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Edge States class (spring 2020)
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May 30, 2020 4:38 pm
In chapter 3 of Standing At The Edge about integrity, Roshi Joan shares her encounter with a great woman of integrity. Roshi Joan was an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1965. She helped organize a fundraiser and they asked Fannie Lou Hamer to speak. Roshi Joan wrote:
“As I listened to Fannie Lou speak, I was electrified. It was clear that her strong sense of integrity, her moral nerve, and her faith more than kept her going through the challenges she encountered. Her actions were aligned with her convictions. Although she didn’t put it this way, I am also sure she experienced no small amount of moral suffering-what person in her situation would not as she watched members of her community being disparaged, beaten and killed in the rural South?”
Here’s a short PBS video about Civil Right activist, Fannie Lou Hamer:
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June 2, 2020 7:21 pm
Oops! I posted the wrong link to that video about Fannie Lou Hamer. Here’s the right link: Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up
June 3, 2020 9:26 pm
Thanks for providing this Rich!