World Views

Oasis changing lives through football.

Category: 

Oasis Founder Clifford Martinus has a contagious passion for sport and community. This is evident in the work done at Oasis Place with his belief that the connection to a team, fair play and sport can support an individual in overcoming the odds, both personal and social. This South African non-profit creates positive personal development opportunities for youth from marginalised backgrounds.

read more..

Latest Posts in World Views

SEPTEMBER 2025 MAGAZINE

Get out there and stick up for yourself and the people in your community! Our feature this month is a quick primer in Civil ResistanceBarbara Lloyd McMichael describes what happened this summer when she participated in her library’s annual reading program Book Bingo. Manny Frishberg writes about the Ngombor Community Development Alliance, a new organization with roots in the West Nile region of Uganda, that is helping to educate smallholder farmers and traders. While we’re on the topic of education, please see my book review on Brian Dillon’s Essayism On Form, Feeling, and Nonfiction. He is a writer’s writer who is a cut above all the rest of us. Even if you are not a writer, there is no harm in taking a glimpse at truly good writing. –Patricia Vaccarino


Remember and Compare

I’ve used the September column most of the past 15 years to recall 9/11 and provide a brief analysis of progress made on the last of the 9/11 Commission recommendations.  As we near a quarter century since those tragic events, one wonders if there are lessons we have not yet learned that are applicable to chaotic world conditions today.  Here are a few observations that come to mind. 


Robin Lindley Interviews Dr. Charlotte Jacobs

Robin Lindley Interviews Dr. Charlotte Jacobs about her new biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a champion for peace who was rescued from the fiery ruins of Hiroshima 80 years ago.

 

 


Rev. Martin Luther King’s Six Principles of Nonviolence

In the coming months, there will be a marked increase of “Civil Resistance.” Long coined as Civil Disobedience, nonviolent protest is one way people of conscience can stand strong and united during a time of heinous injustice. In our September news digest, we will feature an article about the many ways people of conscience can demonstrate civil resistance. Please scroll below to read Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Six Principles of Nonviolence.   


Letter from Birmingham Jail Excerpts

During these times of unconscionable tyranny in America, we can look to our past to find solace among the words Dr. Martin Luther King. He  wrote the excerpts below while he was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama. His only crime had been "parading without a permit" after leading a nonviolent demonstration against segregation. Allow his words to inspire and ignite you to resist injustice and stand tall for what is right. This is the gospel truth, so help us God.