Requim for Antiq The Garvey Projects were never a Sunday walk but parents still strolled through ball shots and beatbox Uneasy rhythms of daily living Laughing, vibrant and full of life Antiq Hennis was a baby a boy in a stroller strolling Livonia Avenue and Bristol Street on the downbeat Brownsville Suddenly, a release triggerContinue reading “Today’s Poem: Requim for Antiq”
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Envisioning Heartspace
Man is but a network of relationships and these alone matter to him. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Every morning is a call to action, a demand for movement, a whisper of enticement, and an insistence to go on. Heartspace compels us to connect every day in every way we possibly can. If you want toContinue reading “Envisioning Heartspace”
The Government’s Responsibility To Young People
A few days ago I made an unusual sidestep and argued that national and community service programs should supplant government funding with local sources of funding, and scale back accordingly. This is unusual for several reasons, the primary among them being that I believe it is the paramount duty of a democratic government to ensureContinue reading “The Government’s Responsibility To Young People”