Nairobi I spent much of the first day of the World Social Forum held here in Kenya participating in sessions organized by the Habitat International–Coalition (HI–C). I was even a participant on the panel at the first general session on housing in the afternoon to ever be organized in the 7 WSF events to this date. The …
Category: Personal Writings
Unions and Conservationists, Huh?
New Orleans A piece in the Washington Post caught my eye with a headline that ‘Conservation Group, Unions Joining Forces.’ It seemed that something called the Union Sportsman’s Alliance with a $25 per year dues assessment is being formed as part of a partnership between the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and 20 of the AFL–CIO unions with …
Part of the Vernacular
New Orleans Nice to have a day when the office is an option, but decidedly not mandatory, and the parades are running in earshot of the house making it easy to join and keep the tradition of civil rights alive. Makes me think, and that leads me to share a little something that comes from my …