WILPF BUSINESS MEETING WILPF will meet Thursday, November 14, 7 p.m., at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness. This meeting is open to all members. WOMEN IN BLACK November 5, first [...] Continue Reading
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Remembering and Celebrating
By Kaylia Metcalfe This month marks the 16th year where groups from all over the world will gather together on Nov. 20 and participate in TDoR events. TDoR, or Transgender Day of Remembrance, is a [...] Continue Reading
Nostalgia, Tragicomedy and Terry E.
By Alfonso C. Hernandez “Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?” says Shakespeare in his Sonnet 8 alluding to a sense of nostalgia while hearing music that heightens the sense of memory in the [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron! When You Can’t Eat, Pray and Love, Laugh, Scream and Cry Instead
By David E. Roy Increasingly these days, I find myself laughing, screaming and crying in response to innumerable political and social events, from local to global. These responses spring up out of [...] Continue Reading
Seniors Love Medicare
By Dan Yaseen Across all political, social and economic strata, Medicare is one of the most popular government programs in the United States. Almost 90% people on Medicare are very satisfied with the [...] Continue Reading
Government Shutdown: Don’t Get Angry, Go Green!
By Richard Gomez Like Emperor Nero who fiddled while Rome burned, the major political parties play the game until a deal that will appease Corporate America with big wet kisses from our Congress, [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner – November 2013
Edited by Richard Stone This month’s poet is Mario Mangiello, who is unknown to us but would seem to be either homeless himself or deeply empathetic. Not the most refined poem we’ve printed, but [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Calendar – November 2013
Weekly Events Tuesdays, November 5, 12, 19 & 26 • 10 a.m.–noon Buddhist Cultural Class in Japanese by Rev. Sensho Inouye. Buddhist Church of Fowler, 210 S. 9th St., Fowler. For more info, [...] Continue Reading
Confronting Racism in Fresno
By Richard Stone In late September, I attended a gathering which, while unusual for Fresno in its unvarnished honesty, was as much anxiety-producing as satisfying for me. It involved a multiracial [...] Continue Reading
Once Upon a Time
By Ruth Gadebusch Once upon a time, Fresno had vision. It was going to save its downtown. A civic planner was hired and a downtown street was turned into an exciting mall. Dedicated citizens raised [...] Continue Reading
Republicans Are Attempting to Criminalize Anyone Who Helps Immigrants
By Valeria Pedroza The Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act, which has been proposed by U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R–Va.) and Immigration [...] Continue Reading