COVID19

Alabama and New York – in this together

Submitted by Charlotte Beyer

on Sat, 2020-05-23 19:17

When three separate groups of women in the Principle Quest community traveled to Alabama last year, we were so warmly welcomed and learned so much. Now we are holding our friends in Montgomery in our thoughts as COVID19 wreaks havoc. We in New York can relate deeply, and wish you courage and good health.

https://www.newsweek.com/alabama-reopens-its-hospitals-are-running-out-icu-beds-1506112

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What a Community Looks Like When We Are All In This Together

Submitted by Charlotte Beyer

on Thu, 2020-05-21 10:12

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Parker Palmer describes how a community interacts and how the 'grace of great things' informs us. To find common ground seems more important than ever, especially during the COVID19 pandemic.

"In the community of truth, we interact with non human forms of being that are as important and powerful as the human and sometimes even more so. This is a community held together not only by our personal powers of thought and feeling, but also by the power of "the grace of great things." (From an essay by Rainer Maria Rilke)

By great things I mean the subjects around which the circle of seekers has

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An Invitation to 1%-ers During COVID19 Crisis

Submitted by Charlotte Beyer

on Sun, 2020-03-22 11:56

Now is the time for us 1%-ers to step up. Inequity of wealth creation has been in the back of everyone's minds, guilt's been whispering more and more loudly in our ears because we well know we have so much more than most Americans.
So with the COVID19 crisis, how do we do this #1%Pledge? How about by donating $100 a week (in my case to The INN) through a grocery store gift card or directly? That $100 amount is what we 1%-ers took for granted as the price tag for our weekly dinner at a restaurant.

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