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PROFILE: ‘We don’t want to hear about polar bears’ — Meet the woman bringing climate justice home to Alex

Climate and gender activist Ndivile Mokoena is strengthening her community’s response to climate change, using terms they can relate to.

Expanding my #climate network. Algorithm coded to highlight Global North scholars, activists, journos, who I value. BUT NB to connect with #GlobalSouth. Comrades, help us find each other. En Masse & GO! Flag your favourites ✌️#climatecrisis #climateafrica #journalism @coveringclimatenow.org

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You can’t claim to love God and ignore the suffering of His children. Justice is love with its boots on.

YouTube video by TED Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED

Can we all pause what we are doing and watch this again. So very relevant for today's challenges:

The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Adichie

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg

Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...

We are living through genocides, an unprecedented ecological crisis and away from democracies towards fascism in so many societies. In this context we must hear the words of Oscar Romero:

Free Palestine

This must end. Free Palestine.

Palestine must be free!

Blessings of the Trinity be upon you—
Father, Son, and Spirit, ever near.

May the rivers of mercy flow through your days,
And the light of Christ shine warm on your road.
May the laughter of friends lift your spirit,
May the love of God be your guide and your guard.
And as Patrick once walked with faith before him,
May you walk in grace wherever you go.

I needed this today. Just after I had been reflecting on how stuck and despairing I was feeling, these words arrived on my phone. Maybe someone else needs them to:

A St. Patrick’s Day Blessing

May the strength of the hills steady your steps,
May the whispers of the wind speak peace to your soul.

These are the words at the end of a sermon about the deceitfulness of wealth - the thorns choking the good seeds - Matthew 13. At Pinelands Baptist Church, Cape Town 5/5

My Father's love is the grace that will produce a harvest in you that will wow the world around you
My Father's love gives you and you and you and you value and worth.” 4/5

For every person he met Jesus demonstrated the secret of the Kingdom:
“My Father's love gives you identity and value and worth,
My Father's love gives you protection and something to wake up with every single day 3/5

The story of Jesus:
from birth in stable to death on a criminal’s cross,
from fleeing as a genocide refugee to preaching good news to the poor,
from loving the outcasts and becoming the friend of sinners
overthrows the lie that wealth equals worth! 2/5

In a world convinced that money is king, here’s an important reminder:
“You see the greatest lie is ultimately this: that wealth equals worth." 🧵1/5

“The wars being fought today involve several regions of the world, but the weapons with which they are fought are produced in entirely different regions - in those same regions that then refuse and turn away the refugees who have been generated by those weapons.”

- Pope Francis

A little gecko on a cars windscreen

A picture of tenacity and perseverance: a little gecko holding onto our windscreen as we drive down a motorway. Thankfully she maintained her grip until we could stop and move her to a tree. Am humbled and inspired. #LearningFromNature

Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the United States Government On 7 February, the President of the United States of America issued an executive order withdrawin...

Over the weekend, a group of friends and I came together, driven by the conviction that the recent allegations by the President of the USA require a strong and clear response from white Christians in South Africa.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Little flower growing in tar and gravel

Declaring that the president of the USA is “wrong” feels as foolish as this little flower daring to bring beauty in lifeless tarmac. But we do it anyway.
So I signed this: Statement from White South African Christian Leaders on Recent Actions by the US Government
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

"Every time the church evades suffering, it places itself above its Lord. It loses its essence and its mission. It is salt that has lost its flavor."

- René Padilla

This offers a way forward. I need to pay attention.

#notforsale

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

Trump has stopped aid to South Africa, endangering thousands of lives

But we must not allow peddlers of hate to undermine our fragile constitutional democracy

Read groundup.org.za/article/dona... by Nathan Geffen

‘We will not be bullied’ — resolute Ramaphosa stands up to US Anyone wondering if President Cyril Ramaphosa would attempt to placate the Trump administration got their answer at Thursday night’s State of the Nation Address — where Ramaphosa staked out a very dif...

We stand for “peace & justice, equality & solidarity, non-racialism & democracy, tolerance & compassion, equal rights for women, persons with disability & the LGBTQI+ community…for our shared humanity not for the survival of the fittest.”
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

This Cape Town crèche is being built from used tyres, bottles, eco bricks and other recycled waste

Read the article here groundup.org.za/article/new-...

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