[Vision2020] All kinds? Uh... right.

[Paul Rumelhart]

It's interesting that I would use the phrase "self congratulatory moral 
posturing" to describe what fundamentalists are doing when they are 
explaining how God hates gays or whatever.  I guess it's all in your 
perspective, and whose set of morals, I guess.

Paul

Tony wrote:

>Tom, here's just a brief note to help your friend Joan in answering her 
>question as to why she is interested in a conference about "finding the 
>center."   I believe the answer is that said conference is a gathering of 
>ultra-liberals and boasts NO CONSERVATIVE VOICES.  Clearly Joan is enamored 
>with the program because it has absolutely nothing to do with finding the 
>center so much as providing a forum for liberals to engage in their favorite 
>pastime: self congratulatory moral posturing.
>
>Ho-hum.
>
>-T
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 3:31 PM
>Subject: [Vision2020] It Takes All Kinds to Help Find the Center
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>>>From today's (April 6, 2007) Moscow-Pullman Daily News -
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>>HER VIEW: It takes all kinds to help find the center
>>
>>By Joan Opyr
>>
>>Why would I be interested in a conference called Finding the Center? I am 
>>a
>>left-wing Democrat. I am a feminist. I am an activist. I have spent the
>>whole of my adult life campaigning for causes and concerns that are 
>>anathema
>>to many on the right-wing side of the political divide. Why would I want 
>>to
>>seek common ground with conservatives, moderates, and others with whom I
>>often disagree?
>>
>>The short answer is that it takes all kinds to make a world. I believe in
>>diversity, in multiculturalism, and that includes diversity of opinion.
>>Being tolerant does not mean lying down and letting others walk all over
>>you, but it does mean making an effort to live in harmony with everyone,
>>even if that harmony is only agreeing to disagree. Our local community and
>>the larger world depend on our willingness to do this simple thing, to
>>extend the olive branch where we can, and to seek commonality wherever it
>>exists. This does not mean that we give up our values or stop fighting for
>>our beliefs, but that we recognize that while difference may be 
>>frightening,
>>it doesn't need to be destructive.
>>
>>Finding the Center is an action-oriented human rights conference that 
>>seeks
>>to instruct, to inspire, to teach and to challenge. Four speakers will 
>>come
>>to the University of Idaho April 12-14 to present four different tracks. 
>>All
>>will focus on how we can serve as positive agents of change within our
>>communities.
>>
>>Randie S. Gottlieb, Ed. D., is the founder of UNITYWORKS LLC and 
>>co-founder
>>of the Mona Foundation. She will deliver the keynote address and lead a
>>discussion track focused on education and the empowerment of women.
>>
>>Balbir Mathur, the founder of "Trees for Life," which has helped more than
>>2.5 million people plant more than 30 million trees in developing 
>>countries
>>since its inception in 1984, will lead a discussion track on social
>>entrepreneurship.
>>
>>The Rev. John L. Selders Jr., is the founding organizing pastor of Amistad
>>United Church of Christ in Hartford, Conn., the care coordinator of Zezzo
>>house, an 18-unit housing project, and the lead principal for the Human
>>Connection Project. He will lead a discussion track on common community.
>>
>>Anna Boluda, a journalist, filmmaker and Fulbright scholar who has worked 
>>as
>>a television reporter, a producer and in public relations, will screen her
>>award-winning film "Queer Spawn." Boluda will teach a plenary session in
>>documentary filmmaking, and she will teach us ways in which our own 
>>families
>>and our everyday lives provide us with an opportunity to create social
>>change. The title of her discussion track is "Families as Agents of 
>>Change."
>>
>>Since August, it has been my privilege and honor to serve as program
>>director of the YWCA of Washington State University. The YWCA is an 
>>activist
>>organization with one imperative: eliminating racism and empowering women.
>>The YWCA began as the Young Women's Christian Association. We are proud of
>>our heritage, but in the 152 years since our founding, we have expanded 
>>our
>>reach, our membership, and our vision of the world. The YWCA has always 
>>been
>>committed to peace and increased global understanding. Our first project
>>after our founding in 1855 was to create housing opportunities for nurses
>>returning from the Crimean War.
>>
>>Throughout our history, the YWCA has been concerned about health care, job
>>training, working conditions, domestic violence, civil rights and social
>>justice. In the 1930s, we spoke out against lynching and racial 
>>segregation.
>>In 1942, we provided services to Japanese-American women who had been
>>incarcerated in World War II internment camps. The YWCA adopted an
>>Interracial Charter eight years before the Supreme Court issued its 
>>landmark
>>decision in Brown vs. the Board of Education.
>>
>>Today, there are YWCAs in more than 100 countries, and we remain committed
>>to diversity, equality, and social justice. We are proud to be a sponsor 
>>of
>>Finding the Center, a conference which offers participants the chance to
>>meet and network with others in the community who are also committed to
>>peace, tolerance, and positive change.
>>
>>For more information about Finding the Center, please visit:
>>
>>www.uidaho.edu/ftc
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>>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>>Tom Hansen
>>Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>"If not us, who?
>>If not now, when?"
>>
>>- Unknown
>>
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