Working Climate Ethicist; Student of Islam @HarvardAlumni; @BostonCollege PhD; Catholic Comparative Theologian; Hobbit born in (Berk)Shire
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M. VanZandt Collins retweeted
Yesterday, after our resounding victory, Fordham’s Provost send an email saying that the university accepts the results of the election and intends to bargain in good faith.
We will hold them to that.
M. VanZandt Collins retweeted
A good weekend to watch Terrence Malick masterpieces. Try this sequence:
Good Friday: A Hidden Life
Holy Saturday: The New World
Easter Sunday: The Tree of Life
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“Alex Gray Went Blind As A Child. Now He's Running For Boston City Council “ ICYMI my feature on @WBUR yesterday #BosPoli #MAPoli #CripTheVote @RunForSomething @AmandaLitman wbur.org/news/2021/03/18/ale…
M. VanZandt Collins retweeted
Happy Birthday to W. E. B. Du Bois!
He was born in Great Barrington, MA, 153 years ago today - February 23, 1868.
"I do not apologize for living long...I sit and see the Truth. I look it full in the face, and I will not lie about it, neither to myself nor to the world."
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Beloved Palestinian Poet Mourid Barghouti, Exiled from His Homeland, Dies at 76 democracynow.org/2021/2/17/h…
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I'll teach a course on spiritual takes on the #Prophet #Muhammad using:
*Martin Lings; Schimmel; C. Gruber; Ernst, Following Muhammad; @kecia_ali, Lives of Muhammad; @JonathanACBrown's Misquoting Muhammad; O. Ogunnaike; Hadith Qudsi, Qawwali, Mevlut.
What else has to be there?
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Off-campus social gatherings drove case spikes at both UNC and the University of Notre Dame, so administrators need solid plans to reduce those risks. chroni.cl/2YfiOA7
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We’re speaking out right now w/ allies across MA right now at the State House. “It would be unconscionable to pass @MassGovernor’s housing bill w/out passing measures to protect the most vulnerable from evictions”. #mapoli
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Listen to this beautiful piece by @sososophia16 that explores the legacy of racism in traditional music in America and the need to confront it with @forked_queer npr.org/2020/07/25/895112760…
M. VanZandt Collins retweeted
Our Eviction Moratorium is the nation’s strongest — but it could expire on August 18 — and if that happens, a wave of displacement will disproportionately impact Black people in Massachusetts. @RepKevinHonan and I are about to file a bill to address this. bostonglobe.com/2020/06/28/m…
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Join our movement stop unjust evictions. 1) Sign up for our Action Alert List at clvu.org/action_alerts, & 2) Sign our state-wide petition for guaranteed housing stability at housingguarantee.org. #COVID19 #WeShallNotBeMoved
M. VanZandt Collins retweeted
From Ramallah to Haifa to the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in the homeland are joining the global denunciations of systems of racial supremacy.
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.@WashArchbishop Gregory has released a statement on the president's visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine.
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“I think we will enter into a severe renter crisis and very quickly,” Professor @emilyabenfer said. Without a new round of government intervention, she added, “we will have an avalanche of evictions across the country.” #HealthNotEvictions nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/co…
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German church opens doors for Muslim prayers
"It is a great sign and it brings joy in Ramadan and joy amid this crisis. This pandemic has made us a community. Crises bring people get together."
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An ecumenical group that includes several Catholic orders and dioceses announces plans to divest from the fossil fuel industry. #LaudatoSi5
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The latest The Sword and Shield! paper.li/CityLife_Clvu/13896… #covid19
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Help care for#nature every time you go on a walk by carrying a bag with you to pick up the #litter you see. @CleanFairfax @VAIPL @green_ramadan #reducewaste #zerowaste #Ramadan2020 #RamadanReminders
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Jesus experienced total abandonment in a situation he had never before experienced in order to be one with us in everything. He did it for me, for you, to say to us: “Do not be afraid, you are not alone. I experienced all your desolation in order to be ever close to you”.
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#Lent is the perfect time to allow ourselves to contemplate the pain of those who suffer without anyone to help them. It is the time to turn compassion into concrete acts of solidarity and care.