Poem of the Month: When Despair for the World Grows — Finding Comfort in Wendell Berry’s “The Peace of Wild Things”
Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer wrote lyrical poems, novels and essays — mostly in pencil and without electric light — that explored his elegiac visions of the life and death …
Art of the Month: Latine Artist Guadalupe Maravilla Confronts Trauma, Disease, Suffering and the Difficult Work of Healing through his “Disease Throwers”
“Disease Thrower #5” and “Circle Serpent,” 2019 by Guadalupe Maravilla. Piece includes a gong, glass, steel, wood, glue mixture, cotton, plastic, loofah, paint, straw, Florida Water, and objects collected from …
The Courage to Rescue Society from Selfishness: A Review of “There is Power in a Union”
Elizabeth Flynn, a feminist, labor party leader, and one of the founders of the ACLU, speaks to a group of silk workers on strike and their peers in 1913. The …
What We’re Reading When We Need to Remember Why We Do Our Work
Reading alone or together brings joy, opens new worlds and fosters empathy, among many other remarkable benefits. By the Alliance Newsletter Team Now that the beach reads are behind us, …
Song of the Month: The Time Has Come — A Warning from “Beds are Burning” We Still Haven’t Heeded
A fire rages in Southeast Australia 2025; That year saw heatwaves, cyclones, and extreme flooding across the country. Source: University of Melbourne By Alliance Intern Eleanor Hulan This time last …
