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Columnist Andrea Ayvazian: Celebrating new generation of activists
Amherst Regional High School students head back after a school walkout March 14 in honor of the 17 killed on Feb. 14 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and to advocate for stronger federal gun laws. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Someone told me this story is apocryphal, but I think it is true.
During the Vietnam War, the Rev. A.J. Muste, much loved and admired pacifist, political activist and leader in the anti-war movement, gathered with others day after day in front of the White House, held a candle, and vigiled in silence to protest the war.
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This article is part of Liberation’s commemoration of Black History Month, 2021.
May I say a few words? I want to say a few words about this matter. I am a woman’s rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now. As for intellect, all I can say is, if women have a pint and man a quart – why can’t she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we can’t take more than our pint’ll hold. The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and don’t know what to do. Why children, if you have women’s rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they won’t be so much trouble. I c
Columnist The Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Make inclusion, not exclusion, the norm
Smith College professor Loretta Ross recently led a workshop, “Calling In the Call Out Culture,” for the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership.
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It is sobering, alarming, reassuring and gratifying that, as I anticipate turning 70 this year, I recognize that I have been active in social change movements for five decades. Over the course of those many years, I have led or participated in literally thousands of workshops aimed at promoting peace, equity, justice and environmental sustainability.
I recently attended a truly outstanding workshop, “Calling In the Call Out Culture,” led by Professor Loretta Ross. It was one of the 50 virtual workshops during the spring semester of the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership.