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Interesting thoughts. https://religionnews.com/2023/04/14/billionaire-donors-back-effective-altruism-but-is-elon-musk-on-board/

by Adam Grant https://open.substack.com/pub/adamgrant/p/the-most-meaningful-way-to-succeed?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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by Thomas Friedman. Here is a gift article.

‘They haven’t even begun to come to terms with the true nature of what we’re actually talking about,’ Steven Newcomb said. https://religionnews.com/2023/04/05/indigenous-activists-share-mixed-feelings-on-vatican-repudiation-of-doctrine-of-discovery/

https://apnews.com/article/b9768b58f464c7bb1e287905248d9e47

It’s not just about payment. It is about engaging in good faith with the descendants of enslaved people and addressing inequalities – to make a better future possible. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/31/more-than-money-the-logic-of-slavery-reparations?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A grassroots organization recognizes Indigenous authors, editors, and publishers https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91864-in-canada-the-indigenous-editors-association-widens-its-circle.html

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/91910-a-veteran-of-the-book-banning-wars-on-the-importance-of-speaking-out.html

The Vatican on Thursday (March 30) responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property laws today. https://religionnews.com/2023/03/30/responding-to-indigenous-vatican-rejects-discovery-doctrine/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/book-bans-how-to-fight/

The American Library Association announced today that it tracked a stunning 1,269 “demands to censor library books and resources” in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago, and nearly double the record-shattering 729 challenges recorded in 2021. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/91823-ala-reports-shocking-increase-in-book-challenges-in-2022.html

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from the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/opinion/free-speech-campus.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The new report from PRRI also found that many religious Americans support LGBTQ nondiscrimination rights, even those who oppose same sex-marriage. https://religionnews.com/2023/03/23/prri-report-lgbtq-americans-tend-to-be-young-and-have-no-religion/

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina held a leadership forum to help pastors figure out how to speak out without alienating half of their members. https://religionnews.com/2023/03/27/purple-church-pastors-mull-leadership-strategies-in-polarizing-times/

‘The seminary needs a deeper reckoning,’ they wrote, ‘with its current relationship to and investment in modern systems of enslavement.’ https://religionnews.com/2023/03/21/princeton-theological-seminary-students-alumni-seek-ouster-of-trustee-chair/

“WHO WOULDA THUNK…A SEMICOLON”1      Rarely would I steal..not plagiarize..but steal a title from an author or organization…but the claim to this title belongs to a remarkable young woman who started a movement with a sentence about one of the most common things we see each day of our life:  a semicolon.        But, I am ahead

free article from the New York Times With America’s white conservatives increasingly drawn to Christian nationalism, many Black believers feel caught between their faith and the long shadow of history.