‘First They Came’ …. “Martin Niemöller …. 🇺🇸 Adaptation for America’s Current Administration 🇺🇸 …. “!!

~~July 27, 2017~~ 

FIRST THEY CAME

This poem is timeless and immemorial. It is so ‘on point’ that is has been used frequently to describe current happenings.

A friend sent me this site and a link to this modern adaptation. It’s befitting to the current reality of the nation.

All credit given to site, author and poet.

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Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps.

Niemöller is perhaps best remembered for the quotation:

FIRST THEY CAME

~Wikipedia~

“The famous poem by an anti-Nazi pastor, rewritten for Donald Trump’s America”

To see Donald Trump methodically lay into one group after another during the months of the presidential campaign has been to see Niemöller’s warning writ large across our screens.

But during all these months, I haven’t noticed much speaking out by one group in support of another.

It’s time for everyone to remember Niemöller’s words, and speak out in support of anyone who becomes the target of this hate-monger and his alt-right cohorts.

At the end of the day, Trump is coming for all of us.

We welcome your comments at ideas@qz.com.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

~Gideon Liechfild~

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How Many More Must Die? …. “Spoken Word …. by Lula Saleh …. “!!

~~June 19, 2017~~ 

SO VERY UNCERTAINTY SAD TIMES

LULA SALEH 

After the police officer who shot Philando Castille is set free, after the shooting in a baseball practice, after 3 serial Islamophobic attacks in the United Kingdom within the last month, the killing of Nabra Hassanen, Muslim teen, killed after leaving Virginia mosque, we ask ourselves, like Lula Saleh, has done,

how many more must die?

African American, Muslims, refugees, LGBTQ community, minorities … different people, because of their differences!?

The video speaks for itself. 

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Lula Saleh also known as Lula the Lily is an Eritrean/Ethiopian soul singer-poet, writer, third culture kid and flower child raised in Saudi Arabia. Her music is inspired by her eclectic, multiethnic and diasporic upbringing.

Lula is a Creative Community Fellow with National Arts Strategies, and an Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow as an artist who does creative place-making work with African immigrant communities in the Twin Cities.

~Lula Saleh Official Facebook Page~

https://www.facebook.com/lulathelily/

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Lady Liberty, New York Harbor …. ‘A Poem by Brad Geyer …. Global Citizen …. “!!

~~March 8, 2017~~ 

LADY LIBERTY 

Watch slam poet send an emotional message as he tears into Trump’s executive order on Muslims and immigration.

Immigrants of many countries are having a very rough time now.

In a country very well know for arising from a melting pot of immigrants, it’s not the norm to see this hatred, discrimination, racism and every thing else that has become the standards of the current administration.

Take a look.

This poem says it all!!

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Global Citizen is a community of people like you – a place to learn about and take action on the world’s biggest issues.

Your voice matters.

Global Citizen

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~~Lady Liberty~~

A Poem by Brad Geyer

~~Published on Mar 3, 2017~~

“The world deserves more.

That’s what the Statue of Liberty is for.”

Global Citizen is a social action platform for a global generation that aims to solve the world’s biggest challenges.

On our platform you can learn about issues, take action on what matters most, and join a community committed to social change.

We believe we can end extreme poverty because of the collective actions of Global Citizens across the world.

We ALL are ONE!! 

“This Movement” …. a poem by Agnes Török …. spoken word performer …. !!

~~February 5, 2017~~ 

THIS MOVEMENT

LET’S START TOGETHER RIGHT NOW

Listen to her words!

They are so powerful, they say so much!

We are at a crossroads.

Not only this nation but the whole world.

Come all ye …

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Agnes Török is a spoken word performer, poetry workshop leader, poetry event organizer and happiness nerd.

She regularly runs workshops for young people and adults focused on literacy, performance skills, confidence and mental health.

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Agnes Török Poetry

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~~This Movement~~

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~~Published on Feb 5, 2017~~

On the women’s march and the series of protests happening around the world at the moment, together combining to make perhaps the largest movement in history.

We ALL are ONE!! 

A picture says a thousand words …. “This one, a magazine cover, definitely screams, #41 …. Lady Liberty goes dark …. “!!

~~February 5, 2017~~ 

EXTINGUISHED FLAME

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

~Emma Lazarus~

http://www.goodreads.com

The New Yorker’s Next Cover Features Lady Liberty with Her Light Snuffed Out

“It was the symbol of American values.

Now it seems that we are turning off the light.”

The New Yorker has revealed the cover for its upcoming issue which will feature an image of Lady Liberty with her flame extinguished, a powerful illustration that comes amid the continued fallout from Drumpf’s executive order banning refugee resettlement and travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

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http://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/02/new-yorker-cover-statue-liberty-trump-immigration-order

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IOTD …. Image of the Day …. Special Edition …. “The Eagle in Pink agrees …. “!!

