We ( Read more... )

I have 2 posts on the Daily UU Planet today related to actions called on by Colorofchange.org.

Apparently, I was also in there the other day for my sermon, but I missed it since it only appears daily, but one of our members blogged about it here, in an article called "Multiculturalism is Our Living Message".

FYI.

Prince George's County is a very diverse place to live and I support all kinds of diversity, so when I heard of the Interfaith Service to celebrate our incoming County Executive, I felt I had to attend ( Read more... )

Democratic Convention Watch Party to support Diversity4Obama Walk4Change
Thurs., Aug. 28 7-11 PM
Uno Restaurant
Largo Center (at BLVD)
Largo, MD
Let me know if you want an evite & I'll send you one.
Please pass on the information

Let's celebrate Obama's nomination!

I meant to post this yesterday, but a storm put our internet service out for several hours. I also missed The Daily Show due to the outage.

I read in the Washington Post that Clinton is open to being Obama's VP:

"I am open to it," Clinton replied, if it would help the party's prospects in November. Her direct quote was described by two lawmakers ( Read more... )

This is new to me! If you know about these things personally, I'd be interested in knowing your opinion of them and how they apply. I certainly believe in a diversity of thought and that people with differences in abilities have worth and should be treated fairly (though it's not always clear what "fair" is). So I find this interesting: ( Read more... )

I'm preparing, with several others, to do a summer service on GA. In doing this, I looked for the statement President Bill Sinkford made about average UUs during the Opening Ceremony and transcribed the whole section of the combined speech with Moderator Gini Courter. I also listened to the final plenary session and transcribed the last resolution ( Read more... )

I found a new resource I'd like to share with anyone who might peak at my journal ( Read more... )