4 more artists from Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, & Wisconsin, with songs of welcoming, Dreamers, cages, & loving our neighbors. Songs of the Border #2 & heart melodies from John McCutcheon, Richard Paul Thomas, Joe Troop , & Micah Sommersmith
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Be part of a teach-in organized by Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality with the help of today's guest-host Patricia Stansbury (AKA Sunny Gardener). The presentations included Sanaz Ghodsi telling about the US military's effects on Iran & the Middle East, Charles Brown regarding the US blockade of Cuba, Ana Edwards focused on Segoe, Mali and the effects of Western military policy, and Phil Wilayto with respect to Russia wars, including that in Ukraine.
Three artists share songs of compassion & connection, reaching across our borders. In this 1st installment, Randall Adams, Peter Alsop, & Anita Aysola sing of love for caged children, love of all children, and love of a new home, while facing off with fear, division, & disconnection.
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Diya Abdo is the founder of Every Campus A Refuge, and author of American Refuge: True Stories of the Refugee Experience. Diya was herself of a Palestinian refugee family in Jordan. She then studied in the USA and settled in Greensboro, NC, at Guilford College as an English professor with specialties in teaching Arab & Muslim feminisms and Arab women writers. Diya's book shares both the stories of refugees who have come through the Guilford resettlement efforts, and an understanding of realities and processes that govern the lives of refugees.
A wide array of valuable climate-related guests & resources though guest-host Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio. Randi Hacker is the author of the children’s book, Life on a Different Planet, A Climate Crisis Handbook.
Idris Phillips left this world in July 2022, and we remember him today with my interview with him from December 2017, although I also interviewed him again in person, along with Katie O'Neill, the summer of 2018.
In his book, The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on Earth, Michael Mehta Webster has both hopeful & challenging news about the possibilities & ways we might mitigate the damage of Earth's 6th mass extinction event. Michael knows how it both can and does work to bring species back from the edge of extinction - or even after - and he knows the nitty-gritty of getting this done. With decades of working on the ground studying & protecting diverse species, Michael is now a Professor of Practice in the Dept. of Environmental Studies at NYU.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Earth-based Spirituality
In order to restore harmony to our planet we need major changes in the relationships of people to the Earth & our neighboring species. This is especially vital for city people, as estranged as urban life can be from our neighbors, and so the vision of Arboretum Detroit, led by Birch Kemp & Kinga Osz-Kemp, is to knit together the community of trees & people in Detroit with “a quilt of protected forest that will safely mature in perpetuity for all Detroiters”.
Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Catholic, Hare Krishna, Buddhist, Earth-centered
