3. Here is a directory
of PeaceHost.net's family of Websites and pages:
Abraham,
my father, once said something both profound and moving. A friend
and I were on our way to Muir Woods when he remarked, "My son has become
my brother." Come to know another remarkable person. Visit
this memorial Website if only to view a photo of him I call "the Prophet"
for reason which will appear obvious, and to read Carolyn Scarr's wonderful
and poetic, and Arnie Westerback's amusing, tributes. Shalom!
The "Abuelita Jean" website honors my mother, a truly remarkable
person, a nearly life-long committed pacifist and social activist.
To explore, particularly, her role in the Puerto Rican independence movement,
please visit her site. Y que ¡viva Bortinquen libre!
David is a Hebrew name meaning, "beloved". My brother took the stairway
to heaven just two days after 2001's Bloody Tuesday. You may pay
your respects, if you wish.
The Rev. Dr. Frank S.C. Wicks was a noted Unitarian Minster at All Souls
Unitarian Church in Indianapolis, author of the denimination-wide famous
sermon, "Good Men In Hell". It has been said that he and the local
priest and rabbi ran that town for nearly three decades. He was also
my grandfather. This will be a site-in-progress for years, probably,
as I'd love to post all the sermons of his I have. In the meantime,
say Hi! to ...
TownCrier
@ PeaceHost.net is another soapbox, geared towards urgent alerts and
actions. I fear I do not employ it frequently enough, for people
tend toward their own topics of interest, and so notices may be dated.
But pay it a visit nonetheless. Occasionally lives are at stake.
Is
it the new Vietnam? Visit the Colombietnam Website and
judge for yourself. We ignore this issue at our peril.
Vieques
is
the sister island "la Isla Nena" to Puerto Rico. For more than forty years
it has been occupied by the U.S. Navy, its ecology and fishing industry
all but destroyed. The Viequenses are held hostage and nearly powerless
in their home while their backyard is being bombed back into the Pleistoscene.
But they are striking back non-violently! Read about the uprising of these
remarkable people (and my mother's role in the movement), y que ¡viva
Bortinquen libre!
Despite
repeated calls from the international community, inlcuding the U.N.
Committee on Decolonization, to divest ourselves of our colony, Puerto
Rico, we refuse to even admit we hold one, calling it a "Free Associated
State". That's like calling a slave a "Voluntary Associate". Well, a slave
is a slave and a colony is a colony and the qualitative difference between
the two is too close to call. Read an up-close & personal account
of the Puerto Rican independence movement written by my mother, Jean in
the form of bios of figures, leading and obscure, patriots all. "Voices
for Independence" is online both in English, y ¡también in
español!. Don't miss the blurb by actor/activist, Ed Asner, and
the forward by former Representative, Ron Dellums! Que ¡viva Bortinquen
y Puerto Rico libre! (sense a common theme here?)
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