“The arc
of the moral universe
is long,
but it bends
towards
justice.”
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The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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IPROMISETOTELL Catherine L. Johnson 2015
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17 November 2016/ Germany
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Our POTUS Obama reminds us to stay vigilant,
fight for things like free speech and other civil liberties.
Our POTUS making appeals to honor and for reason and upholding civility
during this time of unprecedented turbulence in America
with the President-Elect who summoned/ called out
the opposite of the Better Angels of our Nature.
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HUMANITY PORTFOLIO: WHITEWASH Catherine L. Johnson 2013
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The HUMANITY PORTFOLIO 2013
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/fifteen-paintings-28-august-2013-the-humanity-portfolio-28-august-2013-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington-for-freedom-jobs-rev-dr-martin-luther-kings-i-have-a-dream-s/
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NO WHITEWASHING!
Truth RISING/ RISING Truth
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Police Officer Who Shot
Philando Castile
Charged With Manslaughter
The officer fired SEVEN times
into the car Castile was driving with his girlfriend and her young daughter
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A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting Philando Castile during a July traffic stop in a Saint Paul suburb.
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Officer Jeronimo Yanez of the St. Anthony Police Department faces a total of three felony charges: one charge of second-degree manslaughter and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi announced Wednesday morning.
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“Based upon our thorough and exhaustive review of the facts of this case, it is my conclusion that the use of deadly force by Officer Yanez was not justified,” Choi told reporters. “No reasonable officer ― knowing, seeing and hearing what Officer Yanez did at the time ― would have used deadly force under these circumstances.”
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“Philando Castile was not resisting or fleeing. He was respectful and compliant. He volunteered, in good faith, that he had a firearm ― beyond what the law requires,” Choi said.
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“His dying words
were in protest
that he wasn’t reaching
for his gun.”
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Thank you for your moral COURAGE/strength,
John Choi, Ramsey County Attorney!
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Choi’s decision
illuminated/served
Minnesota
as a
strong/clear COURAGEOUS beacon
of
telling the truth
based on
objective fact
not
“preferred fact/wishes”.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philando-castile-charges_us_582c8fdfe4b058ce7aa86e4e
http://www.twincities.com/2016/11/16/rosario-john-choi-philando-castile-police-shooting-st-anthony-mn-falcon-heights-st-paul/
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NYC Mayor de Blasio
Tells the TRUTH to Trump:
MY citizens are fearful!
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“I also raised concerns
about some of the messages and some of the rhetoric
that for so many people have been hurtful,” de Blasio said.
“And I let him know that so many New Yorkers were fearful,
and that more had to be done
to show that this country can heal,
that people are respected.”
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BEAUTIFUL!
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LAPD Police chief Charlie Beck
says his Police Department
will NOT change its stance
on immigration enforcement
despite Donald Trump’s pledge
to deport millions
of undocumented immigrants!
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BEAUTIFUL!
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Presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton,
who WON the POPULAR vote
and
LOST the Presidential Election,
RISES!
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Hillary Clinton delivered her first public remarks
since her concession speech last week,
briefly addressing the election results
during her speech at the Children’s Defense Fund event.
“I will admit,”
she said,
“coming here tonight wasn’t the easiest thing for me.
There have been a few times this past week
when all I wanted to do
was just to curl up with a good book
and
our dogs
and
never leave the house again.”
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And then, a few minutes later,
she said this:
“I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election.
I am too, more than I can ever express,
but as I said last week, our campaign was never about one person or even one election.
It was about the country we love
and
about building an America that is hopeful, inclusive, and big-hearted.”
Clinton added,
“I didn’t get into public service to hold high office.”
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NEVER, EVER, GIVE UP!
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BEAUTIFUL!
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18 Nov 2016: VP -Elect Pence attends HAMILTON
The cast delivers a post-performance to Pence:
a message of their DIVERSITY
stating their FEARS the Trump administration
“will NOT protect us”.
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COURAGE/COUER
EMERGENT r/evolUtions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
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AMAZING GRACE/ SYNERGISTIC BLOOMS
Breaking Through/ RISING / Standing UP!!!
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Hear Clifford Brown’s JOY SPRING!
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CALL/RESPONSE
of
GOSPEL/ HALLELUJAH
of
HOPECOURAGELIGHT
RISING
breaking through/over
FEAR!
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Individual Americans’
and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S
singular + collective conscience
are
slowly/suddenly
awakening
to the REAL facts/ TRUTHS
and
the true internal + external
IMPACT/dire consequences
of
NOT stepping UP
of
NOT telling
+
NOT LIVING the TRUTH!
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FREEDOM FIGHTERS!
