by Jerome Paige | Jun 14, 2020 | DC History & Public Policy, Making Happen, Public Policy Adventures
On Saturday night, I watched in horror as Rayshard Brooks was murdered. Sunday morning, “I woke up with my mind stayed on freedom.” What is “freedom?” How does it happen? Freedom=Agency Freedom Freedom from Control: The struggle to expose what’s keeping us trapped...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 13, 2020 | Cultural Connections -- HumanitiesDC...DC Living Heritage Network, DC History & Public Policy, Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, North Portal Readers & Beyond, Public Policy Adventures
This sign beckons us to remember and say their names. I noticed it in a neighbor’s yard on 16th St. NW DC about two blocks south of the Circle during my Friday night my walk through my neighborhood. A week ago, neighbors had gathered along to support the...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 7, 2020 | Cultural Connections -- HumanitiesDC...DC Living Heritage Network, DC History & Public Policy, Featured, Public Policy Adventures
Given the events since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, I reviewed a set of ideas that were in my files. I had summarized my thinking with hopes to develop the analysis I had outlined. I can’t find a date for these notes, but I most likely made them in the...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 7, 2020 | Cultural Connections -- HumanitiesDC...DC Living Heritage Network, DC History & Public Policy, Public Policy Adventures
On September 11, 2018, I provided comments to attendees at the HumanitiesDC showcase of the projects that had examined Washington DC in 1968. Based on my work with the DC Living Heritage Network, I suggested a “Gentrification Narratives Framework” to help us...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 2, 2020 | Cultural Connections -- HumanitiesDC...DC Living Heritage Network, DC History & Public Policy, Public Policy Adventures
To Gain Statehood, must DC wait until it’s predominately white? People earnestly and frequently ask me this question, as we watch the percentage of the black population in the city dip below 50%. My answer: Maybe. Maybe not. I equivocate because I believe that...
by Jerome Paige | Jun 1, 2020 | DC History & Public Policy, DiSC...Strategic Planning....Communications.....Team Building, Making Happen, Meditation: A Gateway Knowing, Being & Action..., Mind/Body/Spirit/Shadow Explorations, Organizational Development Expeditions, Public Policy Adventures
As we watched George Floyd’s death and see the spreading unrest as a response to his murder, a question I get is: What does it take to make peace “happen?” Based on my work with the Black Yoga Teacher Alliance’s (BYTA’s) trademarked program “Yoga as a Peace Practice,”...
