Archive for January, 2023
Community Journalism Trainings
By CIRIEN SAADEH Hello Phillips Community!As we mentioned last month, the alley will soon beoffering a few community journalism trainings as part of anongoing partnership.While we’re still scheduling our in-person trainings, we dohave a few Zoom trainings already on the books. These arealways FREE and always open to members of the Phillipscommunity. RSVP by emailing ciriens@journalismofcolor.com. Here are the dates: Zoom Training 1: Jan. 5 at 4 - 5pmZoom Training 2: Jan. 19 at 6 - 7:30pmZoom Training 3: Feb. 2 at 12 - 1:30pmYou can attend one training or more (each training willhave similar content).These trainings are a wonderful way to potentially getinvolved with the alley’s work and to receive free, professionalcommunity journalism trainings.We hope to see you there! Hola a la Comunidad de Phillips!Cómo escribimos el mes pasado, the alley ofrecerá unos entretenimientos deperiodismo comunitario con el apoyo de nuestra asociación colaborativa.Planeamos, para el [...]
PEACE HOUSE COMMUNITY: Finding Peace
By MARTI MALTBY Marti Maltby With one day before the deadline for this article, I can’t think of anything to write about. So, I ask one of Peace House Community’s members what topic I should tackle. “How do you find peace?” he responds. Philosophers, sages, mystics, and self-help gurus have been pondering that question for centuries, and I’m supposed to cover it in 500 words?! It’s a good question though. Peace, tranquility, stillness … whatever word you want to use, it is an elusive but vitally important quality. We all need to experience it at some point to stay healthy. Many of us need a lot of it, while others seek it out only when they have a migraine, but either way, it is indispensable. I think humanity has spent so much time thinking about peace, in part, because finding peace is such an individual endeavor. Each person has to discover their own ways of settling themselves. More than that though, each person has to develop new ways as their situations [...]
The Life of a Leaf
By SHELIA BLAND Nibbled on Rained on Wind tossed Chilled Scorched Uprooted Disoriented Fallen Downtrodden Besmirched Disintegrated Shelia Bland lives in Midtown Phillips. She has been writing most of her life to help herself understand the experiences and people in her shared world.