1960s
http://bulletin.swarthmore.edu/fall-2015-issue-i-cxiii/freedom-fighters
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“Courage is an inner resolution
to go forward despite obstacles…
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Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
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Courage breeds creativity.
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Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it.
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Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?
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Expediency ask the question, is it politic?
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Vanity asks the question, is it popular?
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But conscience ask the question, is it right?
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“And there comes a time
when we MUST
take a position
that is neither safe,
nor politic, nor popular,
but one MUST take it
because
it is RIGHT.”
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A genuine leader
is not a searcher
for consensus
but
a molder of consensus.
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The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Truth telling is RISING!
Truth RISING/ RISING Truth
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The
COURAGE/COUER
of
telling/LIVING
the
TRUTH
of
y/our
HOPES/BETTER ANGELS
is
RISING!
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NO WHITEWASHING!!!!
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HUMANITY PORTFOLIO: WHITEWASH Catherine L. Johnson 2013
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EXCITING!
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YES,
this
is
the chrysalis stage,
the awakening,
before
the WINGS are unfurled
and
F/LIGHT
RISES!!!!!
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chrysalis
/ˈkrɪsəlɪs/
noun (pl) chrysalises, chrysalides (krɪˈsælɪˌdiːz)
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the obtect pupa of a moth or butterfly
2.
anything in the process of developing
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Word Origin and History for chrysalis
n.
c.1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis (genitive khrysallidos)
“golden colored pupa of the butterfly,” from khrysos “gold,”
perhaps of Semitic origin (cf. Hebrew and Phoenician harutz “gold”)
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second element meaning something like “sheath.”
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News
Nov 16 2016, 10:16 pm ET
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/post-truth-oxford-dictionaries-word-year-2016-n685081
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‘Post-Truth’
Is
Oxford Dictionaries’
Word of the Year
for
2016!
HA!
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by Alex Johnson
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This is how serious 2016 has been:
A year after it picked an emoji as its Word of the Year for 2015,
Oxford Dictionaries on Wednesday said 2016
was best characterized by a word
that questions the concept of facts themselves:
POST- TRUTH.
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The dictionary publisher defined post-truth as
“relating to or denoting circumstances
in which objective facts are less influential
in shaping public opinion than appeals
to emotion and personal belief.”
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It’s essentially a refinement of
truthiness,
Stephen Colbert’s 2005 coinage,
which was the American Dialect Society’s
Word of the Year 11 years ago:
“the quality of preferring
concepts or facts
one wishes to be true,
rather than concepts or facts
known to be true.”
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*UNBELIEVABLE –
OUR AMERICAN LIFE OF DENIAL, AVOIDANCE + CONVENIENCE.
Pathetic, imprisoning fear as a commodity, a contagion, a lifestyle.
Testament of an active choice to cling to habits than moving forward.
HALLOWEEN 365 scary DAYS A YEAR. BOO!
That is NOT character or LIVING a LIFE.
LIVING LIES IS NOT FREEDOM.
LIVING LIES IS A SLOW SOUL DEATH.
A river cannot stay still or its waters will become foul.
The sun RISES.
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WE MUST BREATHE!
WE WILL BREATHE!
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The TEMPLATE of RISING:
IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC.
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ARTIST/LEADERS
whose
LIFE work
is
TELLING THE TRUTH
are
the
HURRICANE LAMPS.
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ARTISTS
MUST
BE
THE
FIERCE /PASSIONATE
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
NOW!
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COMMITMENT/2017
BE THE RISING TRUTH / LIVE REAL TRUTH
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Practice
the
INTEGRITY
of
COURAGE/COUER
of
telling/LIVING
the
TRUTH
of
WHO/WHY
you/we
ARE
with
LIGHTLOVEGRACE.
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BEAUTIFUL INTEGRITY
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NO WHITEWASHING
because
of
FEAR!
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RISE!
BEAUTIFUL!
RISE!
BEAUTIFUL!
RISE!
BEAUTIFUL!
RISE!
BEAUTIFUL!
RISE!
BEAUTIFUL!
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EXCITING!
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We/YOU
are
LIGHT/ENERGY
+
GREATER
than y/our
shadows!
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BEAUTIFUL!
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FREEDOM FIGHTER SEEKING/DISCOVERING the RISE/TRUTH of LIGHTLOVEGRACE
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SUBLIME BEAUTY OF IMPROVISATIONAL FREEDOM
Billy Higgins + Anthony Cox
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Gingko/ WINGS: WEWILLRISE Catherine L. Johnson 2014
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Gingko/WINGS 2013-2014 series:
https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/ginkgo-wings-portfolio-2013-2014-ginkgo-wings-riseriseirisewewillriserise-2014-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-maria-callas-sempre-libera-la-traviata/
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Brandon Stanton
CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 