https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1C9yMfGMGc&t=32s 30-min presentation at #OpenCircle in #Ajijic, Mexico, about the #SyrianRefugee Crisis and ways we can help. April 2016 Read more »
Ways to HELP Syrian Refugees
12 million Syrians – half of Syria’s population from a country about the size of North Dakota – have fled their homes since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. That’s more than the 10 million people who live in Los Angeles County. Almost 70% of these refugees are women and children, according […] Read more »
ARGONAUT NEWS: Life Beyond Politics
Sometimes to find yourself you have to leave everything else behind… http://argonautnews.com/living-large-in-limbo-life-beyond-politics/ I got into politics to change the world. I got out of it when politics changed me. For 30 years I was a political activist living in Santa Monica, working with dynamic women to help create Heal the Bay, preserve the Ballona Wetlands […] Read more »
IRAQ: How the U.S. Can Stop ISIS – Peacefully
Before we hear Pres. Obama’s national address tonight, where he is expected to make the case for a “limited,” three-year “boots on the ground” reinvasion of Iraq (in addition to the 1,000 troops currently stationed there), let’s hit the pause button and consider non-military options. Yes, ISIS, a brutal offshoot of al-Qaeda that stretches from […] Read more »
SYRIA: “Tell the American Government It’s Not Your Business!”
Nina Simone’s version of “Ooh Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier” [www.youtube.com/watch?v=6odkM5o038A] keeps running through my mind tonight after an exhilarating afternoon of interviewing 4 smart, articulate, challenging Syrian teenagers who are in Lebanon for a week-long church retreat in the mountains above Beirut. Following the sarin gas attack, these teens braved closed roads, dicey […] Read more »