Aug 23
On April 22, 2012, people gathered all across the nation (plus groups in Spain, Costa Rica, and Kazakhstan) to sing Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” in the same key (D) and at the same time (noon Pacific, 1 pm Mountain, 2 pm Central, 3 pm Eastern). Hali Hammer created and organized the project, …
Aug 22
Occupella — www.occupella.org — was founded by six women who are veterans of the folk song movement. Here I am on the left holding a sign; seated with the guitar is Hali Hammer, one of Occupella’s founders, and the organizer and producer of this year’s international Earth Day sing-out (see separate posts). Occupella sings on …
Aug 22
Two years after my retirement as CEO of LifeRing, the organization invited me to speak at its annual meeting in San Francisco on May 12. As is obvious to readers of this website, one of my influences in the past year has been the Occupy movement. My talk is a blend of my experience and …
Apr 25
A few members of the La Peña Community Chorus and members of other Bay Area choruses joined together on the main stage of Earth Day in San Francisco on Sunday April 22 to sing “This Land is Your Land” simultaneously with similar groups in a number of other cities and countries. This very short …
Apr 25
The La Peña Community Chorus of Berkeley recorded these two pieces as a message of support for the people of Aysén, Chile, who have since the beginning of this year been in a state of confrontation with the central government. Lichi Fuentes, co-director of the chorus, and a native of Chile, organized the performance. I …
Apr 24
With my family background of resistance and survival in Nazi Germany, I sometimes forget how many other dictatorships there have been and are, and how many other families resist and survive, or not. A poignant testimony to the sufferings of the Argentinian people under the dictatorship there comes in a song by Victor Heredia, Ojos …
Apr 24
In October 2010, I had the honor to present a lecture on addiction at a psychiatric hospital in Victoria BC. The 8 a.m. “Grand Rounds” lecture arose out of my work on addiction in connection with LifeRing Secular Recovery. That chapter of my life story remains to be written. My hosts, the able LifeRing Canada …
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