Writing

Seeds of Tolerance

My second year of university, I started a Pagan student group. This is the story of its beginnings and continued growth as part of a diverse and tolerant religious community. Published in If: a journal of spiritual exploration.

Joining the Dots: Activism and Social Conscience

Raising consciousness will not save the world -- but it's possible that social conscience will.

Against My Will: Death, Life, and Meaning for an Activist

In Findhorn, I learned that facing mortality can bring new meaning to an activist's work.

Changing Inner and Outer Worlds

The synchronous deaths of Anita Roddick and Madeline L'Engle speak of the need to change our outer and inner worlds.

Scotland’s Greenest MSc

The Centre for Human Ecology offers a radical, transformative MSc.... And its "green graduates" are changing the world. Published in the Scotsman.

Learning to Lose Hope at the Futuredome

An exhbit teaches children that their actions have consequences.... Does it also disempower them?

History of the Big Pink Banner

Story of the Fans For Peace Banner, well-known phenomenon in the world of Goo Goo Dolls fans.

Making Miracles

The story of Hanukkah in modern times.

G8 Report

Notes from the G8 protests in Scotland and related events.

Power of the Pen

Exploring the role of writers in social movements, focusing on the frameworks writers build and how they can recreate the dominant paradigm, or empower us to see the world differently (final essay for my Spiritual Activism module).

The Personal is not Necessarily Global

Review of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann, exploring the interplay between personal and global transformation (essay for my Self & Society module).

Deconstructing Punk Economics

Socratic dialogue, exploring strategic activism within our economic system (originally written my New Economics module).

Could Be Worse: A Parable

Is a little bit of abuse acceptable? When does it become unacceptable? Reflections on the treatment of protesters at the Republican National Convention.

True Interfaith Dialogue

Letter to the Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice, in response to their public meeting which was overwhelmingly Christian and completly monotheistic.

Getting in the Ring

Interview with Robby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls, talking about the music industry & politics. Published in the downhill battle newsletter.

Greetings from the Twilight Zone

Letter to my peace movement friends in Italy at the supposed finish of "Operation Iraqi Freedom."

Code Pink

Report-back from the International Women's Day peace march in Washington, DC.

Taking a Stand

Goo Goo Dolls Fans For Peace is blurring the boundaries between fandom and activism. Published in the Teen Volunteers of America newsletter.

The World Says No To War

Report-back from the massive peace march in New York City, part of the largest political demonstration in history.

Smashing Ignorance [rant]

Response to a disturbing e-mail, challenging common misconceptions about immigrants, American culture, and politics.

Why do you go to protests?

Reflections after a peace deomonstration in Washington, DC.

Birth of a Dancer

At my first major political demonstration, I discovered not only a beautiful community of activists, but the dancer I'd always wanted to be.

The World We're Trying to Create

My first big American political demonstration, dancing a new world to life in the streets of San Francisco.

Guilt of a White Girl

How the internalized voices of war undermine the struggle for peace.