Blog March Day 31: Encouragement from Jessica A. Walsh - We Are Not Powerless
Jessica A. Walsh is a writer, wellness blogger, and creator of Questions for Life: Two Year Guided Daily Journal for Intentional Living. Her post today sends us off at the end of this Blog March journey with just the right encouragement. Inspired by the stories, declarations, and courage of those of us who have participated in Blog March over the course of this month, Jessica speaks to our personal and collective power. No matter what is happening today in your life, take the
Blog March Day 30: Anthony Lioi's Rage and Love: In Defense of Millennials
Anthony Lioi, author and teacher of literature at The Julliard School, has made an observation about his Millennial students: Despite popular characterization, they aren't overly-sensitive snowflakes hiding in their safe spaces. In fact, Generation X and Millennials have great resilience and a great deal in common. He illuminates the nature of the challenges we share through insightful references to literature, film, animated characters, and a place where our musical sensibil
Blog March Day 29: JD Stillwater on Why the Little Things Matter
JD Stillwater is a science educator, writer, musician, and the creator and presenter of Seven Candles: Science for a Deeper Spirituality. Today on his blog, Run Deep, he tells the story of how a simple flyer he saw one day in 1985 led him to go on The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament, which led to myriad life experiences neither he - nor the person who posted the flyer - could have ever imagined. Read "Little Things" for more on a dynamic personal story and so
Blog March Day 28: Bob Bruhin Offers a Meditation on Politics as Love
LOVE in the Afternoon, one of several photography blogs by Bob Bruhin, is an experiment in narrowly focused art blogging. The blog is a celebration of vibrant diversity through observation and documentation of the many who visit LOVE Park (John F. Kennedy Plaza) in Philadelphia. In contribution to Blog March, LOVE in the Afternoon features a mind-broadening contemplative essay that explores the idea that at its core, politics is love. Bruhin makes the case for this assertion
Blog March Day 27: Lammy Finalist Ann Tweedy Reports on Reading in Los Angeles
Poet, essayist, and legal scholar Ann Tweedy was recently named a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards for LGBTQ writers. In her Blog March piece posted today at The Faculty Lounge, she introduces some of the varied authors who participated in a reading by finalists, their works ranging from Children's/Young Adult novels to history, memoir, and anthology. Ann Tweedy's book of poems, The Body's Alphabet, is a finalist in bisexual nonfiction. Read "Lambda Finalist Reading in
Blog March Day 26: "Hands Up" - Words and Music by Pamela Means
RobinRenee.com is lucky today to host a Blog March post by singer/songwriter, musician, activist, and educator, Pamela Means. Here are her thoughts, followed by a truly powerful song for you to listen to and download: Blog March 5/26/17
In the wee hours of November 9, 2016, during live MSNBC post-election coverage, Benjamin Jealous, former head of the NAACP, said (paraphrasing) that in fifty to one hundred years from now, history will look back at the election of Donald Tru
Blog March Day 25: Marie Gilbert Talks Science vs Alternative Facts
Marie Gilbert, author and former manager at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, has some news for all of us: It is science that will save us, not alternative facts. The clear scientific consensus is that our climate is changing and humans are the primary reason for the change. Read "Science vs Alternative Facts" for information useful for those who need clarity on the difference between weather and climate, and for the reasons we - and our elected officials - nee
Blog March Day 24: Max Mania says Less is More
Max Mania has spent a great deal of his life in the realms of politics, activism, and the arts. In "Less is More," he talks about some of the many ways he has advocated for a better world, and runs through some of the ways he considered approaching Blog March. He quickly gets down to the matter he believes to be at the root of our problems, regardless of whoever holds political office and beyond any of the -isms that plague us. How can we work toward a sustainable future when
Blog March Day 23: CMo Love Tells Us Chiron's Secret
Today, CMo Love has shared a great gift of an essay with us on his blog, The Watering Hole. "Chiron's Secret: Our Healing" begins as a deeply perceptive exploration of the black male experience and violence against black bodies in a fearful and divisive America, seen through the lens of the Academy Award-winning Moonlight. Read CMo's take on why, ultimately beyond race, culture, sexuality or any of our identities, we relate to Chiron and his predicament in the film. CMo point
Blog March Day 22: Kathy Haynie Envisions "A More Perfect Union"
In today's Blog March essay, Kathie Haynie learns about the proper care and feeding of our democracy. She shares this introduction to "A More Perfect Union:" Thank you, Robin Renee, for your bold leadership in creating this May Blog March, and the opportunity to be part of it. My piece today was written in early February 2017, after attending Marianne Williamson's Sister Giant conference. I hope this speaks to you and inspires a shared sense of greater care for and solidarity
