Obama
The Powers That Were and the Powers That Are Becoming
“When the clock strikes me,
the powers of being
will prevail
over the powers that be”
–spoken word artist Saul Williams
I was speaking with someone a few days after the inauguration, and when I mentioned my hopefulness of a more engaged and activated citizenry, he said sadly, he didn’t share my hope. He said the Powers that Be are [...]
Inaugurating Love
in·au·gu·rate
1: to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies
2 a: to dedicate ceremoniously : observe formally the beginning of <inaugurate a new school> b: to bring about the beginning of
I’d like to recap some of the events of this past exhilarating week. Starting with the We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial, [...]
Obama Moment
I was inspired to create this blog site at this time because I believe there’s an enormous window of opportunity that has opened since Barack Obama was elected President of the United States on Nov. 4th, 2008.
Six months before the election, very few of us would have thought this possible. This was a turning [...]