FEBRUARY 10, 2023 ON MY CORNER ASK YOUR VENDOR What is your favorite song? "Beautiful Eyes" by Glenn Lewis. — Gary Robinson, #224 "Let it Be" by the Beatles. — Tony Schol, #9 "I love the Lord He Heard My Cry" by Pastor Danny Hollins. — Lit Kurtz, #159 "My Ambitionz" by Mozzy. — Derek Allen, #177 "Haunt Me" by Sade. — Joe Woods, #103 "Know You Will" by Hillsong UNITED. — Amanda Gale, #573 "Mainstreet" by Bob Seger. — Fred Allen, #170 "Gotta Get Mine" by MC Breed. — Brian Hargrove, #158 The Chinese National Anthem. — James Tennant, #174 "1980" by Rehab and Steaknife. It's our song! — Tabitha Ludwig #360 and Sean Almond #561 Philidelphia sound, Motown. — Schillington Morgan, #148 "Fireflies" by Owl City. — Tre McAlister, #519 "Desert Rose" by Sting. — Cindy Gere, #279 "Goodnight Irene" by Pete Seeger. — Ken Parks, #490 "Purple Rain" by Prince. — Gary Leverett, #554 Listen for yourself! Scan the QR code to listen to the "Groundcover News vendor top hits" playlist on Spotify. MIC COLLAB from last page low-income students who don’t enjoy the same privileges as their peers, students who have experienced homelessness themselves, students whose dire needs are seldom met by the University. Our second intention is to raise awareness of the circumstances of the Washtenaw unhoused community, in their own words, and of the ethical responsibilities U-M students, from their positions of relative privilege, have to those unhoused around them — whether it be mutual aid, a Groundcover News purchase, a simple conversation or even just eye contact and a smile. The more knowledge community members have of Groundcover News, the better the street paper model works. Groundcover vendors contend with the challenge of the University population's yearly turnover, especially because they are not allowed to sell on campus. Each year, relationships are made, people move away and are replaced by 7,00010,000 new residents who have no clue what Groundcover News is — unless, perhaps, they come from another city with a street paper. In sharing print space with each other, we hope to expose future customers and readers to Groundcover News early, and amplify their support of its work, operations and mission. We hope that this collaboration will inspire you in the U-M community to develop relationships with unhoused people, carry couple of physical dollar bills on your persons to provide financial aid to those in need and to purchase — and read — Groundcover News as often as you can. We hope you will interact with Groundcover News vendors on the streets, because even when you lack the means to lend them help monetarily, a smile or a conversation can bring them comfort and emotional support. And we hope you will learn something about the topics covered in this collaboration — anti-homeless infrastructure, the Trotter Multicultural Center and the Ann Arbor public school system, to name a few — and think about them, and the lenses through which we view them. Peace, appearances and transforming reality Peace is a revolution of values that respects the appearances of reality and also respects the reality from which appearances arise. Our most profound context is derived from the truths we hold to be self-evident. Everything is interrelated. Loving kindness and compassion make this interrelated reality a workable situation. It promotes discriminating awareness to make sense of the vast display of appearances. Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Thich Nhat Hanh are among our 20th century “saints” who pointed the way. As A. J. Muste said, “There is no way to peace, peace is the way.” The 2023 MLK event by the Chapter 93 branch of Veterans For Peace discussed this revolution of values with a look at MLK’s landmark speech “Beyond Vietnam, A Time to Break Silence.” This outstanding presentation by Bob Krzewinski and Bill Shea will help anyone who hears it begin to mature as a human being for peace. MLK’s eloquent analysis and meditation on reality is the way to begin a genuine education for peace. Only then can we look at our current situation in the context of militarism, racism and materialism — the great sins of “Manifest Destiny” and “American exceptionalism.” All actions have results. We have a responsibility to look at how those results play out. White There is no way to peace, peace is the way. — A.J. Muste KEN PARKS Groundcover vendor No. 490 supremacy is linked to the most dangerous supremacies of imperialism and fascism. How is it that we have avocados year round and avocado-producing countries have a flood of refugees at the border? It is our responsibility to answer the question of young people, “What world system are you supporting?” We hear the refrain “another world is possible!” Breathe peace and go to work on the everyday things that create our lived experience. This is the work that meetings, vigils and rallies will promote. The heart of the struggle is to be aware of the results of our work.The chain-of-command mentality may not even know who is at the top of the chain. When compliance with instructions is automatic, we can easily carry out orders that are destructive to the common good. A good neighbor may regularly promote the war on nature if compliance requires chemical warfare. When weeds become the enemy, it is mother earth who suffers. When painkillers shut down the causes of pain, we will go from one pain to another and never learn our true condition. When violence becomes the norm, we may focus compulsively on the details of the latest mass killing and not look at the dysfunction that produces violence as a habitual response to suffering. The suffering we experience can only be cured by looking at causes and context and exercising our creativity. Curiosity is the key. Explore interrelatedness and discover the peace which prevails in the same way that the grass still grows and the birds still sing. We can begin peace by demilitarizing the war machine. Put a flower in the barrel of a gun. Love your enemy enough to risk your life for peace. At least study a wide variety of views that help find the clues to promote love as the best option! Loving your enemy is the most revolutionary value to begin living in peace. Aikido — the way of harmonizing energy — is a state of mind; play with whatever comes your way. GROUNDCOVER NEWS 3 "
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