<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>One of the people in the Order that ha a profound impact on me was Harold Williams. For a guy from south Alabama to be suddenly thrust into a different world on the westside of Chicago, I was in culture shock. Harold saw what was going on and during the Summer Program in '71 and on the Academy faculty that fall he helped come to terms with what going on then and some other things I had struggled with for years.</DIV>
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<DIV>That summer, Harold and the folks we were with would sit around and drink a lot of coffee and talk about anything other than the local church. We were both a minority of southerners in midst of folks from other places. We developed a little routine where we would get into a heated discussion and would really go at each other. As we got more louder and bolder we would begin to "appear" act in a racist manner towards each other. Understand that that it was an act. As people would begin to back away with looks of horror, we would get up and go to the coffee pot, fill our cups and start talking and laughing about something totally different. We would repeat this when we would find ourselves with a different group of folks. All this is to say that a certain kind heal took place watching two southerners An older black man a young white guy carrying on as we did. </DIV>
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<DIV>I miss Harold.<BR><BR>-David Walters<BR><BR>--- LAURELCG@aol.com wrote:<BR><BR>From: LAURELCG@aol.com<BR>To: oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<BR>Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 15:12:42 -0400 (EDT)<BR><BR></DIV><FONT color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">
<DIV>A great privilege I remember was being in 5th City for Thanksgiving, 1975, when neighborhood colleagues came to help prepare the feast. I learned how to make genuine candied sweet potatoes. We had so much fun, cooking and laughing. </DIV>
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<DIV>A teenager heated her metal comb on a burner. The smell of singed hair as she used it is still vivid.</DIV>
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<DIV>Caught a glimpse of Ruth Carter in the 50/50 ICA video we saw at the Hamiltons. What a marvelous model of womanhood. Is anyone in touch with her?</DIV>
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<DIV>My condolences to Robert Schropshire's family. Seems like it was his Ur lecture that so addressed my life when I was on the Academy staff, spring '74. He certainly didn't fit into any stereotype.</DIV>
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<DIV>Blessings on this community as we "gather at the river."</DIV>
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<DIV>Jann McGuire</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 6/1/2012 8:22:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mardavscott@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Phylis Christmas<BR><BR>On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Nancy Lanphear <nancy@songaia.com> wrote:<BR>> Dear Ones,<BR>><BR>> Our common memory is such a gift. Each of us can let go of some of our<BR>> worry about loosing our own. Thanks for sharing your memories with me.<BR>><BR>> Love,<BR>><BR>> Nancy<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, E B <marosel2000@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Who can forget Dawn Lingo and Lynette Shanklin?<BR>>><BR>>> ________________________________<BR>>> From: Mary Laura Jones <mljones2022@gmail.com><BR>>> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><BR>>> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:37 AM<BR>>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<BR>>><BR>>> I learned so much from Lois Reeves and Emma Melton in the Cleveland<BR>>> Region. I am so grateful for their presence in our lives. Many things they<BR>>> said still make me smile. Their wisdom and leadership were very important<BR>>> in the ICA's work.<BR>>><BR>>> Mary Laura Jones<BR>>><BR>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM, McCabe, Diann A <dm14@txstate.edu> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Sharon Turner stands out for me. Vincent Scott and Mary. And deep<BR>>> colleague in Mississippi, the late Ruth Wilson.<BR>>><BR>>> Diann McCabe<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> On 6/1/12 8:17 AM, "Nancy Lanphear" <nancy@songaia.com> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Dear Randy,<BR>>><BR>>> I, too would appreciate hearing some of the stories about what it was like<BR>>> to be black in the Order. I remember Phoebe Reynolds, Christine Harris, and<BR>>> some of the children .... Tad and Todd Mueller, Eric Shropshire, Adam and<BR>>> Kaira Lingo, Emanuel Ward, Kevin Woodward ... I am sorry , who are the<BR>>> others who have slipped through my memory ...? Thank you Joyce and Randy<BR>>><BR>>> Nancy<BR>>><BR>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <rcwmbw@yahoo.com> wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> Joyce,<BR>>><BR>>> Your brief comment, in remembering Robert Shropshire, about what it was<BR>>> like to be black and to have been in the O:E has me wanting to hear more<BR>>> about what that experience was like, and trying to<BR>>> recall our black Order colleagues prior to our being dispersed around the<BR>>> globe, embracing cultures of color everywhere.<BR>>><BR>>> In addition to you, Carlos and Shropshire, I remember Larry Ward, Nadine<BR>>> Ward, Harold Williams and Richard whose last name was, I think, Epson.<BR>>> Other faces are pictured in my mind's eye whose names I cannot recall. Who<BR>>> were they?<BR>>><BR>>> My interest is peaked by the fact that the white majority, in the U.S at<BR>>> least, is shrinking and will likely soon no longer exist, combined with the<BR>>> fact that there is a glimmer of indication that cultural diversity of all<BR>>> kinds is coming to be not only tolerated but embraced by more and more<BR>>> people.<BR>>><BR>>> On behalf of the future, with an eye toward how all people<BR>>> may live together in peace on this flat, increasingly diverse and crowded<BR>>> planet, I would love to hear more of your reflections, as well as those of<BR>>> others, on what it was like then to be black and in the O:E and what, with<BR>>> 50 years of experience behind us, we all have learned.<BR>>><BR>>> A conversation like this could be a fitting tribute to Robert, Nadine,<BR>>> Harold and others now departed who have impacted our community<BR>>> and consciousness over the years.<BR>>><BR>>> Randy<BR>>><BR>>> "Listen to what is emerging from yourself to the course of being in the<BR>>> world; not to be supported by it, but to bring it to reality as it desires."<BR>>> -Martin Buber (adapted)<BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> OE mailing list<BR>>> OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> OE mailing list<BR>>> OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> OE mailing list<BR>>> OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> OE mailing list<BR>>> OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> OE mailing list<BR>> OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net<BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Margaret and David Scott<BR>Flathead Valley College<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>OE mailing list<BR>OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<BR>http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT>_______________________________________________ OE mailing list <A href="http://webmail.alaweb.com/eonapps/ft/wm/page/compose?send_to=OE%40lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</A> <A href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</A> </DIV>