“If anyone has positive suggestions, I'd love to hear them! Melani Lamond”
Melani, UCD cheerleaders, and Penn pawns, I would make the positive suggestion that you consider the core concepts of truth and justice, and “come clean.” Forgiveness is very possible. You may well be very cynical after years of believing in ideologies which are failing as fast or faster than the economy built upon these. As oppressed people have shown time and again, hope and the possibility for change can bring enormous strength to humans. So can forgiveness. For you, you may be pleasantly surprised at your neighbors’ abilities to forgive. But false apologies, more personal maneuvers, or ridiculous justifications will not lead to reconciliation. Let me be perfectly clear about that point!!!!!!!!! Only, truth and justice leads to reconciliation. Have you considered the enormous benefit to the community of telling the truth??? It may indeed bring you temporary embarrassment. But it could also be an important, even vital, link to bringing justice, healing, and reconciliation in a neighborhood torn apart by the forces of Penn's neo-colonialism. Melani, consider telling the truth about your anointing to the BID steering committee. Tell us how the colonial masters operated to plant divisiveness in the community to oppress with a divide and conquer master plan. There are FOCP leaders who could also come clean about the hand picked steering community to take Clark Park, and could reveal the truth of the propaganda campaign against our neighbors. Melani, I stand on one knee before you. Help bring truth and reconciliation to the neighborhood by telling the truth about the attack on our community! I can’t promise the forgiveness of others or how long it would take for community members to have trust in you, if ever in the future. But, I strongly believe that it is the best hope for you and the other Penn pawns. I can promise you that if you come clean with this community, I will do my very best to ask our neighbors to forgive transgressions against us. We all make mistakes and sometimes serious ones. But, it is what we do with those mistakes that defines us, and makes truth and reconciliation possible. All the best, Glenn ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
