We live in a time of fear, and our response to fear can either be to contract and attempt to guard ourselves or to extend ourselves, hold on to each other, and face our fears together. What is your instinct? What do you see more of in the world? The problem with the first approach…
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Racism, School Desegregation Laws and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
This is Quentin, Tennessee Christmas fire 1956 Population 4000 That’s the high school basketball team in action against Lake City They lost 63 to 43 last year they don’t had a good football season this year in spite of all the recent couple The Clinton pep band plays rock around the clock and to all…
Urban Street Art & Social Change | Iryna Kanishcheva of GNV URBAN ART LLC | WHOA GNV Podcast
– [Announcer] You are listening to WHOA Podcast coming to you from Gainesville, Florida. (upbeat music) – Podcast fam, what is up? Collin here with my number one dawg. – What up, Mike? (laughing) Mike Dees in the house. – Michael Dees is in the house. Hey, we just wanted to tell you guys that…
Is Islam A Dangerous Religion?
There is violence in the Muslim world, ISIS and Al Qaeda are proof of that, but the media often conflates that to imply that Islam is violent. For example, on his show a while back Bill Maher implied that all Muslims hold “pernicious” beliefs. That was his word: “pernicious”. Which means “having a harmful effect”….
8 Signs of a Toxic Friendship | Sharon Livingston | TEDxWilmingtonWomen
Translator: Victoria Perdikogianni Reviewer: Zsófia Herczeg It’s really funny to be introduced as a fun [inaudible], but fun with this topic is kind of fun. So, I want to start out by telling you a story. So, Joe is walking down the street one morning, and all of a sudden – crash! Glass is raining…
Five things that surprised me about religious life
[Opening music.] There is a lot to know about religious life that could be stacked about as high as that mountain Maria climbs in The Sound of Music. Here’s a sampling of some surprising things: While you are considering entering a religious community, there is a long period of prayer, more discernment, training, and learning—as…
The Update – 30 Religious Holidays in 60 Seconds
Welcome to the Update. I’m Adam, and this is Rachel, and we’re part of the Better Together support team at Interfaith Youth Core. So there are a lot of religious holidays out there, and if you want to be respectful of people’s observances, this could be a problem as you plan your meetings and events…
I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left | Megan Phelps-Roper
I was a blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked five-year-old when I joined my family on the picket line for the first time. My mom made me leave my dolls in the minivan. I’d stand on a street corner in the heavy Kansas humidity, surrounded by a few dozen relatives, with my tiny fists clutching a sign that I…
The Unstoppable Power of Letting Go | Jill Sherer Murray | TEDxWilmingtonWomen
Translator: Phuong Cao Reviewer: Peter van de Ven Letting go can make you unstoppable. I know because I let go of a relationship and reclaimed my life. And I know that letting go can create the best of change for each and everyone of you. Let me tell you a story. When I was 41,…
A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists | TEDxWhitefish
Translator: Bob Prottas Reviewer: Leonardo Silva My name is Ryan Nicodemus, and this is Joshua Fields Millburn. And the 2 of us run a website called: “theminimalists.com”, and today we want to talk to you about what it means to be part of a community. But first, I want to share a story with you…