Underground Railroad – October 17, 2019

Today as I make my way home I was able to visit the Underground Railroad Museum in Niagara Falls New York. It sits adjacent to the Amtrak station. I had spotted it on my way to Canada and I was hopeful that I would have enough time to visit there before catching the train. Fortunately I was able to do so. The Underground Railroad was an unofficial route from slavery to freedom. An unmarked yet…

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Montgomery, AL Visit to Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice – January 24-26, 2019

In January of 2019, 24-26, I visited Montgomery, AL to go see the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The Legacy Museum documents in pictures, video, and newsprint the history of the slave trade, the plight of slaves in the US, the freeing of slaves, and then the oppressions African-Americans suffered through the Carpetbagger era, the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights era, on through the continue modern enslavement of Blacks…

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NonViolent Communication, NVC – October 31, 2018

Nonviolent Communication from Dharma Talk given on 6/12/2011 Good morning, thank you all for coming to the temple this morning and joining together to practice the Lotus Sutra. Today and every Sunday through the entire summer (2011), 13 weeks, I will be devoting my Dharma talk time to teaching and leading learning in Nonviolent Communication. These will be structured sessions that will involve various activities and take-away practices. On some Sundays we will do a very…

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