by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 21, 2012 | Israel-Palestine 2012
Jonathan and I started our journey to Jerusalem when we first agreed to go on the Christian Peacemakers Team. Then we read books together, and studied current events in the Middle East. We sat down to have a meal with friends who know the region well. Some Friends...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 16, 2012 | Israel-Palestine 2012
On What Common Ground Do We Stand? When Hazel was two she was fascinated with my old cat, Ocelot. She would prance into the living room, her feet 2 boulders rolling along. Ocelot would get up out of slumber and slink out the back door. Hazel would spend an hour...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 16, 2012 | Stopping Violence
There’s not much silence in an Alternatives to Violence Workshop. But there’s a lot of soaking in good energy. We do silly games like Mrs. Mumbly Just can’t smile (talk without showing teeth); sly games like taking a slow boat to China; rowdy games like Jailbreak...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 16, 2012 | Light In Action
Michelle Alexander is a slim tall woman with a powerful voice. Her book, The New Jim Crow, 2011, is convincing and well researched. She shared at Boston University a vision and a plan for a new social movement to turn around pernicious racial policies in the US....
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Oct 22, 2012 | Aymara Quakers?
She started at the university of La Paz in 2008 studying tourism. In 2010 she received a scholarship from Bolivian Quaker Education. “I live in the Tahuantinsuya barrio in El Alto. I want to tell you about my Friends church, Tahuantinsuta meeting. I participate in the...
