#compassionateSA Cooling centers open across SA https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/06/10/cooling-centers-to-open-across-san-antonio/ They are normally not activated during Level III heat advisories, but due to COVID-19 & fewer options for residents needing to seek shelter from the heat, the city is opening cooling centers sooner.
. . . is a grassroots movement that promotes, supports and celebrates San Antonio’s commitment to be a world-class compassionate city: one where the civic government, the religious and volunteer organizations, the businesses, the community and its educational institutions come together to recognize the importance and value of compassion in the life of a city and by doing so create an ethos of compassion and a safety net for its most vulnerable citizens. #compassionateSA
Congratulations to our 2020 San Antonio Peace Laureates: (left to right): Lionel Sosa, G.P. Singh and Cappy Lawton. local voices of wisdom and experience to speak for peace and justice in San Antonio.
Thanks to the magic of NOWCastSA, you can watch the January 26, 2020 Blessing of the Peacemakers online.
THE CHARTER FOR COMPASSION
. . is an international initiative to restore compassionate action to the center of religious, moral and political life. Compassion is the principled determination to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, and lies at the heart of all religious and ethical systems.
Happy Birthday To . . . E.B. & Fred
July 11, 1899 E.B. White "I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright." July 11, 1926 Frederick Buechner...
Poem: “How We Could Have Lived or Died This Way,” by Martín Espada
Not songs of loyalty alone are these, But songs of insurrection also, For I am the sworn poet of every dauntless rebel the world over. —Walt Whitman I see the dark-skinned bodies falling in the street as their ancestors fell before the whip and steel, the last blood...
Face masks now mandated for 10 years and older
Donation drives now weekly to help equip the most vulnerable in Our City. Children. Seniors. Homeless. Immigrants. Face masks: Need to be new and washable for reuse Can be handmade or purchased Adult and children-sized both are needed Drop off in person every...
Happy Birthday To . . . Cyril & Czeslaw
June 30, 1909 C. Northcote Parkinson "The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take." June 30, 1911 Czeslaw Milosz "Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a...
Poem: “Incendiary Art,” by Patricia Smith
The city’s streets are densely shelved with rows of salt and packaged hair. Intent on air, the funk of crave and function comes to blows with any smell that isn’t oil—the blare of storefront chicken settles on the skin and mango spritzing drips from razored hair. The...
Happy Birthday To . . . Jean & Alan
June 23, 1910 Jean Anouilh "God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies." June 23, 1912 Alan Turing "Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition."
Interfaith Calendar, July, 2020
July 5: Asalha Puja Day – Buddhist
July 9: Martyrdom of the Bab – Baha’i
July 11: St Benedict Day – Catholic Christian
July 15: St. Vladimir the Great Day – Orthodox Christian
July 23: Crowning of Haile Selasse I – Rastafarian
July 24: Pioneer Day – Mormon Christian
July 25: St. James the Great Day – Christian
July 30: Tish’a B’av – Jewish
July 31-August 3: Eid al Adha – Islam
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Worth Repeating: Reckoning with Racism
July 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
Critical Thinking, Compassion, and Paths to Civic Engagement Workshops
August 11 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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