Tag Archives: Reconstruction
FMM 5 15 2026 Hold a Medz
“America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” ~ Warren G. Harding. My father, a Christian and a Pacifist, went before a tribunal during World War II to defend his belief that he had no right to kill his fellow man. His appeal was approved, but unlike […]
FMM 6 20 2025 Amplifying Hope
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~ Desmond Tutu. My thoughts have been on my childhood a lot recently. Ever since I was invited to be the guest speaker at my old primary (elementary in the US) school’s graduation, I have been reminiscing about those days […]
FMM 8 16 2024 One Drop
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” ~ Marcus Garvey. I became a teenager at a time of racial upheaval in the USA. It coincided with the growing consciousness (‘woke’-ness) in Jamaica of young people of African descent. Rastafarianism and awareness of African culture […]
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