If the pen is mightier than the sword, then together with guitar picks, pianos, and paintbrushes we can equip a whole army to change the world. On May 29th artists, performers, and poets will take part in a free art showcase and concert at Heartwood Concert Hall in Owen Sound. The showcase is the latest event in Violence Prevention Grey Bruce's 'Into the Open' series and will feature art, music, and poetry inspired by the theme of bringing sexual violence into the open, raising awareness, and breaking stigma.
M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre is asking for the community's assistance in reaching out to the youth of Attawapiskat. There is a crisis taking place and we need too let this community know we hear them and care.
After much discussion, following the news, reviewing online groups and contacting the youth in Attawapiskat themselves we are asking for donations of the following items (new only please) as suggested
By Cathy Hird
Last week, I looked at the foundation that grounded M. K. Gandhi's non-violent resistence. In western culture we often quote the words of Jesus, "Turn the other cheek." It is that saying that I want to take a closer look at this week.
The way we quote this phrase sounds like an invitation to just let the person hit us again. But the context makes the instruction stronger, more like Gandhi.
Jesus taught in a corner of the Roman Empire that chaffed against the arrogance, brutality and power of the empire. As a result, soldiers of Rome tended to press their authority in order to...
Our MP Larry Miller recently posted a "Lesson in Irony" in which a comparison is made between distributing food to 46 million Americans in the United States while at the same time discouraging citizens from feeding animals in their national parks for fear that the animals would become dependent on humans feeding them. The post connects these statements by saying that there is something to learn here but it doesn't say what. MP Miller comments that
As we are in the middle of Asian heritage month, I thought I would share something I have learned from South Asian teachings.
I knew that one of the texts that Mahatma Gandhi used was the Bhaghavad Gita so I was surprised when I learned that it set on a battlefield. The text records a conversation between a soldier and the man driving his chariot, who turns out to be Krishna. Why would this ground Gandhi's teaching of non-violent resistance?
Throughout the conversation, Krishna is trying to help the soldier learn how to govern himself, how to act with detachment. To understand what he means, we need to have in mind ...
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