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Voices of Humanity: UN Goals as a Scaffold for Local-to-Global Organizing
Speech for UNA Council of Organizations Sep 28, 2015 “Achieving the Goals of the UN” event at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Franklin and Geary in San Francisco. by Roger Eaton UNA-SF Communications Chair. rogerweaton@gmail.com 415 933-0153 The 17 Sustainable … Continue reading
Rewiring our Neural networks: Two Kinds of Mysteries by George Wolfe
Rewiring our Neural networks: Two Kinds of Mysteries by George Wolfe My mother loved to watch the television show “Murder, She Wrote” starring Angela Lansbury. Mom loved a good mystery, especially the kind that could be solved. Solving mysteries, I maintain, … Continue reading
Embracing Uncertainty by George Wolfe
Embracing Uncertainty by George Wolfe Recently, I was driving my eight-year-old grandson, Orion, to Apple Tree day care. On the way, he asked me a question about a dream he had the previous night. “How do we know,” he inquired, … Continue reading
LET’S REMOVE SYMBOLS THAT POLARIZE by George Wolfe
LET’S REMOVE SYMBOLS THAT POLARIZE by George Wolfe Symbols are powerful. The meaning they carry accumulates as people make associations with them over time, much like a picture is said to be worth a thousand words. In some cases, these accumulated … Continue reading
Google Impact Challenge Bay Area 2015 grant application
Collective Communication, Inc with UNA-SF as its major partner has applied for a Google grant in the amount of $100 to $500k. See below for the text of the grant application. Our thesis is that our Gender / Generation … Continue reading
IS WAR IN OUR GENES? by George Wolfe
IS WAR IN OUR GENES? by George Wolfe Each Memorial Day I join America’s Hometown Band under the direction of Roger McConnell to provide music for the remembrance service honoring veterans at Beech Grove cemetery in Muncie, Indiana. After the … Continue reading
Narcissistic Injury and the War on Terror By George Wolfe
Narcissistic Injury and the War on Terror By George Wolfe In November of 2002, I received a phone call from a Chicago resident concerned about what I taught in my peace studies class on nonviolence. During the course of the … Continue reading
Archaic Views fuel Same Sex Debate by George Wolfe
Archaic Views fuel Same Sex Debate by George Wolfe In 2010, the movie “The King’s Speech,” staring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, enjoyed considerable popularity and won several academy awards. Prince George, whose daughter is the present Queen Elizabeth, reluctantly … Continue reading
Selma James of Global Women’s Strike in Berkeley April 26, 2015
On Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the St. Paul AME Church in Berkeley, Selma James, Pierre Labossiere and Danny Glover spoke about “UJAMAA: The Hidden Story of Tanzania’s Socialist Villages – to Today’s Black Jacobins in Haiti”. Selma James is … Continue reading
Achieving Harmony
On Thursday, April 2, Professor George Wolfe spoke to 20 student from several African Nations (including Kenya) on the topic of “Achieving Harmony between Ethnic and Religious Groups” (see photo below). Dr. Wolfe made his presentation at Ball State University on behalf of the … Continue reading