Bicentennial Baby
It is common for people to have pride in their nations and hometowns, but what stories does that loyalty hide?
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Relating
The practice of noticing what’s the same, and what’s different…is at the crux of relating to others, and differences are too rarely named in favor of group or social cohesion.
My people
Decolonization is recognizing, interrogating, and challenging the forces/impact of domination, oppression, and external control in our lives (bodies, families, organizations, institutions, systems) that remain today.
Godawful
“Here was Christianity’s key role in colonization, captured in a 3″ x 1″ (7.5 cm x 2.5 cm) photo card.”
What is your “right role”?
We each need a lot of strategy, discernment, and accompaniment to figure out what is our “right role” when it comes to global development and solidarity, and how our privileges fit into that equation.
What poems and do-gooders have in common
Poems and do-gooders might share more than you think.
(Plus a small collection of poems in honor of National Poetry Month in the U.S.)
Grandpa, the Marshall Plan, and me
How has US foreign assistance funding changed over the last sixty years?
Friday’s Poetic Pause: “When sorrow comes” by A. Powell Davies
How-matters.org’s Friday feature! Sharing “When sorrow comes” by A. Powell Davies as a tribute to my late grandfather and to the Gwai Grandmothers in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe.