SpeakingTruth.org program: Spirit In Action

Peter Alsop - Changing the World With a Guitar

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Peter Alsop is a singer/songwriter/worldchanger whose songs can be deep and moving, but frequently use humor to invite us to look at something new and life-altering. Violence, Food, Risk-taking, Societal Privilege and many more issues are in his non-violent sights!

All the songs in this program are performed by Peter Alsop

The Guitar - from Disciples of PerFection
I'm Lucky - from Disciples of PerFection
If Jesus Had a Gun - from Disciples of PerFection
Stick My Neck Out - from Grow It At Home
Pick One - from Disciples of PerFection

Alignment Yoga - Scott Anderson

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Scott Anderson is the founder of Alignment Yoga and Spectrum Yoga Therapy. His new book is Alignment Yoga - An Intelligent Approach to Ancient Wisdom. He's an insightful innovator and talented teacher, adapting traditional practices to the Western way of life.

Music Featured:

Om Mani Padme Hum - Deva Premal

Death & Taxes - Karen Brandow

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:00:00 -0800

Karen Brandow is a political activist whose association with Charlie King has led her to use music as one of her tools for change. 2 issues at the forefront for Karen are War Taxes & The Death Penalty. Karen spent 8 years in Central America, doing accompaniment & other work, was raised in a culturally Jewish household, is trained as a spiritual director. Her primary spiritual practice is Buddhism.

Throughout the program I mispronounced the last syllable of her last name to rhyme with "cow" whereas the correct pronunciation would rhyme with "Joe". Sorry, Karen!

Music included in this program:
Don't Pay Taxes - from Sparks and Tears, Charlie King & Karen Brandow
We are One - from Puppet Town, Charlie King & Karen Brandow
The Worst You've Ever Done - from Puppet Town, Charlie King & Karen Brandow
Ellis Unit One - by Steve Earle
Hey Little Ant - from Charlie King's The Senseless Laughter of Whales
Break em On Down - from On the Journey, Charlie King & Karen Brandow

Standing As Witness In Honduras - Babette Grunow

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:00:00 -0800

Babette Grunow is headed to spend a week in Honduras, standing as an international witness to prevent violence. She's been active in Latin America for decades, in the USA and on the ground there. Introduced to Latin America by her Franciscan uncle, Babette has a passion for justice & freedom for our neighbors.

Babette Grunow will speak to your group. Other related resources are La Voz de Los de Abajo on Facebook, Voz Blog 1, Voz Blog 2, Dana Frank's Common Dreams article and Dana Frank in the Nation

Music Featured:
Avanza el Camino Avanza (The Path Moves Forward, The Road Goes Ahead)
Nos tienen miedo por que no tenemos miedo (They Fear Us Because We Are Not Afraid)
El Zapatazo en Honduras (The Shoe in Honduras)

Magpie's Song for the Earth - Greg Artznor - Part 2

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:00:00 -0800

Greg Artznor is half of Magpie, a duo aimed directly at calling the world to consciousness in terms of peace, justice, equality and care for the Earth. They work on stage and in the classroom, providing a too-seldom used window into a more honest and helpful way of seeing our history & future.

All the songs in this program are performed by Magpie

We Belong to the Earth - from Seed on the Prairie
Give Light - from Give Light
Is There Anybody Here - from In This World
Living Planet - from Living Planet
Heaven Is Less Than Fair - from John Brown - Sword of the Spirit

I Ain't Marching Anymore - A Sister's Tribute to Phil Ochs

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:00:00 -0800

Sonny Ochs, sister to folk legend Phil Ochs, has helped carry forward the powerful legacy of Phil's music. On almost every topic - war, prejudice, immigration, etc - the songs are as meaningful today as back in the 60-70's. Just released, the documentary, Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune.

All the songs in this program are performed by Phil Ochs

Too Many Martyrs
Bracero
Ballad of William Worthy
Power & Glory
Cops of the World
There But For Fortune
I Ain't Marching Anymore
Draft Dodger Rag

Certifiably Organic - Shairon Beale

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:00:00 -0800

Shairon Beale is an organic lifestyle advocate, an LEED Platinum Home Builder Designer, former host of the Certifiably Organic radio program and current co-host of Making A Spash on BlogTalkRadio.com. PLUS, she's a racecar driver, Republican and a complete delight!

In Union We Are Strong - Si Kahn

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0700

Si Kahn is a powerful singer/songwriter - and an historian, capturing the actions and lives of those who are working for a better world. With over 40 years fighting and singing for civil rights, worker's rights, he speaks with experience and authority. His newest book is Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists & Quiet Lovers of Justice and his latest CD is Courage. Si comes from strong Jewish roots.

