Thinking for ourselves Turning To Instead of Against Each Other By Gloria Lowe December 6, 2011 We live in difficult times. Stories of corruption, violence and down right evilness surround us. Trying to make sense to this state it sometimes seems easier to close it all out, becoming numb to our pain and the pain [...]

THIS WEEK’S LFC Women Bringing Hope By Gloria Lowe November 26, December 5, 2011 As we approach the holiday season, women will be hard at work making this a festive time for our families. We will also be reflecting on and rejoicing at the many opportunities we had in 2011 to organize and respirit our [...]

LIVING FOR CHANGE/ A NEW WORLD IS WAITING  By Gloria Lowe Governor Rick Synder has decided to remove 1200 or so individuals or families from the Family Independence (welfare ) rolls  in Michigan in or around October 2, 2011.  Many people hail this decision because of mis-informed opinions they have acquired.   But there are more [...]

LIVING FOR CHANGE Re-Imagining Work By Gloria Lowe Gloria Lowe is a lifelong   Detroit community activist  .  Just weeks ago we celebrated the success of the East Side Peoples’ Festival.  Its purpose was to restore the love and hope for recreating the “Beloved Community” which Dr. King envisioned and Detroit’s community activists are working to [...]

LIVING FOR CHANGE REQUIEM FOR ALL MOTHERS By Gloria Lowe Michigan  Citizen, May 8-14, 2011   We are approaching the modern celebration of Mother’s Day.    In these times of out-of-control consumerism not even holiday celebrations are  exempt from capitalist gain.   This celebration may  date back to early Greece and the traditions around the various Greek [...]