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One of the best things about living in the Twin Cities is our Theatre Scene. Rumor has it that we have more theatre seats per capita than any other city in the country save New York City. Tomorrow Night, Richard and I along with three …
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Lectionary Sunday – John 20:19-31 “Doubting Thomas”
Act I When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After …
Michelle Alexander
Yesterday I posted a link to Michelle Alexander’s book – The New Jim Crow.
Later yesterday I found out that she will be in town next week, speaking at the University of Saint Thomas.
Here are the details from St. Thomas’ website
Author Lecture: Michelle Alexander
Michelle Alexander, author of THE NEW JIM CROW, gives a lecture in this event sponsored by numerous departments at St. Thomas.
Date/Time
Monday, April 8, 2013 – Monday, April 8, 2013
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location
St. Paul Campus Map
Anderson Student Center–James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall
Cost
Free and Open to the Public
Michelle Alexander, who is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, legal scholar and New York Times best-selling author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness will be on campus Monday, April 8, 2013.
The doors for the lecture will open at 6:30 p.m. Books will be available for sale.
Parking will be available at the Anderson Parking Facility located at the corner of Cretin Ave. and Grand Ave. Please click here for directions and hourly rates.
This event is sponsored by Student Diversity and Inclusion Services, Luann Dummer Center for Women, College of Arts & Sciences, Justice & Peace Studies, American Culture & Difference, and Sociology & Criminal Justice.
Visit the Student Diversity and Inclusion Services website to learn more about other events being held on campus and in our community.
If you have questions, please contact the Student Diversity and Inclusion Services office at 651-962-6460 or studentdiversity@stthomas.edu.
Scientifically Predictable
Last night my co-worker and I went to hear Chris Stewart of the African American Leadership Forum speak about Education Justice. There were lots of ideas and stories that he shared that are still rattling around in my brain. He told a story …
Students For Education Reform – Macalester
Tonight – April 2, 2013 – at the Weyerhauser Memorial Chapel (Macalester College) 7:00-8:30 Students For Education Reform presents the Education Week Key Note Speaker: Chris Stewart is the current Executive Director of the Minnesota African American Leadership Forum. He will speak about his experiences …
What I’ve Been Reading –
I set a goal for my self in January to read 52 books by the end of 2013. When I developed Pneumonia in the middle of January and was home sick through most of February I was able to plow through quite a few books. Here are few that I enjoyed, hopefully I’ll have more books to recommend soon.
Do you have book suggestions? What have you been reading this year? What has made an impact?
Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain
I gave this four stars. Tharps tells the story of growing up African American in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dreaming about Spain. When she spends the year abroad in Spain she is surprised at the racism that she encounters. Eventually Tharps falls in love and marries a Spaniard. As a white American woman married to a black Caribbean man there were pieces of their cross-cultural interracial marriage multi-national marriage that I could relate to. One of the most interesting pieces of the story comes at the end when she uses her career as a journalist to research the African history (especially the slave trade) in southern Spain where almost no-one knows that there is any black history at all.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg has been everywhere lately.
Her TED talk:
Time Magazine:
I gave this five stars. This book urges women to sit at the table – in other words – to fully participate in the business of work. Another of her key ideas is to “not leave before you leave.” She tells of women who start holding back in their careers in order to prep for having children years before they are pregnant, married or even in a relationship. Yes, many women do need to take time off for maternity leave, or even to stay home with children which does slow down their career growth, but there is no reason to slow down before one needs to. This is a book that I will re-read again.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
The title of this book comes from a Chinese proverb that women hold up half the sky. Kristoff and WuDunn, tell stories of the oppression of women around the world and explain how investments in and the empowerment of local women leads to great changes in the local economy, education and health outcomes.
Disclosure – some of the links on this page are Amazon Affiliate links. If you make a purchase from these links I may receive a very small portion of the cost.
Expectations – Literacy and Music Monday
His tutor didn’t show up on Thursday, called and said that he was stuck in a meeting. So my third grade friend and I sat down in the computer lab/ tutoring office and pulled out a packet on Tall Tales. We reviewed “Paul Bunyan” which …
The Body – Broken for You
This Thursday, as part of our Maundy Thursday/ Holy Week service. I was asked to help serve communion. Communion has always been a powerful metaphor and symbol of my faith, however I did not expect to find serving communion so meaningful. After a little …
Psalm 84 – Lectionary Sunday
What a beautiful home, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! I’ve always longed to live in a place like this,
Always dreamed of a room in your house,
where I could sing for joy to God-alive!
Birds find nooks and crannies in your house,
sparrows and swallows make nests there.
They lay their eggs and raise their young,
singing their songs in the place where we worship.
God-of-the-Angel-Armies! King! God!
How blessed they are to live and sing there
And how blessed all those in whom you live,
whose lives become roads you travel;
They wind through lonesome valleys, come upon brooks,
discover cool springs and pools brimming with rain!
God-traveled, these roads curve up the mountain, and
at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!
God-of-the-Angel-Armies, listen:
O God of Jacob, open your ears—I’m praying!
Look at our shields, glistening in the sun,
our faces, shining with your gracious anointing.
One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship,
beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches.
I’d rather scrub floors in the house of my God
than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin.
All sunshine and sovereign is God,
generous in gifts and glory.
He doesn’t scrimp with his traveling companions.
It’s smooth sailing all the way with God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
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Taste of Africa – Imagine No Malaria – Late Report
Back in February I introduced the Imagine No Malaria Campaign. Here’s what I wrote We kicked off our Imagine No Malaria campaign at church today, with the goal of saving 2500 lives in the next three years. Through education, bed nets, medicine, draining stagnant water and communication …