St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Ferguson and Earth Dance Farms
a film by Tori Dahl, Episcopal Service Corps, intern at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Ferguson, about the food pantry and partnership with Earth Dance Farms of Ferguson.
I'm Leslie Scoopmire and I'm a seminarian in the Diocese of Missouri enrolled at Eden Theological Seminary.
This last year I did an internship at the food pantry operated by St. Stephen's in Ferguson.
The food pantry is a distinct mission of the parish for the last 25 years.
This food pantry has served a vast majority of clients from within 5 miles or so of the church.
Although clients do come from over 26 zip codes.
We are open twice a week approximately 105 days a year.
During those 8-9 days per month the food pantry supports the basic nutritional needs of 800-1000 people per month.
Fresh produce is available seasonally, not only from raised beds on the church ground, but also from nearby Earth Dance Farms.
The clients and I share a favorite vegetable--greens, which are incredibly popular when available.
After the shooting of Mike Brown in August 2014, the food pantry received an outpouring of support from people throughout the region.
From alumni of the local high school to members of the Diocese of Missouri.
This ministry is transformational in a variety of ways, not the least of which is due to the fact that it is absolutely rooted in the community.
Volunteers who keep St. Stephen's running come from nearby churches, homeschooling groups and Girl Scout troops, as well as from the parish.
Partnering with the community in a ministry of presence and rootedness is at the heart of the missional ethos of St. Stephen's food pantry.
Hi. My name is Tori Dahl, Episcopal Service Corps intern, working at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, as well as at St. Stephen's partner organization, Earth Dance Farms.
At St. Stephen's we strive to go beyond providing direct service.
By partnering with organizations that are working for social change,
through education and community building.
This is why we partner with Earth Dance Organic Farms.
As part of this partnership, I've had the privilege of donating some of my paid time
at St. Stephen's to working for them as an extension of the ministry of the church.
Earth Dance is founded on the principle of sustainably growing food, farmers, and community.
They do this through a future farmer and gardener apprenticeship program as well as through many youth programs.
St. Stephens, the food pantry, and Earth Dance partnership are transforming the community
through a committment to providing fresh foods and educating the public about
growing their own food and including vegetables and fruits in their diets.
At St. Stephen's, it's transforming traditional visions of church by creating an understanding of religion that stands beyond the physical walls of the church, and instead connects the call for love and justice, to actions in the larger community and world.
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Sacred Plants from Indigenous Perspectives | Plantas Sagradas en las Américas
Speakers and presentations (This panel took place on February 25, 2018):
Marco Vinicio - Bakánoa planta sagrada rarámuri: usos, representaciones y prácticas rituales.
Felipe Fuentes - La especialidad del sipáame en la Sierra Tarahumara.
Santos Rentería - Desafíos legales y políticos del uso del peyote: una perspectiva original wixarika.
Diana Negrín da Silva - Geografía, alteridad étnica y la producción del afecto en el consumo del peyote.
The Sacred Plants in the Americas conference was held on February 23, 24, and 25, 2018 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. The conference had the purpose of building a bridge between indigenous and traditional psychoactive practices, psychedelic science, and drug policy through multidisciplinary and intercultural dialogue. In a context in which drug policy reforms are temporary, we consider it relevant to build spaces for discussion about psychoactive species and their growing multiplicity of uses. Moreover, it also sought to give voice to the indigenous people, who have been knowledgeable about psychoactive plants since ancient times, and they presented several lectures at the conference.
El congreso Plantas Sagradas en las Américas se realizó los días 23, 24 y 25 de febrero del 2018 en Ajijic, Jalisco, México. Tuvo la finalidad de construir un puente entre las prácticas indígenas y tradicionales de psicoactivos, la ciencia psicodélica y las políticas de drogas; mediante el diálogo multidisciplinario e intercultural. En un contexto en que las reformas a las políticas de drogas son coyunturales, consideramos relevante construir espacios de discusión sobre las especies psicoactivas y su creciente multiplicidad de usos. Además se buscó dar voz a los indígenas, que han sido conocedores de las plantas psicoactivas desde tiempos ancestrales, por lo que ellos impartirán las conferencias magistrales durante el congreso.
