The New Left’s Legacy
Louis Menand’s vivid piece about the New Left, and his detailing of the Free Speech Movement rallies in particular, transported me back to the University of California at Berkeley, where I was a grad student in the early two-thousands (“Change Your Life,” March 22nd). A quote from Mario Savio’s iconic speech was by then hanging on the wall at the Free Speech Movement Café, more decorative than anti-establishment. These days, at Amherst College, where I am a faculty member, there is a palpable tension on campus. The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and the racism of the Trump Presidency are still fresh. Yet, with the pandemic forcing students to interact mainly through Zoom, the protests are digital and activism is muted. Menand’s article reminds us, however, that student-led movements for systemic change will be ignored at our peril. Rest assured, my students are putting their bodies upon the virtual gears.
An empathetic heartfelt recitation of Hallel at the Passover Seder
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Good Friday Cross Walk returns to Darien this year
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Rev. Dale Rosenberger, Senior Minister at The First Congregational Church of Darien, walks with Lance Minor carrying the cross in 2019.Jarret Liotta /Show MoreShow Less
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Hundreds of people gathered in Darien for a Cross Walk organized by the town s clergy Sunday to mourn the death of George Floyd and those lost to COVID-19, a replacement of last year’s Good Friday Cross Walk.Bryan Haeffele /Hearst Connecticut Media /Show MoreShow Less
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DARIEN The town’s Good Friday Cross Walk will return this year after last year’s cancellation for the first time in three decades.
David Acott , who died in 2015 after a liver transplant.
A charity run held in memory of a 17-year-old who died from a rare cancer has been hailed a huge success.
Janet Acott, from Cromer, said this year s David s Run on March 13 had almost doubled its target, raising almost £2,000 - with gift aid - for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
She said people from as far away as the USA and India had offered their support for the ParkRun event, which is held annually to remember her son, David, whose death in 2015 followed a liver transplant.
Janet Acott.Picture: MARK BULLIMORE
She said: I think the event touched on their need to take part in something and connect to others who share a love of ParkRun.
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