July 30, 2010

Millennium Development Goals: LOVE IN ACTION

by Marianne Williamson

I hear a lot of people say we have to wake people up... convince them of the urgency of this moment... make them realize that the planet is headed for disaster!

But I don't see it that way. Anybody who needs to be woken up at this point is so deeply asleep that they're not the target audience for global activism. We don't need to wake the sleeping so much as we need to harness the energy of those who are already awake. Enough people know we're in trouble; what they want to know is what to do about it.

Posted:07/10

May 30, 2010

An Article by Bob Koehler

Dear Friends,

Below is a an article by Bob Koehler, a journalist for whom I have great respect.

     If you support Congressman Grayson's idea, definitely call your Congressional Representative, tell whoever answers the phone your name and address and say that this is a constituent call. Tell them you hope the Congressman (or Congresswoman) will agree to co-sponsor the bill. THESE CALLS ACTUALLY MATTER.

     To verify who your Congressperson is and get their contact info, go to here. The number of the switchboard at the US Capitol is 202 224 3121, as well.

     Just making the call (if you agree with the idea!) will improve your day.

Marianne

Posted:05/10

April 09, 2010

From the Middle East/Africa Microcredit Summit in Kenya

I visited a slum in Nairobi today, where two million people inhabit a space of roughly two square miles. Tiny houses – too tiny, really, to even be called houses – are home to anywhere from eight to ten people. There is one latrine for every four hundred. Filth is everywhere, along with kindness and dignity and beautiful smiles.

What I have realized here is that the existence of such slums -- home to millions and millions of people all around the world – is a deep obscenity. People are not dogs and they should not live that way. And I have learned for myself what people in the slums themselves keep saying: that just because someone lives in a slum, that doesn't mean that they are stupid. Nor does it mean that they are not good people.

Posted:04/10

April 05, 2010

On My Way to the Middle East Regional Microcredit Conference in Nairobi, Kenya

I’m on a plane about an hour outside Nairobi, thinking about the Microcredit Conference and particularly delighted that 26 other women who came to the SISTER GIANT Conference are going as well. I didn’t know if any of them would, though I felt strongly that putting the invitation out there was the right thing to do. I know there were others – including people who heard about the trip to Kenya at my Tuesday night lectures in LA --  who would have come had they been able, and still others who were intrigued by the idea even though going on this trip wasn’t right for them right now.

Posted:04/10

January 08, 2010

COOL VIDEO

Hey, everyone.
Watch this.
Love,
Marianne

Posted:01/10