Category Archives: Activism

Script for Journey into Courage

Posted on September 8, 2014 by jenny

JENNY: FEAR SECTION Jenny is sitting on the floor, writing in her journal. Start tape (Simon & Garfunkel) I started writing a journal when I was a teenager because I had no one I could talk to about my pain. … Continue reading →

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Break the Chain

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jenny

This year I wanted to dance Break the Chain with the women in Saint Johnsbury.  We were completely snowed out on V-day, February 14, so they rescheduled for Friday, March 7, in honor of International Women’s Day which is March … Continue reading →

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If I were Pope

Posted on March 30, 2013 by jenny

Read this today in Jan Phillips book and was so delighted by it that I had to share it. If I Were Pope If I were pope I’d proclaim the end of my infallibility and banish the word sin from … Continue reading →

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Happy!

Posted on March 13, 2013 by jenny

I’ve been really happy lately.  It’s the ugliest time of the year with piles of dirty snow, dead grass, all the garbage reappearing.  It’s even uglier when the snow is all gone, and it’s still cold, and the wind blows … Continue reading →

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Break the Chain!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by jenny

We celebrated One Billion Rising at Neskaya Thursday night. It was a triumph!  I had a great time.  Woke up this morning with good energy tingling in my body.  Still have a smile on my face. This is my body, … Continue reading →

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Journey into Courage

Posted on February 14, 2013 by jenny

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Beverly who is music Director at the UU Church in Tamworth, asked me to give a talk on “Creativity and Social Justice.”  I thought it sounded like a great topic, but didn’t know … Continue reading →

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ONE BILLION RISING

Posted on February 8, 2013 by jenny

“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution”  Emma Goldman One In Three Women On The Planet Will Be Raped Or Beaten In Her Lifetime. One Billion Women Violated Is An Atrocity. One Billion Women … Continue reading →

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Break the Chain!

Posted on January 19, 2013 by jenny

I’ve been very excited about celebrating One Billion Rising with a dance party at Neskaya.  Tena Clark wrote a song “Break the Chain” and Debbie Allen choreographed a dance to it.  There’s a great video of people dancing to the … Continue reading →

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Dakota 38

Posted on November 9, 2012 by jenny

Dakota 38.  I’ve seen it four times, and I’m still speechless.  It’s been very healing for me.  Jim Miller and the other older men showed me what “elders” look/feel like when they are men. I’ve known some women that I … Continue reading →

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Reconstituting the World

Posted on October 11, 2012 by jenny

Woke up this morning in a state of fear.  That hasn’t happened in a long time.  After breakfast I really went downhill.  Then I realized that I had been ruminating all morning on speeches about justifying myself in the face … Continue reading →

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