Comments on: Men We ♥ Fridays: Take 2 http://codepink.org/blog/2010/02/men-we-heart-fridays-take-2/ the Personal is Political Mon, 07 May 2012 19:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Janet Weil http://codepink.org/blog/2010/02/men-we-heart-fridays-take-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3257 Janet Weil Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:16:26 +0000 http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=2828#comment-3257 I nominate Robert Hass, a UC Berkeley professor, a famous poet who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and the founder of an eco-poetical organization, "River of Words" which connects young people to their watersheds through poetry.[http://www.riverofwords.org/ Bob, as friends call him, went with his wife, CODEPINK activist and poet Brenda Hillman, poet Katharine Foster and myself to vigil at Creech Air Force Base in late January. We did two vigils including reading of poetry (including our own) at the gate of this AFB where young airmen are trained to use drones. Bob's sign said sarcastically (or ironically): "ALL VIOLENCE IS WRONG (EXCEPT OURS.)" We met with Nevada activists with Nevada Desert Experience and Pace E Bene, and visited Candace at the Goddess Temple. Bob was especially fascinated by the small, dark emerald green spring welling up in the desert landscape that Candace showed us. He acted as our driver and was supportive of all we wished to do on this brief trip. His devotion to Brenda was moving. Robert Hass' latest collection, "Time and Materials", includes a long poem about the effects, subtle and obvious, of global climate change and many other profound meditations on politics, cruelty, beauty and wonder. I nominate Robert Hass, a UC Berkeley professor, a famous poet who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and the founder of an eco-poetical organization, “River of Words” which connects young people to their watersheds through poetry.[http://www.riverofwords.org/

Bob, as friends call him, went with his wife, CODEPINK activist and poet Brenda Hillman, poet Katharine Foster and myself to vigil at Creech Air Force Base in late January. We did two vigils including reading of poetry (including our own) at the gate of this AFB where young airmen are trained to use drones. Bob’s sign said sarcastically (or ironically): “ALL VIOLENCE IS WRONG (EXCEPT OURS.)” We met with Nevada activists with Nevada Desert Experience and Pace E Bene, and visited Candace at the Goddess Temple. Bob was especially fascinated by the small, dark emerald green spring welling up in the desert landscape that Candace showed us.

He acted as our driver and was supportive of all we wished to do on this brief trip. His devotion to Brenda was moving.

Robert Hass’ latest collection, “Time and Materials”, includes a long poem about the effects, subtle and obvious, of global climate change and many other profound meditations on politics, cruelty, beauty and wonder.

]]> By: Lisa http://codepink.org/blog/2010/02/men-we-heart-fridays-take-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Lisa Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:48:36 +0000 http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=2828#comment-3150 Mark Roman (ok, my wonderful husband) spoke at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine last week about the threat of drones and other robotic weapons, as part of a panel on Afghanistan. Mark, a founding member of Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice, has traveled around Maine sharing his information on this topic, which changes as fast as a high tech sector of the MIC, and his perspective as a pilot on the dangers of unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian air space. He is also a key organizer for the Bring Our War $$ Home campaign, bringing the message that social programs will continue to crumble until war spending stops and funding is reallocated. In addition to contacting state legislators to pressure Rep. Mike Michaud, and appearing on WABI Channel 5 tv news last week pressuring Michaud's district office staff, he got a resolution printed in the annual report of his town, and has an agenda item on his local school board meeting on how to find funds that would avoid the need to drastically cut next year's operating budget. Mark Roman (ok, my wonderful husband) spoke at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine last week about the threat of drones and other robotic weapons, as part of a panel on Afghanistan. Mark, a founding member of Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice, has traveled around Maine sharing his information on this topic, which changes as fast as a high tech sector of the MIC, and his perspective as a pilot on the dangers of unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian air space. He is also a key organizer for the Bring Our War $$ Home campaign, bringing the message that social programs will continue to crumble until war spending stops and funding is reallocated. In addition to contacting state legislators to pressure Rep. Mike Michaud, and appearing on WABI Channel 5 tv news last week pressuring Michaud’s district office staff, he got a resolution printed in the annual report of his town, and has an agenda item on his local school board meeting on how to find funds that would avoid the need to drastically cut next year’s operating budget.

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