Tag Archives: compassion

Let the new world begin!

Posted on January 29, 2020 by silviantonia

Here it is again, from me: For all of you (us) depressed and negative about Bernie’s possibilities on the Democratic ballot: 1. We knew back in April of 2015 when he announced his candidacy for the 2026 elections that it … Continue reading →

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Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ, we are all related, todos somos familia

Posted on February 21, 2017 by silviantonia

Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ, we are all related, todos somos familia Imagine being by nature more of a pantheist than anything else, and arriving at a place where ALL life is respected… For me, that was the feeling that permeated my entire … Continue reading →

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Standing Rock, part 1 – warning: mushy contents

Posted on November 29, 2016 by silviantonia

Standing Rock:  Day 1 November 22nd I found another woman who is also driving, and we are leaving later today in her school bus for Standing Rock. That means I will have to fly back, because I have to see … Continue reading →

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Judy Balch Liteky, ¡presente!

Posted on August 28, 2016 by silviantonia

Today I went to a service celebrating the life of our wonderful Judy Balch Liteky, a woman who graced so many lives with her compassion and her activism.  It occurred to me that she achieved what has lately eluded me, … Continue reading →

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Let the new world begin!

Posted on March 18, 2016 by silviantonia

Here it is again, from me: For all of you (us) depressed and negative about last night and about Bernie’s possibilities on the Democratic ballot: 1. We knew back in April of 2015 when he announced his candidacy that it … Continue reading →

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Bernie or Bust, an explanation for whatever friends I have left in this election

Posted on March 3, 2016 by silviantonia

I am doing my nightly crying bit by watching our fan-created, Bernie Sanders videos, from people like us, people who suffer and who have lost friends and family, and who have seen people deported just because, and people who die … Continue reading →

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Women hold up half the sky… a meditation on women’s rights and issues

Posted on February 13, 2016 by silviantonia

We are living in a world that is ever more disrespectful and abusive of women’s rights and issues.  In our current scene of politicians who pander to the lowest common denominator to blast and blaspheme against the birthing half of humanity, … Continue reading →

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Empathy and compassion

Posted on February 4, 2016 by silviantonia

Yesterday I went to bring papers to the widow I have been helping.  After twenty-nine years of marriage to an abusive husband, a marriage in which she stayed in obedience to her marriage vows, as she is a fervent Catholic, … Continue reading →

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Immigration in troubled times and cold days

Posted on December 8, 2015 by silviantonia

December 5th WCDF Vigil Vigilia del 5 de diciembre en el Centro de Detención Held by Lacey Hunter with the help of Kristi Laughlin and Silvia A. Brandon Pérez as music leader – celebrada por Lacey Hunter con la ayuda … Continue reading →

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Restorative justice: in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes

Posted on June 4, 2015 by silviantonia

Sonnet 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich … Continue reading →

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