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<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>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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>
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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>>>
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