Today was about a 9 on the scale of being busy. Almost forgot about day 2 of my blog, there goes my cinnamon bun! But here I am.
This morning was filled with exercise and errands and emails. Then left in the rain and traffic for the Northend--a meeting at Beth Am about an upcoming trip/pilgrimage to Civil Rights sites in the South--Atlanta, Selma, Birmingham, Memphis. Coincidentally when I was doing my morning errands, I ran into LuRochelle at Grocery Outlet----she had just returned from a similar trip sponsored by UW. (I hope LR never reads this blog because I'm sure I misspelled her name....) I think the trips are similar in the places they go, but I'm not sure that I want to have an all-Jewish group. I think it would be more interesting to have a variety of ages, races, religions, etc. Will have to ponder and research more before deciding.... I thought about my first real experience with an African American person, Phyllis Justice, my college roommate. We never became close friends and somehow it was a missed opportunity to get to know someone who was coming from a very different life experience. We didn't talk about race, the riots in Newark, the black power movement, religion, Interesting that I was a sociology major.....
This evening I went to a talk by Cara Driman, a lawyer from Virginia who just wrote a book called "The War on Children" about the criminal injustice system in this country for juvenile offenders. What an eye opening talk, similar to Just Mercy by Byron Stevenson, which I'm reading for my book group. Which is why I went to this talk. One thing leads to another in the quest for understanding.....good to be traveling some new roads. And see where they lead.
Then drove to Rainier Arts Center for a talk by a
This morning was filled with exercise and errands and emails. Then left in the rain and traffic for the Northend--a meeting at Beth Am about an upcoming trip/pilgrimage to Civil Rights sites in the South--Atlanta, Selma, Birmingham, Memphis. Coincidentally when I was doing my morning errands, I ran into LuRochelle at Grocery Outlet----she had just returned from a similar trip sponsored by UW. (I hope LR never reads this blog because I'm sure I misspelled her name....) I think the trips are similar in the places they go, but I'm not sure that I want to have an all-Jewish group. I think it would be more interesting to have a variety of ages, races, religions, etc. Will have to ponder and research more before deciding.... I thought about my first real experience with an African American person, Phyllis Justice, my college roommate. We never became close friends and somehow it was a missed opportunity to get to know someone who was coming from a very different life experience. We didn't talk about race, the riots in Newark, the black power movement, religion, Interesting that I was a sociology major.....
This evening I went to a talk by Cara Driman, a lawyer from Virginia who just wrote a book called "The War on Children" about the criminal injustice system in this country for juvenile offenders. What an eye opening talk, similar to Just Mercy by Byron Stevenson, which I'm reading for my book group. Which is why I went to this talk. One thing leads to another in the quest for understanding.....good to be traveling some new roads. And see where they lead.
Then drove to Rainier Arts Center for a talk by a
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