Thoughts on color!

by: Lani Stacks I just read your blog and the racism and bigotry attempting to rejuvenate in this nation and become dominate and controlling again.  Being an older woman that still takes an interest and dresses fashionably I notice another corner of society that is a signal to other racists by which to identify each…

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Homelessness – What Causes It?

We have been studying this for years.  I can remember a time when there didn’t seem to be homelessness.  At least it was so carefully hidden most of us were not aware of anything except the romantic tale of the hobo who couldn’t live in a house – did not want to be closed in,…

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A Trumpian Sonnet

How have I sold you out?  Let me count the ways – I sold you out to the depth and breadth and height my soul could reach striving for and needing great wealth, control, supremacy over all. You were the means by which that greatness within the circle of dictators could be acquired and attained.…

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Come to Jesus! But which one?

Several times a year I face this conversation.  It comes from living in a diverse community with friends, colleagues, family and acquaintances who question Christianity – especially today with Donald Trump being the hero and the one “evangelical christians” glorify – all in the name of Jesus – or are they talking about ‘jesus’. It…

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Marceline’s Story – continued!

Ed. Note:  We invite you to send us your story.  You can send and request that we not put your name as the person in the story.  Having discovered how rich are the lives of those in Bettina Network’s Lifestyle Community, it would be great for you to share with the rest of us. This…

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Wells Fargo Boycott continued! – #WellsFargo

The response has been overwhelming.  Hope you will all continue to work with us to promote and make this a successful action.  Your future and ours depends upon it.  As we receive stories from you, we will publish them in Bettina Network’s Blog. Your story of your experience is a very strong weapon.  Not only…

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It Is Time to Boycott Wells Fargo Bank! – #WellsFargo

Bettina Network Foundation, inc. is calling on everyone to join in and actively participate in this boycott of Wells Fargo Bank. For a very long time banks have been fundamental in making sure there is none to very little change in this society.  Racism, sexism, homophobia, class discrimination, who owns and keeps the wealth in…

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MISSISSIPPI BURNING – EVIL STALKS AND WINS!

by: Marceline Donaldson It gets harder to write these articles.  Once upon a time we wrote about so many wonderful things which helped improve life; made everything brighter, easier, more elegant.  Today, we are so enmeshed in the evil that has become part of the everyday life in these United States that nothing else comes…

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The Bettina Oracle Speaks!

It is time for all of you to step up to your responsibility as human beings living, working, caring for one another. That means – when one of you goes far off the rail, it is all of your individual and collective responsibility to make sure the damage that person does is limited and not…

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