Jesus Christ: Activist for Life
A New Kind of Power: Jesus is the most widely known activist in the world. His message to those in power is clear: domination over others is intolerable. This message, so compelling, has been inspiring countless followers through the New Testament for over twenty centuries. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. embraced his beliefs in […]
Trump: The Face of White Supremacy
The Psychology of Killing Black People:White supremacy is inherent in American society. It informs our daily lives and our psyche. From the founding of our republic to the civil war to the White House today, ‘white is right’ is driving the politics of injustice. David Duke, former leader of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white supremacist organization responsible for an estimated 95 percent of […]
Looking in The Mirror After COVID-19
Not long ago, I stepped into an elevator where a 30’ something woman was holding a delivery box from Sephora. I said, “I’ll bet it’s something great”; she replied: “I ordered it last week and to tell you the truth, I don’t remember what I ordered”. The Current Dilemma: Consumers like you and I drive […]
Capture The Future
Revolt: Part 3 Citizen Activism At Home: Citizen activism is a form of action on the road to revolt. It’s necessary, but not sufficient to enact change. Many organizations that pitch “citizen activist’’ agendas are well-meaning, but often lack clout. They are motivated more by popularity than effective change. Global Citizen, a website that boasts […]
Becoming The Hero of Our Own Story
REVOLT TO LIVE First in a three-part series Imagine that you were given a magic wand to create the world you want. What would it look and feel like? What would you preserve, add or subtract? Who would be your heroes? The magic wand is real, made possible by all that is within you, and around you. Origins: […]
What Do We Want? When Do We Want It?
If you can imagine a future that is qualitatively better than your present, than your potential for freedom is alive and well. The Great Escape: The late Steven Hawking, iconic physicist and cosmologist, left us with sobering thoughts in his last on-camera appearance. “I am convinced, he said, “that humans will need to leave Earth […]
Capitalism Won’t Save You
The Emotional Turf: No two words in social discourse can trigger emotions as quickly as ‘capitalism’ and ‘socialism’. Diehard capitalists think that any form of social or environmental obligations are equivalent to ‘socialism’ or, even worse, communism. Most hard-core capitalists can’t tell the difference between the two. Socialists, on the other hand, can’t figure out […]