In the past, I’ve described Fools Mission as a “radical” social experiment; yet I’ve recently come to think differently about that language. The original sense of the word radical comes from French and Latin: “of or pertaining to the root, having roots.” One possible image is a return to foundational ideas or principles in the … Read more
Theatre of the Oppressed workshop with Jiwon Chung Sunday, October 1, 2017, 1:00–5:00 PM in Redwood City, CA Register here A diverse crowd of citizens and non-citizens fills the sanctuary at the UU Fellowship of Redwood City, California for a workshop on Theatre of the Oppressed. Fifty people are learning about this innovative approach to … Read more
Brandon Scott once wryly observed that most of what passes for Christianity is actually Neo-Platonism. And like Christianity, Platonic ideals of Truth, Beauty, Good and Evil are sure taking a beating these days. Ideals don’t readily translate into the real world, and when we do encounter a singular moment of beauty or truth, we savor … Read more
Last week, Fools Mission accompanied a mother of two young children on a shopping expedition to replace stolen clothes. She and the kids are living in their car by day and sleeping in the San Francisco shelter system by night, having lost their apartment to eviction because of the deportation of the family breadwinner. Both kids … Read more
Berenice (not her real name) is a young woman from Honduras with two young children. The father of her U.S.-citizen children is currently in a deportation process, living in a detention center and awaiting bail. This is how the stress on the family escalates. The dad is the family breadwinner, and Berenice has to vacate … Read more
