Alka's Angle

  • It is cold! And for that reason I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the reality that this Sunday is Palm Sunday, already! Already!

     


  •  You may know by now that April 5 is being treated as a critical all-in moment for those who support workers and are concerned of the actions that threaten voting rights and civil liberties, gut human services, raise prices, slash Medicaid, Social Security.

     


  • March 31st is observed, internationally, as “Transgender Day of Visibility” celebrating trans  pride, and, recognizing the experiences and achievements of transgender and non-binary people in our world.

     


  • Today I want to share with you the following call to action from the National Council of Churches, regarding the House-passed Continuing Resolution (CR). This bill threatens essential programs that support vulnerable populations, and its provisions raise serious concerns. It includes:

     


  • The last several weeks in the gospel have been reminding us to seek justice, love kindness and walk humbly in the path that the divine is calling us to: to ‘resist evil, injustice and oppression’ and to remember that nothing changes unless we ACT on it.