For more than 2 years, I’ve been walking past the Cathedral of Saint Matthew on Rhode Island Avenue on my way home from work. From the outside, the church just looks regular. Nothing out of the ordinary. Old brick building sitting between two office buildings. Usually one or two homeless people hanging out on the steps…
I’ve been living abroad the last 5 months. While I was gone, the “Occupy” movement started in New York, Washington DC, and other major cities across the U.S. I must admit I don’t really understand the purpose of this movement, but I became a little more informed today by visiting the Occupy DC at McPherson Square…
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Good job MJ bringing the issue to your blog. I read the declaration of the OccupyDC movement (since you made it so handy to do so) and I do find it fascinating. I too admit to ignorance about the movement and what it is proclaiming. Very interesting!! It’s what you have love about the very foundations of America. THIS could NOT happen that I know of in many other countries…
Mom, Lois, and I visited the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial today. It’s the most recent memorial to be built in Washington DC, having been completed and dedicated in August 2011. The design is meaningful and moving. It sits in the middle of the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. It not only honors a great…
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I attended a lecture tonight at Howard University. The speaker was Dr. Daniel Carucci, the VP of Global Health at United Nations Foundation. The key takeaway for me was the need for foreign governments to take more ownership of the health epidemics in their countries. Global Fund and other funding agents give billions of dollars…
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Last weekend, I helped paint a “road tattoo” on the 800 block of Vermont Ave. Steed Taylor is the artist … see more info on him here. The tattoo is called ”Daughters and Sons Knot” and honors children of metropolitan area soldiers who lost their lives while serving their country.
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