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How shall California’s history of genocide be remembered?

August 30, 2017 No Comments

Yesterday’s edition of “Take Two” — a daily radio program on Southern California Public Radio, broadcast via KPCC-89.3 FM (Pasadena CA) — featured a segment titled “How should California reconcile its (very) racist history?” The six-minute story centers on an interview with Benjamin Madley, a UCLA professor whose work focuses on the genocide of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, especially in California.

How shall California’s history of genocide be remembered?

August 30, 2017 No Comments

Yesterday’s edition of “Take Two” — a daily radio program on Southern California Public Radio, broadcast via KPCC-89.3 FM (Pasadena CA) — featured a segment titled “How should California reconcile its (very) racist history?” The six-minute story centers on an interview with Benjamin Madley, a UCLA professor whose work focuses on the genocide of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, especially in California.

As South Sudan Disintegrates, People Move

August 30, 2017 No Comments

In an August 17, 2017 call for urgent support, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated: “Over the past 12 months, an average of 1,800 South Sudanese have been arriving in Uganda every day. In addition to the million in Uganda, a million or more South Sudanese are being hosted by Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Democratic Republic

From Charlottesville to North Korea, White Supremacy Feeds Endless War

August 19, 2017 No Comments

James Baldwin once wrote that America is a burning house, and now it seems the fire is spreading. The rage in the words and the fury in the eyes of those who proclaim that they intend to make America great again brings fear to the hearts of the rest of us. As hate-filled white supremacists spread their violence and rhetoric in

From Charlottesville to North Korea, White Supremacy Feeds Endless War

August 19, 2017 No Comments

James Baldwin once wrote that America is a burning house, and now it seems the fire is spreading. The rage in the words and the fury in the eyes of those who proclaim that they intend to make America great again brings fear to the hearts of the rest of us. As hate-filled white supremacists spread their violence and rhetoric in

Three Years Since Michael Brown, Calling for a Decade of truth Telling, Listening and Action

August 9, 2017 No Comments

Three years ago, founder of the American branch of Peace Education and two time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Betty Reardon told me, “We need a decade of truth and reconciliation to deal with racism because we are all complicit or impacted by racism. It’s in the air that we breath.” While I believe a Truth and Reconciliation process is