Melvin Giles

Try a morning ritual for well-being

“Nobody’s free until everyone’s free.”  Fannie Lou Hamer   Hello Monitor readers, How was your February Leap Month and day? How was your Black …

Looking at a new year

“The truth is that which feels right and good and loving. Love doesn’t hurt. It feels really good.” Oprah   “You’re not supposed to be so blind with …

A message from my dad, a pastor

“Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing.” - Sarah Ban Breathnach    “We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each othe. …

Doing the best we can this season

“I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.” Rosalynn Carter   …

The global ethic: A lesson to practice

“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” Jesse Jackson   “Let us imagine care of the soul, then, as an application of poetics to everyday …

A place-based approach to operating

“There is much work ahead, and I believe that radical self-care will light the pathway to a newly imagined world.” - Dr. Joi Lewis   “Compromise, if not the spice of …

What’s going on in the city

“We will never betray those who marched for us, fought for us, lived for us, died for us. We are the children and grandchildren of their struggles, and we will be worthy of their …

On Boundaries and mini forests

“We have to deal with breaking down the barriers, so our children can live in a better society and justice can be restored in our community.” - Dr. Delores Henderson   …

Joy and justice in the Twin Cities

“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it’ll spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.”– Albert Einstein   “What defines you? What …

Intergenerational knowledge

“There is never a wrong time to do the right thing.” Author unknown “Although slavery may have been abolished, the crippling poison of racism still persists, and the struggle …

Send prayers to planet, relatives

“Arise and shine; go touch a life; Go and chase your destiny. Arise and shine; with the power of one; It’s your time.” Sherri Orr Hello Monitor readers,I send good thoughts, …

Trees can help poor air quality

“We all have angels guiding us… They look after us. They heal us, touch us, comfort us with invisible warm hands… What will bring their help? Asking. Giving thanks.” ~ Sophy …

A blessing for a new year

“Being the first to do this or that means you have the responsibility to work in the interest of a second, a seventh, a nine hundredth to follow where you pioneered.” – Johnnetta B. …

DREAMING, VISUALIZING, PLANNING

“Let me just say: Peace to you, if you’re willing to fight for it.” ~ Fred Hampton “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” ~ Dr. …

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