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My Podcast Interview on 'Psyche Surfing'', with the Host & Creator, Stephanie Blair 5 24 18
Psyche Surfing Podcast with Host & Creator, Stephanie Blair
Stephanie’s Vision for the Podcast: To Ride the waves of the Mind as we dive into metaphysical and psychological perspectives on astrology, numerology, card reading, fortune telling, destiny, psychedelics, and personality theory as a journey to the Self. Join healer Stephanie Blair as she shines a light on the systems and language we use to explore this illusive guiding force.
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Podcast Title: “The Aura Illuminated” Description of Podcast: Psyche Surfing Host and Creator, Stephanie Blair, talks to Aura healer Ziji Kaufman about his healing work and his perspectives on the Human Auric Field.
Episode Premiere: Thu, 24 May 2018
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Calling All Cars: Banker Bandit / The Honor Complex / Desertion Leads to Murder
The radio show Calling All Cars hired LAPD radio dispacher Jesse Rosenquist to be the voice of the dispatcher. Rosenquist was already famous because home radios could tune into early police radio frequencies. As the first police radio dispatcher presented to the public ear, his was the voice that actors went to when called upon for a radio dispatcher role.
The iconic television series Dragnet, with LAPD Detective Joe Friday as the primary character, was the first major media representation of the department. Real LAPD operations inspired Jack Webb to create the series and close cooperation with department officers let him make it as realistic as possible, including authentic police equipment and sound recording on-site at the police station.
Due to Dragnet's popularity, LAPD Chief Parker became, after J. Edgar Hoover, the most well known and respected law enforcement official in the nation. In the 1960s, when the LAPD under Chief Thomas Reddin expanded its community relations division and began efforts to reach out to the African-American community, Dragnet followed suit with more emphasis on internal affairs and community policing than solving crimes, the show's previous mainstay.
Several prominent representations of the LAPD and its officers in television and film include Adam-12, Blue Streak, Blue Thunder, Boomtown, The Closer, Colors, Crash, Columbo, Dark Blue, Die Hard, End of Watch, Heat, Hollywood Homicide, Hunter, Internal Affairs, Jackie Brown, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Law & Order: Los Angeles, Life, Numb3rs, The Shield, Southland, Speed, Street Kings, SWAT, Training Day and the Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour and Terminator film series. The LAPD is also featured in the video games Midnight Club II, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, L.A. Noire and Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
The LAPD has also been the subject of numerous novels. Elizabeth Linington used the department as her backdrop in three different series written under three different names, perhaps the most popular being those novel featuring Det. Lt. Luis Mendoza, who was introduced in the Edgar-nominated Case Pending. Joseph Wambaugh, the son of a Pittsburgh policeman, spent fourteen years in the department, using his background to write novels with authentic fictional depictions of life in the LAPD. Wambaugh also created the Emmy-winning TV anthology series Police Story. Wambaugh was also a major influence on James Ellroy, who wrote several novels about the Department set during the 1940s and 1950s, the most famous of which are probably The Black Dahlia, fictionalizing the LAPD's most famous cold case, and L.A. Confidential, which was made into a film of the same name. Both the novel and the film chronicled mass-murder and corruption inside and outside the force during the Parker era. Critic Roger Ebert indicates that the film's characters (from the 1950s) represent the choices ahead for the LAPD: assisting Hollywood limelight, aggressive policing with relaxed ethics, and a straight arrow approach.
Session 1: Religion and Politics, 1920-1970
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November 22, 2019 | Religion remains central to life in Mexico and Mexican America. Religious understandings and goals inform and energize politics, community lives, gender relations, migration, and more. Yet there is no singular Mexican religion; rather, a universe of visions and understandings shape the changing communities of Mexico and Mexican America. The powerful and the populace, rural peoples and the growing numbers streaming into cities across greater North America live in worlds defined and at times contested by religious commitments.
This event engaged with diverse analysts to discuss religion in Mexico and Mexican America during decades of change—from the debates of the 1920s to the challenges of our times.
This event was co-sponsored by the Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington DC, Catholic University of America, and Georgetown University's Americas Initiative, Center for Latin American Studies, and its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.