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We rise in remembrance: Grief, Father's Day, and Social Movements
On Father’s Day 2024, which also falls on Eid-al-adha, please rise up with the spirit of Abidullah Al-Ansari Ghazi and Refaat Al Areer and watch this interview between Convergence Publisher Cayden Mak and Seemi Ghazi. Seemi Ghazi performs Refaat Alareer’s final poem, If I Must Die.
“Sometimes a heart breaks. Sometimes a heart breaks open.” Omid Safi
Dedicated to the memory of Abidullah Al-Ansari Ghazi, Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, Refaat Al Areer, Jim Branson, the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Mahmoud Darwish, Ghassan Kanafani, and all of the tender souls we’ve lost who were guided by great feelings of love.
A reflection from Omid Safi on Father’s Day:
The great Ibn 'Arabi said that everyone that reveals God can also veil God.
In other words, every channel that introduces love can also be one that brings us pain.
On this day of celebrating Fathers, and Fathers' Day:
Love to single moms raising kids without dads,
to moms in marriages where the children's father seems unworthy of the word "dad",
to dads separated from kids,
to dads who have tried and tried to be with their kids, and have been unable to have that fatherly relationship they would like and deserve,
to fathers incarcerated,
to families ripped apart by immigration, refugee status, or war,
& to those for whom their "father" wasn't a loving presence.
May you bathed in love, by any means necessary
Ya Fattah, may every channel of love that is good for you be open for you.
A little love note to Palestinian men.
You are teaching the world about love, courage, truth-telling, tenderness, faith, perseverance, and vulnerability.
You are teaching the whole world about being sacred, strong, and tender men, human beings, and people of faith.
May God bless you, keep you safe, and unite you in Heaven with your loved ones so unjustly stolen from you.
The audio snippet at the end is from the occupation of the Oakland Federal Building on November 13, 2024 of Jewish activists singing the song We Rise by Batya Levine with additional harmonies. The full lyrics of the song are as follows:
We rise
Humbly hearted
Rise
Won't be divided
Rise
With spirit to guide us
Rise
In hope
In prayer
We find ourselves here
In hope
In prayer
We're right here
In hope
In prayer
We find ourselves here
In hope
In prayer
We're right here
We rise
All of the children
Rise
Elders with wisdom
Rise
Ancestors surround us
Rise
In hope
In prayer
We find ourselves here
In hope
In prayer
We're right here
In hope
In prayer
We find ourselves here
In hope
In prayer
We're right here
We rise
Up from the wreckage
Rise
With tears and with courage
Rise
Fighting for life
We rise
In hope
In prayer
We find ourselves here
In hope
In prayer
We're right here
In hope
In prayer
We find ourselves here
In hope
In prayer
We're right here
We rise
Humbly hearted
Rise
Won't be divided
Rise
With spirit to guide us
Rise
#HappyFathersDay
#EidMubarak
#FreePalestine
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Komentáře

  • @tarikabaraka2251
    @tarikabaraka2251 Před měsícem

    Linda Burnham ha sido organizadora y activista de los derechos humanos durante toda su vida. Fundó el Centro de Recursos de las Mujeres de Color, el cual organiza y capacita a las mujeres negras para trabajar en asuntos de justicia social. En 1995, Linda encabezó una delegación en la Conferencia Mundial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Mujer, y otra en 1999 para la Conferencia Mundial de las Naciones Unidas Contra el Racismo en Durban, Sudáfrica. Ha trabajado local y nacionalmente con coaliciones que se oponen a la guerra, así como también con grupos que protegen las libertades civil y los derechos de los inmigrantes.

  • @forplayplay
    @forplayplay Před 2 měsíci

    Big labor is a corrupt mafia whose primary goal is to extract value from human achievement itself. If you were ACTUALLY worth more than you’re getting paid, you’d get it on the free market, instead of being turned into a useful idiot for people who want industry to fail

  • @tofudasimp4140
    @tofudasimp4140 Před 2 měsíci

    IF YOU WANT CIVIL WAR VOTE FOR TRUMP MORE AND MORE

  • @1_Voter
    @1_Voter Před 2 měsíci

    Do union members understand what Trump will do to them? Because this message needs to be out there! Overtime hours would also be eliminated for a lot of workers.

    • @forplayplay
      @forplayplay Před 2 měsíci

      If union member could understand economics they wouldn’t sign up for a Ponzi scheme that only benefits big government

  • @daveemasiii3505
    @daveemasiii3505 Před 2 měsíci

    All the union halls need to play this video at union meetings. To many members vote for trump and it’s disgusting!!

    • @forplayplay
      @forplayplay Před 2 měsíci

      Well they want job creators to have money to employ people, and not raped to pay for needless wars to make Congress rich.

  • @jacobshapiro2481
    @jacobshapiro2481 Před 2 měsíci

    I got 20 minutes in before I realized you weren’t going to actually talk about what happens if Trump wins.

  • @luistpuig
    @luistpuig Před 2 měsíci

    Prosperity, lower prices, no wars, stop of the massive illegal invasion at the border... Trump ran the country for 4 years, we know what he is like... so spare us.

