November 2012
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“In my ESL class I study with people from all over the world, not only learning...”
– —Tarik Zia, from “A Pakistani Immigrant Reflects on America” (via trentgilliss)
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October 2012
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“Uncertainty, when accepted, sheds a bright light on the power of intention. That...”
– —Joanna Macy, from her Tricycle essay “The Greatest Danger”
One of the shows I’m proudest of pitching, producing, and getting played on national public radio is this interview Krista Tippett did with Ms. Macy. Her name had come up anecdotally years before for a show on “the soul in depression” when...
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“No politician, no party can deliver the utopian society they promise. Neither...”
– — Ben Irwin, a former publishing executive and Episcopalian Michigander, who has teamed up with two Mennonite pastors to create Election Day Communion.
The campaign is a network of more than 600 congregations of all denominations in all 50 states who have signed on to gather together on November...
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Watchtrentgilliss:
“Good communities actually take work.” ~Steve Waldman
I’m a bit late to the game today, but this symposium covering journalism ethics in a digital age at the Paley Center for Media should be great. Digital heavyweights attending include John Paton, Clay Shirky, Eric Deggans, Ann Friedman, Gilad Lotan, Vadim Lavrusik, danah boyd, and David Folkenflik.
Here’s the line-up for the...
