[Dialogue] Dialogue Digest, Vol 27, Issue 18

Wed Jun 25 10:43:03 PDT 2014

Always a pleasure to read your postings, David.  Also, imagining the march itself.  More power to you and your colleagues.

Jaime in SF this week, Calgary for three weeks, then back to China, my new home

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Today's Topics:

   1. Fwd: GMCA June 15 (David Zahrt via Dialogue)
   2. Fwd: GMCA June16 (David Zahrt via Dialogue)

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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:47:35 -0700
From: David Zahrt via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
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Subject: [Dialogue] Fwd: GMCA June 15
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*Sun Jun 15*

We got up at 5:30, packed a lunch, had breakfast, packed the gear truck and
food truck, and sent the Marchers off by 7:30. We drivers waited in a
Castle Rock, CO shopping center so we wouldn?t arrive at Saint James UMC in
Littleton too early.  Sarah gave us directions and stayed behind.  I
followed John J. and he got lost. I followed my directions and got lost.  We
still arrived before church was out and put our vehicles in the back.

The enablement team seems to be a bunch of solitary jobs. Once we leave
Denver and head for NE, I expect someone else to drive the Gear truck.  I
don?t know if riding my bike will be more communal. I find myself all
alone. Why? 1) I have difficulty hearing; 2) I am not familiar with all the
resources on my new phone and don?t have a computer that consistently
connects with the Internet; 3) I don?t multi-task on computer/phone; 4)
There are some young people (19-25), some middle-aged singles/divorcees
(25-40), and a few older (55-76).  I rehearse a mantra every night before I
go to sleep that includes??May you belong to community?May you connect with
colleagues?... But so far I find no results from the mantra.

We had a return visitor that conducted a before-dinner workshop on the need
to engage in conversation so that we can understand each other. He had us
break into pairs. The conversations were designed to be confidential. He
encouraged us to have assigned partners and to have a regular schedule that
allowed us to share with each other.  Izzy and I were sitting next to each
other. We each had 5 minutes to share the issues important to us. I shared
the issues I have just written about because the important thing was
getting the issues objectified.  We broke at that point because dinner was
ready.

After dinner the leader shifted the focus to the first time we saw a person
of another color.  I didn?t remember any encounters with people of another
color until we moved to 5th City Chicago in 1966.  It?s probable that I saw
people of color before that, but I have no recollection of it.  Later we
lived with Aborigines in Oombulgurri, Australia,  and blacks again in
Mugumoini, Kenya, and Pace, MS.  He asked us to break into groups, and just
then I was asked to move the Gear truck to the south side of the church.
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Peace, David
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Subject: [Dialogue] Fwd: GMCA June16
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*Mon Jun 16*

Today is a big day because of the Denver Rally. We took the vehicles to a
parking lot near the Mercury Caf? where we will have dinner after the
Rally.  The parking lot wanted over $100 so Sarah asked Bob, a Denver
support person, to find an alternative.  He shuttled some of the staff back
to the March and returned at 12:30 with no alternative.  We were shuttled
back to the park where the Marchers plan to meet to begin the March to the
Capitol steps for the Rally. We marched 3.5 miles and arrived at the
Capitol at 4:30.

While I was waiting for the Rally to begin a ?stranger? said ?Hello? to me.
It took me a moment to realize that it was Dianne Greenwald. I was thrilled
to see her. We talked about the March and she indicated that she and
Salvatore plan to join us through part of NE.  When the presentations were
over, Dianne made a contribution to the March and indicated that she had to
leave. The crowd left the capitol steps and headed to the caf? where the
EPA was scheduled to make a presentation. On my way out Jim and Oliveann
Slotta showed up. It took me a minute again, to recognize them and call
them by name.  We walked and talked for at least a mile to the EPA
presentation. When the presentation was over they went home.

I went to the Mercury Caf? for dinner. There were approximately 110 people
participating in the dinner.  After dinner we had presentations and
discussion groups. The discussion groups each met for 10 minutes and then
reported the 3 issues their group chose as important.  The presentation
that inspired me was Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL).  I think we should make
sure there is a CCL in Carson City.  When the reporting concluded, a DVD on
Climate Action was shown, which concluded the evening at 10 PM.

I located Duane and Jean Gall, my home-stay hosts, got my belongings, and
went with them to their house.  Luke was also staying with them, but he
wanted to stay and listen to and play music for another hour.  We arranged
to have him brought home by someone else.  When we got to their house we
found the amplifier that Mark Welch is loaning me.  I learned that Jean was
originally from Iowa. They offered me a beer and asked many questions about
my background and the March.  We were still up at 11:15 when Luke arrived.
 Jean proposed breakfast at 9 AM, which sounded good to us.

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Peace, David
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