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We all celebrate this day in one way or another. A thought. A visit. A gift or card. To all the mothers all over the world, we celebrate...
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David Billings
Jan 17, 20235 min read
Memories of Anne Braden
I knew Anne Braden from the mid 1970’s until her death in March 2006. Of course, I knew of her before then. She was an icon of the Civil...
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David Billings
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Embodying Advent : Love
“Cynicism is the greatest barrier to love. It is rooted in doubt and despair.” —Bell Hooks, All About Love I remember this Advent most...
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David Billings
Jul 29, 20221 min read
White Progressives Complicity With White Supremacy
I think often these days about white progressive types who feel they are "beyond racism" and move on to other matters closer to their own...
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David Billings
May 19, 20221 min read
The TEP Center Opens
In many ways it was a typical New Orleans event. People from all over the city were gathered for the ribbon-cutting of the...
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David Billings
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Lenten Meditation SPSA Church
Jesus went up the mountain to have some time alone. He was attracting more and more attention and his audience was changing—larger, more...
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David Billings
Feb 18, 20227 min read
LEARNING FROM HISTORY
PISAB Organizing with New Orleans’ St. Thomas Residents Council The People’s Institute has a set of principles that were developed some...
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David Billings
Jul 28, 20212 min read
I KNEW BOB MOSES
I knew Bob Moses. I met him several times over the years. This was often at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) or a meeting on Voter...
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David Billings
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Being Antiracist: Talking To White People (About Racism)
Margery Freeman is a veteran educator who has taught for decades in the public and non-profit worlds. That teaching experience has...
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David Billings
Jul 1, 20211 min read
UNDOING RACISM IN THE FOOD SYSTEM
In the innovative podcast FOOD FOR THE FUTURE, Lindsey from the World Food Forum and Sara from Kitchen Connection chat with change makers...
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David Billings
Jun 15, 20211 min read
THE PERSISTENCE OF WHITE SUPREMACY
Noted author/historian, anti-racism educator/activist and truth-teller, Rev. David Billings discusses his best-selling book, Deep Denial:...
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David Billings
Apr 22, 20211 min read
ORGANIZE AND CHANGE
David Billings, is a CORE trainer with the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (www.pisab.org). In this video he delivers...
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David Billings
Apr 5, 20212 min read
Pardon my Screed, I mean Scream!
As the specter of the trial of George Floyd’s murderer looms over America, I wonder what it takes to preserve basic rights when it comes...
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David Billings
Mar 28, 20214 min read
Militarism - Teachings from Rev Daniel Buford
Sometime in the early 1980’s I met the Rev. Daniel Buford. I was walking down a hallway at Antioch College, inside one of its buildings,...
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Margery Freeman, anti-racist organizer/educator
Mar 5, 20211 min read
What does 'Becoming American' Mean in a White Supremacist country?
Two weeks ago, Eric Kaufmann's op-ed in the New York Times ("The Democratic Coalition is at Risk”) examined trends away from the...
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David Billings
Feb 17, 20212 min read
ODE TO DIANA DUNN – HUMAN BEING
Diana Dunn came into our lives in 1984, when she and her infant daughter Myisha moved into our home in Englewood, New Jersey. Her husband...
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David Billings
Feb 17, 20212 min read
What is Antifa Anyway?
I woke up this morning with my mind on Antifa. Can anyone out there tell me what Antifa is? Does anyone know Antifa? Is Antifa an...
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David Billings
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Why Capitalize Black but Not white?
White is a specious concept like race itself. It is wholly political and one of the primary building blocks of white supremacy in a race...
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David Billings
Oct 16, 20201 min read
Raising An Antiracist Family
What does it mean to live as an antiracist white family? This 90-minute storytelling session with David Billings, Margery Freeman, and...
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David Billings
Sep 21, 20202 min read
White People Depend On Racism
We, White People, Depend on Racism in our Everyday Lives. Is there an Alternative? Last March as the pandemic was beginning to reach our...
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