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Mending the Tears

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The tears I am referring to is not the act of weeping, it’s is the brokenness within us, like the tears in our clothing. The time for reparation is now because if we don’t repair the tear before it rends the results would be catastrophic. We have to mend ourselves, our bitterness, self aggrandizement, superiority, worth and entitlement. After we have healed ourselves we have to set about healing Mother Earth, our fellow human beings and all sentient lives. There aren’t different levels of racial entities. There is only one race, the human race. All life is sacred. What we sow we shall surely reap.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2022

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His legs were praying (as he walked for All of us…)

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Walking: it really is not just about my carbon footprint…

Walking can get you places both physically, and emotionally, when you focus on working through a goal by walking, such as walking with other people united for empathy and making this world a safer place for all people:

A social consciousness infused with an ecumenical approach brought Heschel and King together again on 19 November 1963, when both men addressed the United Synagogue of America’s Golden Jubilee Convention in New York. King expressed his deep accord with Heschel’s cause—which was to stand against the Soviet Union’s treatment of its Jewish population—by restating his own view that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” King stated that he could not neglect the plight of his “brothers and sisters who happen to be Jews in Soviet Russia” (King, 15). In March 1965, Heschel responded to King’s call for religious…

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There’s no money? Then how can there be $10 trillion for financiers in two years?

Systemic Disorder

Noting that there is always money to be thrown at the finance industry but little for social needs is by now about as startling as noting the Sun rose in the east this morning. But what is eye-opening is the truly gargantuan amounts of money handed out to benefit the wealthy.

We’re not talking billions here. We are talking trillions.

For example, the amount of money created by the central banks of five of the world’s biggest economies for the purpose of artificially propping up financial markets since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic totals US$9.94 trillion (or, if you prefer, €8.76 trillion). And that total represents only one program of the many used by the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England and Bank of Canada.

That is on top of the US$9.36 trillion (or €8.3 trillion at the early 2020 exchange rate)…

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Uštipci sa čokoladom (Churros con Chocolate)

Myrela

  • 1 šolja vode
  • 1/2 šolje putera
  • 1/4 male kašike soli
  • 1 šolja brašna
  • 3 jajeta, dobro ulupana
  • ulje za duboko prženje
  • šećer u prahu za posipanje
  • čokolada za potapanje
  • 113 g crne čokolade, isjeckane
  • 2 šolje mlijeka
  • 4 velike kašike šećera
  • 1 velika kašika kukuruznog skroba
  • 1 mala kašika cimeta

Staviti vodu, puter i so da ključa u loncu. Sipati brašno i smanjiti temperaturu. Miješati energično dok se smjesa ne formira u loptu (oko 1 minut) i skloniti sa vatre. Temeljno ulupati jaja, jedno po jedno, dobro miješajući nakon svakog dodavanja. Stavljati smjesu u špric za dekoraciju sa vrhom u obliku velike zvijezde. Zagrijati 5 cm ulja u loncu na 180 stepeni. Istisnuti 10 cm dugačke trake tijesta u vrelo ulje. Pržiti tri ili četiri, istovremeno, dok porumene (oko 2 minuta sa svake strane). Ocijediti na papirnom ubrusu i posupi šećer u prahu po želji.

U šerpi pomiješati čokoladu, polovinu…

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Justice Department Issues Guidance on Ballot Drop Box Accessibility Requirements Under the Americans with Disabilities Act | OPA | Department of Justice

“The right to vote is the fundamental right upon which our democracy is built,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “For too long in our history, many voters with disabilities have faced barriers in exercising their voting rights. Many of these barriers continue even today, including physical barriers that prevent them from entering polling places or accessing a ballot drop box. The ADA requires election officials to select and provide accessible ballot drop box locations so that voters with disabilities can have the same voting opportunities as other voters. The Justice Department is fully committed to vigorous enforcement of the ADA to ensure that voters with disabilities no longer face discrimination in the election process.”

Source: Justice Department Issues Guidance on Ballot Drop Box Accessibility Requirements Under the Americans with Disabilities Act | OPA | Department of Justice

Workers in Turkey are pushing back on low wages amid economic crisis · Global Voices

Across the country, workers are protesting rising living costs and stagnating wages as Turkey faces its worst economic crisis in decades, with the annual inflation reaching 48.7 percent, the highest since President Erdoğan took power two decades ago. Independent economists say the actual inflation rate likely twice the official numbers. As a resultFitch Ratings, “cut Turkey’s sovereign credit rating further into junk, citing factors including the nation’s vulnerability to high inflation.”

Courier strikes

Despite an almost 50 percent increase of the minimum wage in December 2021, and promises by President Erdoğan to protect workers against the soaring prices, Turks continue to grapple with the new financial crisis as purchasing power decreased amid double-digit inflation and price hikes on gas, electricity, petrol, and road tolls as well as food and beveragesAccording to the Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (Türk-İş) “Turkey’s poverty threshold increased to TRY 13,844 in January, more than three times the minimum wage [TRY 4,250].”

It is against this backdrop that workers have taken to the streets in recent weeks, crossing occupational and class divides to demand fairer treatment.

Source: Workers in Turkey are pushing back on low wages amid economic crisis · Global Voices

« No all’ORO! – Pas de Cartier! » Yanomami e Alberi – miniere d’oro e oggetti di lusso in oro / mostra 2022

Barbara Crane Navarro

«La foresta sta bruciando»
Fotomontaggio di performance di «Sculture di Fuoco».
Barbara Crane Navarro

«Gli sciamani Yanomami che combattono l’epidemia di xawara vedono apparire l’immagine della malattia sotto forma di bande di stoffa scarlatta. L’epidemia di xawara si sta avvicinando e il suo fumo risplende! Rende il cielo un fantasma e divora tutto Umani in arrivo! Deve essere cacciato!»

  • Davi Kopenawa, portavoce degli Yanomami e sciamano

«Gli sciamani Yanomami combattono contro lo xawara, il fumo delle epidemie»
installazione – tecnica mista
Barbara Crane Navarro

Gli sciamani della regione dell’Alto Orinoco dell’Amazzonia, in Venezuela, mi descrissero, oru a wakëxi, il fumo d’oro in questi termini decenni prima che leggessi le parole di Davi. Mentre sognavo sulla mia amaca allo shabono Yanomami, ho visto la scultura totemica che avrei creato più tardi al mio ritorno a Parigi. In un altro sogno, ho visto la mia scultura bruciare. Avevo programmato di…

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