[Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical

[Mary Laura Jones]

I learned so much from Lois Reeves and Emma Melton in the Cleveland
Region. I am so grateful for their presence in our lives. Many things they
said still make me smile. Their wisdom and leadership were very important
in the ICA's work.

Mary Laura Jones

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM, McCabe, Diann A <dm14 at txstate.edu> wrote:

> Sharon Turner stands out for me. Vincent Scott and Mary. And deep
> colleague in Mississippi, the late Ruth Wilson.
>
> Diann McCabe
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> On 6/1/12 8:17 AM, "Nancy Lanphear" <nancy at songaia.com> wrote:
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>  Dear Randy,
>
> I, too would appreciate hearing some of the stories about what it was like
> to be black in the Order.  I remember Phoebe Reynolds, Christine Harris,
> and some of the children  .... Tad and Todd Mueller, Eric Shropshire, Adam
> and Kaira Lingo, Emanuel Ward, Kevin Woodward   ... I am sorry , who are
> the others who have slipped through my memory ...?  Thank you Joyce and
> Randy
>
> Nancy
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Joyce,
>
> Your brief comment, in remembering Robert Shropshire, about what it was
> like to be black and to have been in the O:E has me wanting to hear more
> about what that experience was like, and trying to
> recall our black Order colleagues prior to our being dispersed around the
> globe, embracing cultures of color everywhere.
>
> In addition to you, Carlos and Shropshire, I remember Larry Ward, Nadine
> Ward, Harold Williams and Richard whose last name was, I think, Epson.
> Other faces are pictured in my mind's eye whose names I cannot recall.  Who
> were they?
>
> My interest is peaked by the fact that the white majority, in the U.S at
> least, is shrinking and will likely soon no longer exist, combined with the
> fact that there is a glimmer of indication that cultural diversity of all
> kinds is coming to be not only tolerated but embraced by more and more
> people.
>
> *On* *behalf* *of* *the* *future*, with an eye toward how all people
> may live together in peace on this flat, increasingly diverse and crowded
> planet, I would love to hear more of your reflections, as well as those of
> others, on what it was like then to be black and in the O:E and what, with
> 50 years of experience behind us, we all have learned.
>
> A conversation like this could be a fitting tribute to Robert, Nadine,
> Harold and others now departed who have impacted our community
> and consciousness over the years.
>
> Randy
>
> "Listen to what is emerging from yourself to the course of being in the
> world; not to be supported by it, but to bring it to reality as it desires."
> -Martin Buber (adapted)
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