Tag: economic disparity

• I Have The Right To Be Treated With Dignity

  I must intellectualize this to cut my emotion. The side walls are gray. Flat paint on the rough surface. The drop ceiling must be 10 feet high, at least. I feel small, but I might be able to touch both walls with my fingertips, from where I’m sitting. The far walls make this a five-sided…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  April 17, 2015

  Mental Health, Social Justice

  bipolar disorder, depression, dignity, economic disparity, privilege, respect

• Petition: Claire O’Brien

  When I first heard about Claire’s story, I thought that it was an issue of concealing a witness to shelter him or her from being heard in court. I thought that the reporter was claiming to have otherwise disputable information, and stated that it came from a credible, though anonymous, source. I thought that the…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  April 20, 2014

  Social Justice

  Claire O’Brien, discrimination, economic disparity, equity, privilege, respect

• Lincoln to King: the next Great Emancipator

  A river of emotion swells in me as a little-girl version of my voice overflows, singing with the marchers who are on their way to the Lincoln Memorial for a celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves, and “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” We…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  February 11, 2014

  Social Justice

  19th century, discrimination, economic disparity, equity, freedom, history, Martin Luther King Jr, privilege, segregation

• See People, Share

  In the Introduction to his blog, Dennis Cardiff wrote: “I have come to know many people, now friends, who for various reasons are, or were, homeless… What has been seen cannot be unseen.” via Introduction to Gotta Find A Home Dennis reminded me that I used to shut my eyes to people who begged on…

  Grace Buchanan Audiobooks

  January 10, 2014

  Social Justice

  charity, discrimination, economic disparity, homeless, privilege, respect