<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Enough is enough ~ !!!! ~ how much can these people take is what I’m seeing. </div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Minneapolis has been in constant ongoing conflict/protest w/police brutality.</div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">~~~~ we’ll be needing a real revolutionary approach to take a hold here.<div class="">I am never a fan of destructive violence ~ tho’ 400 yrs + of oppression and cruel injustice with no end in sight can fuel a lot of fires for sure.</div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">I say buckle up our seat belts ~ !!! ~~~~~~~ the chaos and desperation is just getting started. </div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">~m.🌟</div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Herculanum" class="">Real generosity towards the future </font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Herculanum" class="">consists of giving all </font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Herculanum" class="">to what is present.</font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Herculanum" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Herculanum" class="">Camus</font></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 7, 2020, at 10:41 PM, Lydia Ruby Shepard via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;" class="">Thanks for forwarding this clip, Ron. I am almost shaking in my boots. Very much affected by her pain, honesty, rightful indignation, clarity, reference to how when blacks were so succesful in those two places I had never heard of, how these were destroyed by whites. I am learning anew about asking "Why", not "What" and the monopoly game--masterfully illustrated. I felt like I was drowning, gasping for air. Fortunately I'd also just listened to Obama and other young leaders, which left me with some hope.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Lydia<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div><div id="appendonsend" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; width: 1701.265625px;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress-bounces@lists.mcn.org</a>> on behalf of rnadeau via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, June 7, 2020 9:29 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Thespiritexpress] Focus on the "Why" not the "What"</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ComicSansMS; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="">~~~~~We are just coming out of a week of incredible unrest across the country ~~ I just heard that the rioting and looting is slowing down but that does not mean there are as yet any solutions to unrest or changes in the mindset of racism~! All of this is happening in midst of the Pandemic that has spread around the World ~~~ and if this is not enough there is political unrest as well~. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~ This clip below is exceptionally powerful and to the point ~~~ I know that all of this has sent currents of unrest throughout the World with thousands of protesters in cities filling streets~. There are very good reasons and this woman tells it like it is from a very deep emotional state~~~~This is a deep issue in my cellular tissue as well ~~~ I marched for civil rights in the 60’s in support of Martin Luther King like many others ~~ I did civil rights work in the South and narrowly escaped with my life in Macon County, NC when the vigilante committee came to teach us a lesson… </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">~ I’m wondering how everyone is doing ~~ are you effected~? What are you feeling~?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="x_ydp3177d03dyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr" class="">This woman cuts to the core of systemic racism.</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/sb9_qGOa9Go" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="x_enhancr_card_2381280115">How Can We Win</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div id="x_ydpc4dc8bc2enhancr_card_2381280115" class="x_ydpc4dc8bc2ymail-preserve-class x_ydpc4dc8bc2ymail-preserve-style x_ydpc4dc8bc2yahoo-link-enhancr-card" style="max-width: 400px; font-family: YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://youtu.be/sb9_qGOa9Go" class="x_ydpc4dc8bc2yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none !important;"><table border="0" class="x_ydpc4dc8bc2yahoo-ignore-table x_ydpc4dc8bc2card-wrapper" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width: 400px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="400" class=""><table border="0" class="x_ydpc4dc8bc2yahoo-ignore-table x_ydpc4dc8bc2card" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width: 400px; 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