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Thursday, 1 September 05 ::
on new orleans and peacemakers
i wrote this in reaction to someone's crass electronic remarks about politics, george w. bush and the tragedy that is taking place along the gulf coast.
to be a peace activist, an effective one, you must first look at the humanity of people.. being a peace activist is not actually about politics, its about the heart, and acting with a peaceful heart. now is not the time to talk politics, now is the time to talk about how we are going to save the people of new orleans. what has happened is not about politics, what has happened is about human lives. if you are going to continue doing this work, you must look at your own heart first, remove the distaste you have of george bush, and think about all the people around the world who's lives we want to fill with love. what has happened in new orleans is a great tragedy, and it should not take a personal connection to the city to force you to see it, it should simply take being someone with a peaceful, loving heart.
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dear everyone along the gulf coast,
i know you can't read this right now, but maybe one day you will. i am just a private citizen without the resources to help you right now.. but i'm sorry for what has happened to you and i wish with all my wishes that i could help you out, right now. rarely is there a news story that hurts my heart to tears, but your story, it does. i wish i could help, i really do. please know that all of us in the corners of this country are crying for you and with you.
love,
brooke
willamette valley, oregon.
posted by brooke at September 1, 2005 06:20 PM
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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.
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