Podcasts about day laborers

Beyond the flames, L.A. communities face long-term challenges from gentrification and loss. Join our "Meet the BIPOC Press" panel as local journalists explore the environmental and social impacts of recent fires.This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to https://LauraFlanders.org/donate Thank you for your continued support!Full Episode Description:  In times of crisis, people need their questions answered, fast. As residents impacted by the recent Los Angeles fires return to their homes, are they receiving enough information about insurance and recovery dollars, or how to protect their health and wellbeing? At the time of this recording, the Pacific Palisades and the Eaton fires are still burning, with toxic air and water putting thousands at risk. On top of the immediate dangers, the loss of community and the threat of developers and gentrification will impact residents for years to come. How are the media reporting on communities dealing with this immeasurable loss and what is the path to recovery for the city? Kadia Tubman, Scripps News Disinformation Correspondent, returns to host our monthly “Meet the BIPOC Press” panel. Joining us from Los Angeles are two journalists to talk about the stories they're covering on the ground. Cerise Castle reports on civil rights, criminal justice and climate. She wrote a groundbreaking exposé of deputy gangs inside the L.A. County Sheriff's Department which we featured last year.  She is exploring the environmental impact the fires have had in communities such as Altadena. Jacqueline García is a Senior Reporter at CALÓ News, focused on immigration, politics and issues affecting the Latino population. She is covering inspiring organizing among day laborers and immigrants. We'll also see an excerpt from Castle's most recent report for Capital & Main. Join us to hear what local BIPOC reporters want outside media to hear, as they respond to the Los Angeles fires.“. . . I am glad to see that there has been a course correction by both local and national media to bring these stories to the forefront, not just talking about high-income earners in the Palisades that have lost million-dollar homes, but talking about the babysitters, the grocery shopkeepers, the renters that were living in apartments that lost everything in the Eaton fire.” - Cerise Castle“. . . [Immigrants are] using this phrase of “el pueblo salva al pueblo,” which is people helping people . . . They said that this is what they're showing, that immigrants are also coming to work and they're showing their efforts and their passion for the community, and they want it to go back to as normal as possible.” - Jacqueline GarcíaGuests:•  Cerise Castle: Journalist, Capital & Main•  Jacqueline García: Senior Reporter, CALÓ News•  Kadia Tubman: Disinformation Correspondent, Scripps News Watch the episode cut airing on PBS stations across the country at our YouTube channelSubscribe to episode notes via PatreonMusic In the Middle:  “Babylon Flamenco” by Gaudi from his album Bass, Dub, Sweat & Tears courtesy of Six Degrees Records.  And additional music included- "Steppin"  and "All The Ways" by Podington Bear. Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:• The Defund Movement in 2024: Frontline Reporters Separate Myth from Reality: Watch / Audio Podcast•  Colette Pichon Battle on Climate Justice Reparations: Watch / Audio Podcast: Episode &/or Full Conversation•  BIPOC Media Answers the Call: Community Action After Hurricane Helene: Watch / Audio Podcast: Episode &/or Full Conversation   Related Articles and Resources:•  Day Laborers and Volunteers Clean After the Eaton Fire, by Jacqueline Garcia, January 10, 2025, CALÓ News•. Black Altadena Rebuilds after the Eaton Fire with Guidance from Octavia Butler, by Cerise Castle, January 24, 2025, Capital & Main•  Governor Newsom announces commitments from major lenders to provide firestorm survivors with mortgage relief, January 18, 2025 Gov.CA.Gov•  ‘It all ended in a second':  Thousands of low-income and immigrant workers lost jobs in LA fires, by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde and Jeannie Kuang, January 17, 2025, CAL MATTERS•  Wildfire Mutual Aid Spreadsheet Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, along with Sabrina Artel, Jeremiah Cothren, Veronica Delgado, Janet Hernandez, Jeannie Hopper, Sarah Miller, Nat Needham, David Neuman, and Rory O'Conner. FOLLOW Laura Flanders and FriendsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraflandersandfriends/Blueky: https://bsky.app/profile/lfandfriends.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFlandersAndFriends/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lauraflandersandfriendsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lgLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lauraflandersandfriendsPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/lauraflandersandfriendsACCESSIBILITY - The broadcast edition of this episode is available with closed captioned by clicking here for our YouTube Channel

