Guns, the Second Amendment, Gunfighter Nation: this shit is so deeply cultural in the US that those of us from elsewhere (and many from within the US) don’t know how to get the gun supporters and the waffling, by-standing politicians to budge. But we have to try, and we have to mobilize allies. I think […]
I didn’t want to be that guy, the one who goes to Africa and has his life turned upside down—but I’m him. I visited the Kakuma Refugee camp in 2007 with Joseph Akol Makeer, Deb Dawson and Matt McGregor on our way to making the documentary African Soul, American Heart. We traveled on to Duk […]
The Martin Luther King Day Celebration in Fargo, ND is #northofnormal. The King legacy sometimes feels like a textbook legacy, although a few residents I know of have powerful connections to the Civil Rights movement. The late John May and local basketball legend was a kid living in DC during the March on Washington; Rebecca […]
Originally posted on Giving + Learning:
Giving + Learning offers drop-in tutoring every Saturday and Sunday from 4-6 pm at the WE Center (15-21st Street South, Fargo, Suite 102). All learners are welcome: English language learners, citizenship test preparation, driver’s permit test preparation, GED test preparation. We have materials to support all these activities, and experienced…
Spending 10 days with our US born friend Rachel, who is now pursuing residency in Tanzania, led to many discussions of what it means to be at home. Rachel was drawn to TZ by “A Panther in Africa,” a documentary about Black Panther member Pete O’Neal who fled the US after being charged with carrying […]
Welcome to Marly-Gomont (The African Doctor) provides historical perspective on a contemporary problem. An African doctor, educated in France but of Congolese nationality, is recruited to small town France in 1975. He sees a path to citizenship, the community sees a black person for the first time and wants nothing to do with him. Predictably, […]
Originally posted on Voices of the Valley:
The Voices of the Valley Writing Project is seeking writers who are interested in a nonprofit volunteer project focused on interviewing and writing the stories of international Red River Valley residents. We seek to connect local writers with the diverse population that resides in the Red River Valley…
Originally posted on gadflyonthewallblog:
Come into my classroom any day of the week and you’ll see refugees. That little Iraqi boy slumped over a book written in Arabic while the rest of the class reads the same story in English. Those twin girls blinking back memories of the Bosnian War as they try to underline…
Originally posted on African Soul, American Heart:
Conflict has riveted our attention, commanded our news outlets, thrust its way into our conversations, confused and divided us on an international, national, local, and personal level. It’s front and center, and we can’t seem to look away or to come together to find solutions. That isn’t to…
I’m heading out on my first-ever Boundary Water Canoe Trip tomorrow; Griffin agreed (?) to come along. Thought I would check to see what else Parker Palmer has said about his ritual trip to the area, knowing that he opens A Hidden Wholeness by identifying the BWCA as his sacred place. A Wilderness Pilgrimage: Where We Go […]
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