Visiting the Bahá’i Temple in Panama
We have arranged to be picked up at our hotel in Panama City for the ride to the Bahá’i Temple. Our guide for the day is the National Bahá’i Treasurer, Ovidio …
Oh, just because they can! – The idea of “Might is Right”
There was a time when corporal punishment was part and parcel of our Jamaican school system. It was, perhaps, a holdover from the old British colonial era. It was often abused …
Crossing The Panama Canal
Over the past couple of days, in preparation for going through the Panama canal, we have learned more than will fit here. I was amazed at how uninformed I was, or …
The World Has Got It Wrong
Women’s rights should not be determined by politics, religious doctrine or even social laws. These rights need to be guaranteed as human rights. The real concern is that the world needs …
What Does Equity Mean?
As we struggle to understand what inclusion means, we have to deal with identifying the differences between equality and equity. Equality means that we all get the same opportunities, the same …
Who’s Right?
Who’s right? We cross each other constantly in our struggle to maintain a sense of freedom and personal rights. Without ethics or beliefs to guide us, we have run amuck with …
Spiritual Transformation
The United States is made up of citizens who are victimized by their own inability to stick to facts and a failure to tell the truth. Misinformation and myths that pervade …
Project Vision: We have to tell our story.
In 2012 the city of Rutland in Vermont was in despair. Its police department was in chaos, neighbourhoods were engulfed in a drug epidemic, housing and infrastructure were in desperate need …
White Privilege
What is White privilege and why is it so difficult for people to acknowledge? The main reason is that people who grow up with privilege tend not to see it. They …
We Must Never Forget Civil Rights Hero John Lewis
John R. Lewis, a member of United States Congress since 1987, will be remembered as a civil rights hero in the United States, but his work symbolizes the struggle of people …