 

~~January 30, 017~~ 

THE NEW COLOSSUS

I have no words that can equal or better what is written below.

I’m sharing them with you!

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~The Story Behind the Statue of Liberty’s Famous Immigration Poem~

In the wake of Drumpf’s executive order on immigration Friday, January 27, many critics quickly took up a familiar rallying cry, lifting words from the Statue of Liberty that have for decades represented American immigration:

“Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”

The poem, in its entirety

The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles.

From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips.

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

~Emma Lazarus~

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Ashley Judd’s EPIC “Nasty Woman” Speech …. “Women’s March, Washington, DC …. “!!

~~January 26, 2017~~ 

NINA DONOVAN’S POEM

I’ve always loved this woman.

Guess I love her more now.

I saw this video during the weekend and it really left and impression.

Just think … a 19 years old girl from Tennessee wrote these words!

There’s hope for the new generation.

Take a look!

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Michael Moore was in for a surprise during the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday when Ashley Judd interrupted him to read a politically charged poem

“I am Ashley Judd,” she declared as Moore reacted in shock, “and I am a feminist.”

She proceeded to recite a poem written by a 19-year-old named Nina Donovan from Tennessee. The contents of the writing included references to Trump’s election, mass incarceration, LGBT rights, the wage gap, and more relevant issues.

At one point, the poem compares Trump to Adolf Hitler.

The poem repeated the refrain “I am not as nasty as…”

at one point attacking Trump’s relationship with his daughter, Ivanka.

“I’m not as nasty as your daughter being your favorite sex symbol,” Judd said.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

Ashley Judd Recites ‘I Am a Nasty Woman’ Poem at Women’s March on Washington (Watch)

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~~Ashley Judd’s EPIC “Nasty Woman” Speech~~

At The Women’s March On Washington

~~Published on Jan 21, 2017~~

Ashley Judd passionately denounces President Donald Trump’s misogyny at the 2017 Women’s March on Washington by reciting Nina Donovan’s “I Am A Nasty Woman” poem.

We ALL are connected through HUMANITY!! 

We ALL are ONE!! 

‘Hallelujah’ Cover …. “Sam Tsui, Alex G and Casey Breves …. another soothing rendition …. “!!

~~November 17, 2016~~ 

ANOTHER ‘HALLELUJAH’

For some unknown reason, covers of this song keep ‘popping up’ in my feed.

Some are artists that I’m familiar with, others note.

This song has attained a new meaning in my personal musical library.

It reminds me of so much …

Hope you enjoy this one too!

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Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.

~Wikipedia~

Alex, Casey, and I wanted to get together to pay our respects to the iconic songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, who passed away  – and also to show our commitment to maintaining an inclusive and diverse country by raising money for the ACLU, an organization that fights for immigrants’ rights, free speech, criminal law reform and social justice.

Hope you enjoy the song – sending you all our love and best wishes!

~Sam~

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~~Hallelujah~~

(Leonard Cohen Tribute)

~~Published on Nov 14, 2016~~

Sam Tsui, Alex G, and Casey Breves

We ALL are ONE!! 

Thoughts for today, #430 …. “Circles of Women Around Us …. always there …. “!!

~~October 26, 2016~~ 

CIRCLES OF WOMEN

Femininity
by Fion Lim

A woman is all about femininity,
That’s the stuff that she’s made up of.
She has within her,
Layers of depth to her thoughts and feelings.

She reminds you of an onion,
Seemingly translucent to tantalize your imagination.
Only to uncover layer upon layer,
Peeling off to reveal yet another layer.

She’s never one-dimensional,
That’s not what she’s made to be.
Her layers serve only to protect,
Her very core of being.

Her deepest core is so very well-hidden,
From the harsh glare of un-enlightenment.
Generously sharing her genuine being,
Only to those she trusts with her core.

You can only choose to let go,
Resisting not her many womanly charms.
But be swept up by her many facets and dimensions,
Uttering, “What astonishing femininity!”

Copyright © 2008 Fion Lim. All rights reserved.

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We ALL are ONE!! 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #586 …. “Water …. Pablo Neruda …. “!!

~~October 19, 2016~~ 

WATER

Poem by Pablo Neruda

Everything on the earth bristled, the bramble
pricked and the green thread
nibbled away, the petal fell, falling
until the only flower was the falling itself.

Water is another matter,
has no direction but its own bright grace,
runs through all imaginable colors,
takes limpid lessons
from stone,
and in those functionings plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam.

~~SOURCE~~ 

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Amazing Rain

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We ALL are ONE!!