"Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street ... thoughts on Year One"
Fifteen years ago, I ran across a book, "100 Most Influential People in History," during one of my dalliances to my local Marin County bookstore. "Influential People" was one man's assessment on exactly that. But how he determined his rankings was the interesting part. They weren't always the reasons you would think. But after thinking about it, they made complete sense. For example:George Washington was ranked in the top 40 of all time. Understandable. But the reason why ... not so much. You…See More
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Cherly,
Cell is 303-520-6866 Mushiin
I know what you mean about what I'll call the talking:happening ratio. My perspectives are that while isolated doings can seem to be too little, too late, isolated doings might serve as inspirations, sparking something substantial and timely. And while coordinated doings can seem more likely to be adequate, coordinated doings can be both resisted and associated with a new, suspect them.
So, we plug in where we see the most promise.
sorry I must miss your call today .... am in a training all day. be well!
Hi Cheryl,
Just now seeing your note. Am enjoying hearing your voice. Synchronicity is such a powerful reality. I'm on the trail to find money for bridging native wisdoms into our current governance systems and to weave community back into native communities like Pine Ridge that have become so broken based on what was created. My family chose to disconnect from their native heritage generations ago ... and that's also a painful situation that I never hear talked about. more to come!
Hey Cheryl! Very nice to meet you :) Here's the "promo" for my radio show today - check it out if you can (although I know that there is going to be a very interesting discussion here on the Middle East and international issue!)
Air Occupy today: healthcare! What is the Affordable Care Act? What is good about it and what should be changed? What did the Supreme Court say about it? Listen in at 11 am ET on www.big1380.com
We are talking with Dr. Mark Ryan, a family physician in Richmond, VA, and one of the Occupy Healthcare team since its inception.
http://occupyhealthcare.net/
Check out his blog - "Life in Underserved Medicine" at RichmondDoc.blogspot.com
Very happy to have him on and excited about this topic!
Join us - call in during the show 386-523-1380 or post on Air Occupy's FB or join us on Twitter @AirOccupy
Thanks,
Liz
Welcome, Cheryl! Looking forward to doing some community weaving here with you!