On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about life in Sanya--Tokyo's infamous day laborer district--with Klaus K.Y. Hammering. 👉Topics Discussed What it is like being a day laborer in Tokyo's Sanya district The dangers of working as a day laborer What kind of people work as day laborers in Sanya About Klaus K.Y. Hammering's experiences working as a day laborer in Japanese construction sites About gambling in Sanya How Sanya has all but vanished over the past couple of decades How Japanese society often ignores what Sanya and its residents And more! 👉Subscribe to the Podcast! Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/japan-station-a-podcast-by-japankyo-com/id1440454968 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6lDoFFt4M0HyyKaVeDyKkB 👉Support on Patreon & Ko-fi Support on Patreon https://patreon.com/japankyo Support on Ko-fi https://www.ko-fi.com/japankyo 👉Links, Videos, Etc. Here's the links for all three installments of Dreamlapse Japan. Perilous Wagers: Gambling, Dignity, and Day Laborers in Twenty-First-Century Tokyo: https://www.amazon.com/Perilous-Wagers-Twenty-First-Century-Weatherhead-University/dp/150177641X 👉Follow on Social Media X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/japankyonews Instagram: https://instagram.com/tonyrvega YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@japankyonews Website: https://japankyo.com/ Tony R. Vega Personal X/Twitter: https://x.com/thevegatony  

Yvette Borja interviews Mala and Diosa of Locatora Radio about their experiences at NDLON's 9th asamblea popular: Sómos Más in Union, New Jersey. They discuss the importance of Latinx and migrant-led independent media, the necessity of including sex workers in day laborers' rights conversations, and the beauty of putting art at the forefront of social change.Learn more about NDLON here: https://ndlon.org/Listen to Locatora Radio here: https://locatoraradio.com/Listen to Radio Jornalera here: https://radiojornalera.org/

#204: You've probably seen jornaleros – or day laborers – as you drive to work. They might be looking for gigs outside of home improvement stores or moving services, or even a random donut shop.  There are estimates of 35,000 day laborers working in Los Angeles. The work they get hired to do often includes things like moving furniture, cleaning debris or helping with small  construction projects. But sometimes the work can be dangerous and even illegal. Most have no idea what the work really is until they get the to the job site. Today, How To LA host Brian De Los Santos speaks to LA Times reporter Brittny Mejia about the sometimes precarious tasks jornaleros do — and how going through a job center may protect them. Brittany recently published this story.  Guest: Brittny Mejia, Metro reporter at the Los Angeles Times

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Today on the podcast discussions continue about what should be done on area roads to reduce crashes/injuries. Columbia Mall institutes rule that requires adult supervision at all times on Friday's & Saturday's & Parental Bill of Rights. Listen to The Torrey & Dan Show weekdays 2-6pm on WBAL News Radio 1090 & FM 101.5.

On this podcast of Sonshine USA our Bible study teacher Warren Landis expounds from Matthew Chapter 20, starting with verse 1. What can we learn from Day Laborers? There is still plenty of work to be done for God. Are we doing all we can to reach a lost and dying world with the Gospel of Jesus? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/warren-landis4/support

This week I share lecture I recorded a few years ago in video format. If you prefer to watch the video, you can find it on YouTube here: The War on Drugs pt 1. I discuss the stereotypes that surrounded drugs prior to the 1900s, the ease with which addicted people could live normal lives, the medicalization of drugs, and the racism used to create and support the original drug laws in the United States (from California's ban on opium smoking in the late 1800s, to Maine's early prohibition of alcohol in the 1850s to the southern states' focus on cocaine and marijuana). The Spectacle of Punishment and Dr. Junkie available at Amazon and B&N.

"We felt that by looking and by reading and by understanding in the words of the laborers what they go through, it would actually enhance the capacity of programs to reach them... There's nothing more valuable than developing a program with the understanding that the vision and the knowledge and the strengths of the population that you are trying to serve have been considered as part of the development of the program." In this episode, guest host Dr. Melissa Valerio-Shewmaker is in conversation with Dr. Rangel and Dr. Fernandez-Esquer. They discuss the risks and coping strategies of Latino day laborers, and they remind us of the importance of including the community in every step of research. This episode references the article titled "I Use Sunglasses, The Sun Can Ruin the Eyes: Latino Day Labor Lay Strategies To Reduce Dangers At Work."

