Scott Newman

Spot the difference. They're almost too many to name, but the most glaring one is the reason Rev Dr Barber was arrested and Sean Feucht wasn't.

Digital Government Hub The Digital Government Hub is an open-source reference library for anyone using design, data, and technology to improve government service delivery.

Some incredible efforts are underway to archive US government digital content and data.

We started the www.digitalgovernmenthub.org to showcase exemplary digital policy and practice. We have many federal resources and have many more rescued items coming soon.

Thread of efforts:

"It takes courage to rest and play in a world where exhaustion is a status symbol."

Brené Brown

We Santa Cruz religious leaders cannot remain silent – we do not support Trump’s deportation plans The 35 faith organizations that make up the Santa Cruz Faith Network cannot remain silent in the face of newly reelected President Donald J. Trump’s plans to deport undocumented immigrants, writes Pas...

I am grateful to be part of a group of religious leaders speaking out in Santa Cruz, CA.

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I helped pull together an interfaith network of clergy and religious leaders in Santa Cruz County, CA to speak out about immigration and organize to protect the immigrant community. It’s inspiring to see the energy people have to stand with vulnerable folks right now!!

Hey, here is something positive you can join me in doing: contact the National Cathedral in D.C. to send a word of encouragement to Bishop Budde for calmly and kindly speaking truth and challenging an administration that claims to follow Jesus, to actually follow Jesus.

Done!

May we have fresh opportunities to join Jesus in the marginal places in the coming days!!

This week will require our courage, friends. Remember, as Howard Thurman taught us, that Jesus is ALWAYS with and for the disinherited. And as Dr. King once said, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.

"The very contradictions in my life are in some ways God's mercy to me." -Thomas Merton