At a writing retreat with Natalie Goldberg, my duties were: Monday, snuff candles; Tuesday afternoon, sweep porch; Thursday morning, sweep zendo. I was in Taos, New Mexico to write, yet the teacher, a longtime student of Zen Buddhism, was also teaching her students to be ...
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Meet the Divine in Your Life
“If you want to meet the divine in your life, you have to expose your heart.” I copied Aqeela Sherrills’ words in my journal five years ago and they speak to me just as profoundly today. I want to meet the essence of God, to ...
International Women's Day
March 8th, 2011 marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. Everyone can celebrate the amazing women who have shaped us, who have cared for our world, and who work with compassion and power for our future. I have many sheroes of international fame and of ...
Belva Davis and Deborah Santana in Conversation
Journalist Belva Davis on her memoir, "Never in My Wildest Dreams; A Black Woman's Life in Journalism" in conversation with author/philanthropist Deborah Santana at Strand Bookstore in NYC on February 23, 2011. With Farai Chideya and Christina Foxley.
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Philanthropic Women Helping Women
March is Women’s History Month, which seems like the perfect time to highlight leading women who put their money behind women's causes. With 61% of wealth now in the hands of women, and the majority of the world’s poor being women, it makes sense that ...
Joyous New Year
At the end of each year, I have a burning bowl ceremony, either with friends or by myself. I write down (on rice paper) the situations I want to let go of – things that I want to be liberated from - and say a ...
The Girls of Daraja Short Film
The Daraja Academy, an exemplary all girls’ school in Kenya! About The Film: Celebrating the unique and powerful Daraja Academy in Kenya: an exemplary all girls’ school in Kenya. www.daraja-academy.org cut
Daraja Academy is a Universal Giving Partner
Founded by a Bay Area couple, The Carr Educational Foundation works to provide a transformative education to gifted African girls who would otherwise have few opportunities for a better life. Click the link to read more: http://www.universalgiving.org/in_the_news/in_the_news/itemDetail.do?id=288
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I Am Exactly Where I Am Destined To Be
Summer is nearing its last days, leaves are beginning to drift from oak trees outside my house, and children are returning to school. I have been writing poetry with author and teacher, Alison Luterman, who is inspiring me to step beyond what I know. I ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Conference at Stanford
Dr. Vincent Harding, longtime associate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speechwriter, activist, and currently Professor of Religion and Social Transformation at Illiff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, was one of the panelists at a two-day conference at Stanford University July 16th and 17th. ...
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