Thursday, April 4, 2013

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Imagine A World Without Hate-Think About The Potential Taken From Ours


Frustrating. Beautiful. Sad. Hopeful. That's what this video is to me.

Take just 80 seconds of your time to watch this powerful video, which imagines a world without racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism — a world in which the hate violence that took the lives of Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, Daniel Pearl, Matthew Shepard and others did not happen.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Truth- Sadness-Beauty



Oh, how these word are me, my experience, as they are to so many others. Truth, sadness, and beauty never get old. If you don't do anything else today, watch this video and listen.

B.C. poet and author Shane Koyczan’s animated video-poem, To this Day.

 “My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways,” Koyczan says in a press release. “I’ve spent years working to restore the better parts of my nature. I want to cheer on the underdog, celebrate the strengths in the lonely and outcast, and reassure the despondent that endurance is a kind of credential for this life.”




Sunday, February 3, 2013

The Future Is All About Loving Ourselves


Love is All You Need

I'm pretty sensitive to the dull bleakness of deep winter, as so many people are. It's that yearly time where emotionally I'm constantly struggling with the darker elements of my nature (the ones that aren't supportive and productive) that are being complimented by our short days. The sparkle and light of the holidays are recent memories and so is our snowpack; snow is always such a bright spot for me during this time, so having it gone just makes me feel more vulnerable. Parts of me are longing for the vitality of spring, but the days are visibly getting longer and it is getting easier to just let the season be what it is. These are the articles that gave me a pick up this week. They are all about loving ourselves and creating safe spaces for GLBTQ to thrive, one act at a time. The world may never be perfect for us, but hearing these stories and sharing in the love, happiness, and drive of unlikely heroes is an easy way to  lift my spirits. It helps me feel good about the moment we are in and makes me feel it is a great time to be unabashedly queer. Be happy everyone!



 

Monday, January 21, 2013

Stellar Day-A Dream, And Hope



Lee Pelton: More Than a Sound Bite 


This Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King From Harlem Students Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes 



Obama And First Lady Spend National Day Of Service At D.C.'s Burrville Elementary School, Kicking Off Inaugural Weekend



NAACP Inspires Millennials To Give Back Beyond Martin Luther King Day



"We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths -- that all of us are created equal -- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall...
It is now our generation’s task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law -- for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."

President Obama 2013

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Obama's Second Inaugural Address