Activist news report from Emma's Revolution, progressive troubadours
While in Crawford, I was introduced to an amazing musical duo, Pat Humphries and Sandy O, otherwise known as Emma’s Revolution. Their music is totally amazing, a blend of folk, …
“American Idealist” documentary about Sargent Shriver to be shown Dec. 2
The Oklahoma Center for Conscience has added the film American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver to its library and will show it free to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7pm at Joy Mennonite Church, 504 NE 16 St., Oklahoma City. Following the film will be an informal discussion period.
The film depicts the […]
Peace Arena Oklahoma Netroots Awards
I promised to announce on Friday or Saturday, but this weekend has been nuts. Whatever possessed me to do this piece of business on a holiday weekend? Oh, yeah, my …
Petitition drive to have President Obama create Secretary of the Arts
Obama is being inundated with requests, but this one stood out to me: A petition drive, inspired by musician Quincy Jones, for the establishment of a Secretary of the Arts, …
Call for Oklahoma Democrats to make change HERE
Candace Richardson was one of the hardest workers for Obama in Oklahoma. Like many of us progressives, she’s a little concerned about what caused Oklahoma to buck the trend and …
Git yer Oklahoma Netroots bookmark, blogroll and widget code here
This will be a temporary measure, as I hope to put something more customized together that can be collectively managed. But for now, I have used Google Reader to collect …
OETA interview with Wilma Mankiller to repeat 1pm Sunday
OETA’s program “A Conversation With …” has completed that sentence with “Wilma Mankiller” and the program will be replayed several times in the next couple of weeks. An excerpt is …
Deepak Chopra on Mumbai attacks and "war on terror"
With the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, for the past two days, CNN viewers in the U.S. have been getting the international CNN feed, rather than the mostly crap CNN …
5 year blogiversary, or, my Thanksgiving story
I started blogging on Thanksgiving weekend in 2003. I was inspired by an Oklahoma blog I started reading shortly after moving to the state in January. That blog: JMBzine and …