Category Archives: Social Justice

We Reap What We Sow: The ‘Stupidity of Evil’

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Joanne Boyer

Education has always inspired fear among those who want to keep the existing distributions of power and wealth as they are.” – Howard Zinn I’m not sure we can write anything better to sum up the social and moral tragedy … Continue reading →

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‘If you choose to destroy yourselves, I am not going to play the rescuing parent.’

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Joanne Boyer

2018 will be remembered as the year climate change became a reality for many, “This is the moment when people start to realize that global warming is not a problem for future generations, but for us now.” Continue reading →

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Hidden Headlines of Hope

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Joanne Boyer

Tom Steyer is taking his ‘Need To Impeach’ campaign to town halls across the country. “Only patriotic Americans – not an individual party – will make the difference,” he said. “We’re trying to organize so both parties hear this is what the American people want. We’re looking at this as straight-up patriotism, not partisanship.” Continue reading →

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Single Payer: We’ve Tried The Rest; Now, Let’s Try The Best

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Joanne Boyer

Katy Bar The Door: We’re Coming For Single Payer. It’s as obvious as the nose on your face. Single Payer has been and always will be the only answer to our fractured U.S. health care delivery system. We are ready to join the rest of the educated countries on this planet to ensure health care as a human right. People Not Profits. Continue reading →

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Our Shared Humanity: Can We See Ourselves In Today’s Refugee Crisis?

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Joanne Boyer

Can we see our shared humanity when we look into the eyes of those who are suffering in refugee camps? That’s the question Dave Dvorak asks — and sings about — after returning from serving as a volunteer physician helping those displaced by bombs and war. Read more about his incredible journey, how you can support these efforts, and to remember that no one chooses to be a refugee. Continue reading →

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Who Better To Lead ‘Our Revolution’

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Joanne Boyer

Are we finally listening to the wisdom voices of the Native American peoples who have been trying to get us to listen to them for hundreds of years? The intersection of Native American spirituality, the hashtag #NoDAPL and ‘our revolution.” Continue reading →

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‘We Are Not Made For War’: Will we let our 2016 presidential campaign turn into a 1960’s game show?

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Joanne Boyer

Those of us who grew up in the 1960s watching TV game shows may recall one of the classics: You Don’t Say. The show’s sign off from host Tom Kennedy went something like… “Remember, it’s not what you say that … Continue reading →

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Fix It: What We Do When Something Is Broken

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Joanne Boyer

We look to our business leaders to provide innovative solutions and Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, Inc. is doing just that. When faced with rising health insurance costs dramatically impacting his bottom line, he set out to find out just why that was. The result: A fabulously produced documentary that dramatically talks to the need for a single payer health care delivery system to help business as well as individuals. Continue reading →

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We Didn’t Run Out of Stones

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Joanne Boyer

We didn’t leave the Stone Age because we ran out of stones. We found a “better way” to do things. We can find better ways but it will take all of us committing to DO SOMETHING to shake off the paralysis that currently grips us. Continue reading →

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100 Years Ago We Thought Very Differently About The Pope

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Joanne Boyer

100 years ago it would have been unthinkable for a Pope to address the U.S. Congress. Anti-Catholicism and anti-immigration fervor ran rampant. We take a quick trip back in time to illustrate how one of today’s premier Catholic universities and its premier football team came of age despite this discrimination against the Catholic Church. It gives us hope that 100 years from now, the issues Pope Francis discusses today will also lead to progress. Continue reading →

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