Categories Archives: Social Justice

This is a marvelous interview with Ruby Sales from Krista Tippett’s radio program and podcast, On Being. Click below and hear it for yourself when you get a chance! “I grew up in the heart of southern apartheid. And I’m not saying that I didn’...

• 0
• Share

One year after her passing, the legacy of Grace Lee Boggs continues to influence Detroit – and the world.  Grace was a “Veteran of Hope,” a beloved friend and comrade of Vincent and Rosemarie.  We remember her as we celebrate her life. Rea...

• 0
• Share

This resistance is bigger and more organized than any protests Native people have undertaken in many many years — thousands of supporters, including people from tribes all over North, South and Central America, have set up camp in Cannon Ball, North ...

• 0
• Share

Very good article and videos featuring Native women activists who are using indigenous traditions of history, strength, organizing and ceremony to fight on behalf of water and land for everybody. Click here to see the videos and read the article.

• 0
• Share

In the aftermath of the presidential election last week, the radio show On Being is re-broadcasting an interview with Vincent Harding from a few years ago.  The title of the program, “Is America Possible?” comes from a long essay by Vincent f...

• 0
• Share

  Eight days out from the recent presidential election, many folks are feeling the need for encouragement, even guidance from some of the elders of our country’s movements for social justice. There are a number of wonderful video interviews on ...

• 0
• Share

During WWII, the US government developed concentration camps in several western states in which they imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent.  Photographer, Dorothea Lange (famous for her work on depression-era rural whites and migrant fam...

• 0
• Share

COME TO THE FOLDING CHAIR SIT-IN with RUBY SALES and SISTERS IN STRUGGLE in PHILADELPHIA, DEC 16 and 17 In response to voter suppression and other illegal acts of disenfranchisement that handed Donald Trump a victory he did not earn, Sisters in Struggle ...

• 0
• Share

This is an interview from 2003 — the PBS series “Religion and Ethics Newsweekly” came to Denver to talk to Rachel and her dad about the way art and spirituality feed struggles for social change.  You may enjoy what they had to say. As...

• 0
• Share

Dear Folks, The Veterans of Hope Project really needs your support! PLEASE CONSIDER A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT TO THE ORGANIZATION. In 2016 we developed a new website www.veteransofhope.org with a wealth of resources about the links between spirituality and so...

• 0
• Share