Bonnie Boswell Reports

Become A Genuine Leader 

Each of us can create community, speak truth, and support reconciliation.  We do not need someone to appoint us a genuine leader.  We can just become one.     

Rallying to Fight Injustice Anywhere  

We need to acknowledge the impact of racism, sexism, violence, and plantation capitalism in nearly every facet of American life even as we’ve advocated for democracy. 

Healing Ourselves Communities and Country 

Those of us who believe a peaceful world is possible need to figure out how we can truly become “indivisible” as we vow in our pledge of allegiance. 

Retaining Our Humanity  

In my upcoming interview with Pastor James Lawson and Bryan Stevenson for KCET, Lawson talks about how some people “have allowed their humanity to become deformed.” I’ve been thinking a lot about our attachment to weapons that kill innocent people. 

Violence in America: What Can I Do?  

There are many organizations already at work lowering guns deaths through prevention, intervention, and follow-up response, but they still need support.   

Let Me Tell You About Sam 

Sam Lewis was a teenager, a high school drop-out and had been sentenced to a life sentence in prison. He gained an education while incarcerated, even though college programs weren’t offered at the time. Then, after 24 years in prison and nine trips made to the parole board, he was finally released in 2012.