Put Some Respect on Her Name: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and the Power of One
Grace Notes Context This editorial continues my examination of the battle surrounding the John F. Kennedy Center and the broader questions of political power, public institutions, and cultural stewardship. If you have not yet read the first installment, I encourage you to begin there for additional context surrounding the legal challenge and its significance. Read: […]
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By Grace C. Walker | Grace Notes Sometimes democracy does not arrive with a parade. Sometimes it arrives in the form of a court ruling. After months of controversy surrounding the Kennedy Center, one of America’s most cherished cultural institutions finds itself at the center of a larger national conversation about law, memory, stewardship, and […]
AND GUESS WHAT, AMERICA β FROM DINNER CHAOS TO BALLROOM BILL: HOW TIMING BECAME POLICY
This is not conjecture. This is movement. Introduced. Filed. Advanced into the public domain. RECEIPTS:White House ballroom legislation introduced by Lindsey Graham and GOP senators βhttps://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5852036-gop-senators-white-house-ballroom-bill/ Not privately whispered conversations.Now formal. Now legislative. Now real. And this is where I have to sitβhonestlyβin my own contradiction. Because I can acknowledge, fully, that my instinct to […]
ChatGPT, Writing, and My Voice: A Reflection on Transparency
When I first wrote about ChatGPT, I was cautious. I wondered whether using artificial intelligence in my writing might dilute my voice or raise questions of ownership. Could I remain true to myself while experimenting with a tool designed to generate text? Today, after months of observing the conversations around ChatGPT and using it myself, […]
On the 50th Anniversary, There is Love
The celebration was very private and was tempered with mixed emotions. The gathering of an intimate few of family members toasted the couple at their 50th wedding anniversary in a cozy church room, on the outskirts of the nation’s Capitol. Many who reach this milestone are regaled in ceremonial pageantry. The 50th anniversary couple […]
Stand for something or you will Fall for anything
Each part of the tapestry of life, is the thread that weaves through the invisible. When the seams are knitted with love, all become manifest and whole in being…gcw may2013 The call that late November came from my sister and there was the uncertainty and urgency in her voice that my brother Michael, was hospitalized. […]
It is better to be saved by criticism than to be seduced by praise
Until you rise from ego, your birthright to illumination will be captive to darkness…gcwalker may2013 Depending on the “who” that gives the words of wisdom, it causes one to examine and digest the sentiment “It’s better to be saved by criticism, than to be seduced by praise.” These words were shared by my sister Gemma, […]
Abundance manifests
All of beauty in its natural splendor and bounteous harvest is fervent with abundance. Not to keep, but share. In.generosity. Always. …Grace The very concept of abundance is a shift to a new thought paradigm. The mindset to attract abundance , after the experience of the absence of the respect for what it means to […]
Through Thick and Thin: A Sisterhood That Stands the Test of Time
My Sisters and I Left to Right: Valerie Williams, Gemma Walker, Grace Walker, Maggie Gonzales, Monica Walker, and Vicky Martinez β sitting together, sharing love and legacy. βTo the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters.We know each other as we always were. We know each otherβs hearts.We share private […]