Leonisa

If you don’t count covid victims people won’t die.
If you don’t measure carbon the temperature won’t rise.
If you fudge unemployment numbers the economy will soar.

Our fool is building his paradise

Japanese BDS Activists Are Ramping Up Their Campaign Against a Robotics Company Japan BDS is claiming a special responsibility to end Japanese robot makers’ complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Japan BDS, the local formation of the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement for Palestine, is claiming a special responsibility to end Japanese robot makers’ complicity in Israel’s campaign of extermination.

Can we get a do-over?

Asking for the sane WORLD that wants off of this disastrous rollercoaster known as the Trump Administration/Crime syndicate/moronic monsters.

The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.

California Ethnic Studies Bill Aims to Censor Palestine-Related Education The proposed legislation is the newest front in a yearslong attack on ethnic studies in California.

A new bill proposed in California is the latest installment in a series of legislation backed by pro-Israel organizations seeking to silence Palestine-related speech in schools. “It’s absolutely unprecedented overreach, and it’s an arm of the state trying to censor what our children are learning.”

IT'S FINALLY HERE! 💗 The New Guide to Young Adult Ministry is finally available. There is so much we can say, but it's best to let the guide speak for itself. Thank you to authors Joe Chapot, Rev. Danie Webber, and Tanya Webster.
Link to our Young Adult Ministries Guide: uuyarn.org/yam-guide

Connection I missed posting last week because I was just too overwhelmed by the circus of absurdity and horror that the current US administration is enacting.

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The massive EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania:

🔵 has displaced thousands
🔵 threatens vital ecosystems
🔵 will contribute to climate change

But it's not too late to stop it. Banks and insurance companies should refuse their support.

Chuck Schumer won’t hold an in-person town hall because he’s afraid to say to his constituents what he’s been saying on cable news. He knows the moment he faces real voters, the jig is up.

@schumer.senate.gov can’t hide forever.

'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston "The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America...

"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.

A digital graphic honoring James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) features a black-and-white photograph of him on the right side. He is a young white man with neatly combed dark hair, smiling, and wearing glasses with thick black frames, a dark suit, a white dress shirt, and a patterned bow tie. To left of his image is a quote from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in white text against a teal-blue background. It reads: "He dared to live his faith; he placed himself alongside the disinherited black brethren of this community... He was a witness to the truth that men of different races and classes might live, eat, and work together as brothers." "—Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his eulogy for James Reeb" The white UUA flaming chalice logo is in the bottom left corner. The UU World logo appears in the bottom right corner. The URL “uuworld.org” is in the top right corner.

On this day in 1965, the Reverend James Reeb—a Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and civil rights activist—was killed in Selma, Alabama, in while supporting the fight for justice. #JamesReeb #CivilRights #UU #UnitarianUniversalist #MLK #RacialJustice #BelovedCommunity #UUSharedValues

Rev Dr Leonisa Ardizzone, Unitarian Universalist, Tillson, NY (Don't need to include the honorifics if that's the format!) I'll DM you my email address.

Thanks, Michael. I'd love to sign on!

YouTube video by RATMVEVO Rage Against The Machine - Freedom (Official HD Video)

I remember showing this video to my students sooooo many years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vQ...

Finally! Leonard Peltier!!

My latest Substack. Leonisa.substack.com