All the songs in this program are performed by Si Kahn:

Clarence Kailin - from Courage
Custodian - from Courage
Washington Square - from Courage
We Are Strong - from Some Sweet Day<br My Old Times - from Some Sweet Day

Farmer & Union Solidarity - Tony Schultz

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0700

<table width="100%"><tr><td>Tony Schultz of Stoney Acres Farm CSA was a fiery speaker at the 3/12/11 Farmer/Union Demonstration in Madison, WI. He's active with the Land Stewardship Project and Family Farm Defenders.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>Music Featured:<br /><br />Solidarity Forever - Pete Seeger</td></tr></table>

Radical Tennessee Preacher Shane Claiborne

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:00:00 -0700

Shane Claiborne is a fiery, dread-locked, profound, fool for God. He grew up in East Tennessee, spent time with Mother Theresa, was in Iraq with Christian Peacemakers during the Shock & Awe campaign in Iraq, and helped found The Simple Way community in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Pennsylvania.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2>Shane and The Simple Way community have a number of projects, including Conspire Magazine, CommunityOfCommunities.info and CommonPrayer.net

Shane has authored and co-authored 6 books.

Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Enuma Okoro
Follow Me To Freedom: Leading and Following as an Ordinary Radical (with John Perkins)
Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals (with Chris Haw)
Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals (with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
Iraq Journal 2003

Anne Feeney - Been To Jail For Justice

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Anne Feeney is a rabble rouser activist whose music is zeroed in on exposing the failings and promoting the positive possibilities for our world. She's a modern union maid and hellraiser, working for the people and against war, injustice, corporate greed and much more.

All the songs in this program are performed by Anne Feeney

Have you Been To Jail For Justice

Rebuild America - Keep Hope Alive

National Health Care Now

I'm Gonna Be an Engineer

Defenders of Marriage

Corporate Welfare

War on the Workers

Theatre for Transformation - Black History on Stage

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:00:00 -0800

Theatre for Transformation is drama designed to open eyes and instigate change. With a cast that is mostly black, their productions often touch on the history and present of USA's racism, seeking to reclaim history so it can be dealt with and its consequences resolved.

Interview with writer/producer Dr. Amanda Kemp, director Dave Eversole, and cast members Vanessa Ballard and Mary Ferrell.

Clips included from the intro to Show Me the Franklins! Remembering the Ancestors, Slavery and Benjamin Franklin and from Sister Friend Jam Session performed by Vanessa Ballard, Dr. Amanda Kemp, and Deborah Billups.

Other Theatre for Transformation productions include Hoodwinked and The Sweeter the Berry.

Jane Addams: Spirit In Action - Louise W. Knight

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Visit with Louise Knight, author of Jane Addams: Spirit In Action. Around a century ago Jane Addams stood at the head of the major peace & justice efforts of her day. Founder of Hull House in Chicago, she provided leadership for suffrage, work reforms, the NAACP, and peace organizations like the Womens International League for Peace & Freedom - and much more.
Music Featured: Bread & Roses - Anne Feeney

Mediator & Prisoner for Peace - Joseph Maizlish

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Joseph Maizlish voluntarily relinquished his deferment during the Vietnam War and spent 2 1/2 years in jail. His work now includes mediation and activities with Southern California War Tax Resistance. Family counseling, civil rights, antinuclear work are all part of his path.
Music Featured: Have You Been to Jail for Justice? - Anne Feeney Travelers - Andy & Terry Murray

Bolton Refuge House - Jerry Wilke

Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Jerry Wilke, Executive Director of Bolton Refuge House for 22 years talks about the practical & spiritual aspects of domestic abuse.
Music Featured: Love Is the Only Medicine - Peter Alsop

Maharishi Invincibility Center - Billie Jean Billman & Jim Horwath

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0700

A visit with the co-directors of the newly opened center for transcendental meditation in the Twin Cities, discussing the history, present and potential of Transcendental Meditation to promote health and peace, inner and outer.
The newly opened Maharishi Invincibility Center is at 399 Ruth Street in St Paul, Minnesota.
*Original Air Date:* 05/10/2009

If the Church Were Christian - Philip Gulley

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Philip Gulley is the author of 16 books to date, including the popular fictional series based in Harmony, Indiana. Phil's latest is If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus, and it's a powerful challange to the anti-gay, pro-war, pro-wealth messages of Christians out of step with Jesus.
Music featured: Follow Me - Bryan Sirchio Who Would Jesus Bomb - David Rovics When Jesus Was a Kid - Peter Alsop

On the Ground in Afghanistan - Santwana Dasgupta

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Santwana Dasgupta is Director of the Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan (P.E.C.A) for the past 2 years, working from Kabul. The path to Afghanistan grew from her youth in India, the events of 9-11 and from her work with Friends for a Non-violent World (FNVW).
Music Featured: Come to School Afghani girls - Atai Sheery

Training for Change - George Lakey

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0700

George Lakey was a founder of A Quaker Action Group, Movement for a New Society and recently left Training for Change to do more direct action with Earth Quaker Action Team. With the experience & stories of 50 years of peace, justice and environmental activism, George is a treasure trove of inspiration.

Beyond Diversity 101 - Niyonu Spann

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0700

Niyonu Spann began leading Beyond Diversity 101 workshops after about 10 years as a diversity workshop facilitator. In this new approach, Niyonu uses mixed modes, song, movement, body work, etc, to move in new directions of growth following knowledge of racism from all sides.
Among other things, Niyonu makes music with Tribe1. Music Featured: I Wish I Knew How/Wade In The Water - Niyonu Spann & FGC Workshop I Ain't Movin' - Des'ree Ain't You Got a Right to the Tree of Life - Bill Harley