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

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Ones,

Our common memory is such a gift.  Each of us can let go of some of our
worry about loosing our own.  Thanks for sharing your memories with me.

Love,

Nancy

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, E B <marosel2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Who can forget Dawn Lingo and Lynette Shanklin?
>
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> *From:* Mary Laura Jones <mljones2022 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 1, 2012 9:37 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical
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> 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
>
>
>
> On 6/1/12 8:17 AM, "Nancy Lanphear" <nancy at songaia.com> wrote:
>
>  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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