by Minga Claggett-Borne | Apr 1, 2018 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
What is power? Power lines carry dangerous levels of electricity. Queens use a scepter of power. Between you and me, all human power is finite. Yet most power is infinite. Where can I tap into power to change my rubbery life? To change trash blown onto my street? To...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Mar 14, 2018 | Climate Justice
National Grid plans to construct a one-mile gas pipeline along Huntington Ave, in Boston. Incredulous. MA has sufficient energy currently for all nations living in MA. Why bury money and sink gas (methane, more accurately) under Boston’s streets. All MA methane is...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 12, 2017 | Light In Action, Stopping Violence
I’m living these last ten days in Kathmandu, near Baktapur, Nepal. I’m living with a family—Pradip, Barsha and Prabel. The family works hard and sleeps in one bed. One night there were 5 people in a double bed. They are very sociable and close to their parents, often...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 3, 2017 | Light In Action
October 31, 2017 Qatar Air Flight to Doha Today is a tricky day. Maybe the climate being so hot-cold-hot makes it volatile. One day in October seems like July, the next day is gusty like March. Maybe this day really is a node in the yearly cycle- Samhain is a Celtic...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Oct 12, 2017 | Quakers in the Field, Stopping Violence
“Part of understanding Justice is to recognize the disproportions among which we live…” it takes an awful lot of living with the powerless to begin to understand what it is like to be powerless, to have your voice, thoughts, ideas and concerns count for...
