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Spring Equinox Prayer

March 20, 2019 No Comments

Let us awaken from the quiet beauty and sacred stillness of Winter, giving thanks for the solitude and reflection her season has provided. Let us emerge from the protection of our solitary cocoons, readying ourselves for the miraculous moment when our newly unfolded wings take flight away from the harsh, unforgiving chill of separation. Let us turn our faces to

Spring Equinox Prayer

March 20, 2019 No Comments

Let us awaken from the quiet beauty and sacred stillness of Winter, giving thanks for the solitude and reflection her season has provided. Let us emerge from the protection of our solitary cocoons, readying ourselves for the miraculous moment when our newly unfolded wings take flight away from the harsh, unforgiving chill of separation. Let us turn our faces to

Congress: Support and Fund Unarmed Civilian Protection

March 12, 2019 No Comments

Testimony of Mel Duncan before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the United States Congress (March 12, 2019). Madame Chair Lowey, Ranking Member Rogers, and Distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to deliver testimony before your committee today. My name is Mel Duncan. I am the Co-founder and

An American Casualty of U.S. Economic Sanctions on Iran

March 11, 2019 No Comments

I went to Iran in late February with a peace delegation of 28 Americans organized by CODEPINK, a women-led peace activist group. The first day in Iran we had a very fruitful hour-and-half conversation with Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of Iran. He listened to our thoughts and concerns and then shared his perspectives about what is needed to help

Bayard Rustin believed in affirmative action and systemic political change

March 5, 2019 No Comments

No one is perfect. That includes civil rights icon Bayard Rustin. That’s the message columnist Coleman Hughes and video producer Taige Jensen tried to send in a multimedia New York Times opinion piece titled “The Gay, Black Civil Rights Hero Opposed to Affirmative Action.” Confronting the headline’s truth made clicking play difficult for me — until I realized the headline

Following the Methodist Decision: Breathe in Suffering, Breathe out Peace

March 1, 2019 No Comments

The United Methodist general conference is over and a new day has begun. People are still suffering, struggling with addiction of all sort, striving to stay in recovery, and being stopped, vilified and incarcerated at our borders. Queer folks, people of color, women all are still facing violence just for existing. But one of the vehicles on earth meant to