  • @drgregoryparker
    @drgregoryparker Před 3 měsíci

    So let me get this straight: you have spent years establishing an entrenched layer of government and authoritarianism in your image (your own admission you built the Biden labor) but now you’re upset that the other side wants to build what they believe and or reduce the layers you built. So tearing down your authoritarianism is authoritarian?

  • @comradestannis
    @comradestannis Před 3 měsíci

    Don't forget to subscribe, to everyone seeing this comment.

  • @comradestannis
    @comradestannis Před 3 měsíci

    I love the Convergence Magazine. I'm watching rn. Love the interpreter.

  • @lindamendoza653
    @lindamendoza653 Před 6 měsíci

    Gracias Odilia por dar aconocer nuestro dialecto y a ayudar a nuestra Raza personas como tu necesita nuestra comunidad bendiciones

  • @kennys.2827
    @kennys.2827 Před rokem

    We don't need you in our country mam. Please go practice this method in your beloved home country.

  • @kennys.2827
    @kennys.2827 Před rokem

    Horrible!! She's definitely a first gen immigrant, trying to use American laws to bring more people like her into this country, thousands & possibly millions. Just want to come here and ruin America, more competition with housing, crowded neighborhoods, crowded workforce, higher population, causing democrats to tax more for a few to get rich. Budgets will be cut for essential services in order to accommodate this drove of mass illegal immigration & for what?? What does this do for the citizens for NY and the United States? This will do nothing for us but be a huge burden/ Inconvenience and lower our quality of life🤨😔🤕

  • @UncleStepon
    @UncleStepon Před rokem

    Chanelle is the true racist.

  • @elizabethsanmartin4954

    ESTA ORG......ES COMUNISTA A FULL.......THOMAS KENNEDY..UNO DE SUS INTEGRANTES..ES UN CONOCIDO COMUNISTA BELIGERANTE....ODIADOR SERIAL DE GOBIERNOS....UN ANARLISTA E IDEOLOGO NEFASTO ...QUE ES EL QUE LLEVA A LOS INMIGRANTES DE LO PEOR ..A LAS CASAS DE LOS GOBERNANTES AMERICANOS..TRAEN LO PEOR DE OTROS PAISES !!

  • @elizabethsanmartin4954

    ORG....RACISTA DE BLANCOS............EMPRESA PIRAMIDAL.....USAN A LA GENTE Y LUEGO LA DESCARTAN......SE ACOMODAN ENTRE ELLAS...MUCHAS LESBIANAS MANEJAN POSOCIONES......ES UN GRUPO CERRADO.....Y LO PEOR.....SON COMUNISTAS !!!

  • @Aztec82
    @Aztec82 Před rokem

    Racist

  • @carlawallace5787
    @carlawallace5787 Před rokem

    Such powerful framing and as relevant right now, as it was back in 2017. We are passing it around again. Thank you Linda!

  • @Smokey-mt6ye
    @Smokey-mt6ye Před 2 lety

    Are you mad cause you didn't get to buy a 2.5 million dollar mansion in a white neighborhood like the other crook?

  • @comradestannis
    @comradestannis Před 2 lety

    Thank you.

  • @Tree_Village
    @Tree_Village Před 2 lety

    Incredibly concise, prescient and enlightening conversation. Came from his TedTalk, would love to hear more from him. Very comprehensive explanation of important current liberal objectives and strategies.

  • @MrSomervillen
    @MrSomervillen Před 2 lety

    Great conversation!

  • @danielkelly1210
    @danielkelly1210 Před 3 lety

    Joelle is Evil

  • @ohai_mr_e
    @ohai_mr_e Před 3 lety

    Question for Dr. Thornton: a lot of people in Mexico aren't confident that AMLO is sincere in his stance against corruption. Do you think that has some footing, or is it inaccurate?

  • @picklerick9805
    @picklerick9805 Před 3 lety

    Facism is liberals you are racist and one sided .

  • @Kick_Rocks
    @Kick_Rocks Před 3 lety

    Neo liberal Fascism.

  • @axiomaddict
    @axiomaddict Před 3 lety

    I’m late to the show. It’s not often I hear someone speaking in the broad terms relevant to me and my specific concerns and values. To be clear, there are many of them, it’s just that I often think I’m often listening to them under circumstances where they’re explaining (to journalists, for example), rather than simply talking.

  • @kathrynberg8447
    @kathrynberg8447 Před 3 lety

    Very interesting and impressive information thanks!

  • @kathrynberg8447
    @kathrynberg8447 Před 3 lety

    The military is not necessary?

  • @prtsnmedia1915
    @prtsnmedia1915 Před 4 lety

    Wow. The Ford Foundation really has hired a great cohort of flunkies.

  • @charlesmitchell3008
    @charlesmitchell3008 Před 4 lety

    0:44 sweety-girls.com

  • @donaldf.switlick3690
    @donaldf.switlick3690 Před 4 lety

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_positions_filled_by_presidential_appointment_with_Senate_confirmation What is at stake is more than the Presidency. The President appoints Federal Judges and Supreme Court vacancies, with Senate approval, along with 15 Executive Department heads. When deciding to vote one must consider which presidential candidate will make it easier for Bernie to get progressive legislation passed and enacted.

  • @javierbravo-mx
    @javierbravo-mx Před 4 lety

    Great!

  • @Warrior-hr7en
    @Warrior-hr7en Před 5 lety

    hi