A Prayer for Los Angeles
Protect the heroes of Los Angeles
May their hearts stay connected to each other
May the bludgeons of tyranny miss their bodies
May they walk through the smoke and fires shot at them as if parting the fog of war itself
Let their lives be a light and a blessing
And may the heroes of our age find each other in the wake of their powerful wave of hope and freedom
Protect the good souls of Los Angeles universe, please protect them
Fred speaking on this
Why he stopped celebrating his birthday, and what nearly thirty years of strange, sudden loss taught him about staying alive.
A childhood nighttime visitor, a phrase he didn’t understand until years later, and a piece of his family’s history he didn’t know he was carrying.
Personal storytelling in community organizing contexts, using Guide to Creating a Brave Space.
Everyone’s story has value — the smaller, gentler stories of our own lives, no less than the great stories of survival.