A meditation offering from  Margarita LoinazShe has trained in the Tibetan and Theravada traditions.  She met her root teacher Kalu Rimpoche in 1977 and is a Dzogchen student of Lama Drimed Norbu.  She is a graduate of the first Community Dharma Leader's Program at SRMC and began teaching in l997 leading the Women of Color Sitting Group in Marin City with Marlene Jones and co-organizing the first People of Color Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in 1999.  Her current teaching integrates Dzogchen practice with social justice and environmental awareness.  As a physician, she served Day Laborers, the Latinx and Homeless communities in San Francisco.  She is a grandmother and originally from the Dominican Republic.Talks and Videos present on Youtube, Vimeo  and Dharma Seed,  EBMC POC Sangha recordings, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center recordings on programs such as BIPOC Voices,  day-longs and BIPOC retreats.She can be reached at:  greatmotherinquiry@gmail.com

Margarita Loinaz and Rev. Liên talks about how practice and teachings to & from BIPOCs was challenging, shifted and transformed in the SF Bay Area since they first met at the Women of Color group in 1996. Margarita Loinaz, MD has trained in the Tibetan and Theravada traditions.  She met her root teacher Kalu Rimpoche in 1977 and is a Dzogchen student of Lama Drimed Norbu.  She is a graduate of the first Community Dharma Leader's Program at SRMC and began teaching in l997 leading the Women of Color Sitting Group in Marin City with Marlene Jones and co-organizing the first People of Color Retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in 1999.  Her current teaching integrates Dzogchen practice with social justice and environmental awareness.  As a physician, she served Day Laborers, the Latinx and Homeless communities in San Francisco.  She is a grandmother and originally from the Dominican Republic.Talks and Videos present on Youtube, Vimeo  and Dharma Seed,  EBMC POC Sangha recordings, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center recordings on programs such as BIPOC Voices,  day-longs and BIPOC retreats.She can be reached at:  greatmotherinquiry@gmail.com

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Join abolitionist organizers connecting the dots between surveillance capitalism, border imperialism, and neoliberal prison reforms. A dominant mode of our time, data analysis and prediction are part of a longstanding historical process of racial and national profiling, management and control in the US. In a new report, From Data Criminalization to Prison Abolition, Community Justice Exchange examines the interlocked machineries of migrant surveillance and describes processes of “data criminalization:” the creation, archiving, theft, resale and analysis of datasets that mark some of us as threats and risks, based on data culled about us from state and commercial sources. How might we fight data criminalization on our terms? Rather than being drawn into arguments about privacy, accuracy, or the theatrics of consumer consent and regulatory oversight, we assert that these datasets are inherently illegitimate, and creation and use of them should be abolished. What if we organized our resistance based on that premise? Speakers: J. Khadijah Abdurahman is an abolitionist whose research focus is predictive analytics in the US child welfare system and the Horn of Africa. They are the founder of We Be Imagining, a public interest technology project at Columbia University's INCITE Center and The American Assembly's Democracy and Trust Program. WBI draws on the Black radical tradition to develop public technology through infusing academic discourse with the performance arts in partnership with community based organizations. Jacinta González is a senior campaign organizer with Mijente and leads their #NoTechforICE campaign. Previously, she worked at PODER in México, organizing the Río Sonora River Basin committees against water contamination by the mining industry. Jacinta was the lead organizer for the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice Congress of Day Laborers (2007-2014). In Louisiana Gonzalez helped establish a base of day laborers and undocumented families dedicated to building worker power, advancing racial justice, and organizing against deportations in post-Katrina New Orleans. Sarah T. Hamid (she/her/no preference) is an abolitionist and organizer working in the Pacific Northwest. She leads the policing technology campaign at the Carceral Tech Resistance Network: an archiving and knowledge sharing network for organizers building community defense against the design, roll-out, and experimentation of carceral technologies. Sarah co-founded the inside/outside research collaboration, the Prison Tech Research Group, and helped create the #8toAbolition campaign—a police and prison abolition resource built during last summer's uprisings against state violence. Puck Lo (she/they) is the Research Director of Community Justice Exchange, an abolitionist organization that supports organizers to fight all forms of incarceration and social control. They spent the last year examining Department of Homeland Security's data regimes and other expanding systems of corporeal theft and predictive criminalization. Harsha Walia (moderator) is the author of Border and Rule and Undoing Border Imperialism and an organizer rooted in migrant justice, abolitionist, antiracist, feminist, anti-imperialist, and anticapitalist movements for over two decades. This event is sponsored by Community Justice Exchange and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/FTg20fo3nyk Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

When God puts forth His call for seasonal and day laborers, He expects all those Christians, who respond, to be conformed, to be content, and to be convinced. Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16 (NLT) Date: February 27, 2022 Communicator: Arthur Pace

When God puts forth His call for seasonal and day laborers, He expects all those Christians, who respond, to be conformed, to be content, and to be convinced. Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16 (NLT) Date: February 27, 2022 Communicator: Arthur Pace

The owner of an estate hires workers at different points throughout the day to tend to his vineyard. When he settles accounts at the end of the day, a question about the value of their labor arises amongst the hired hands.

Is your legislation on the infamous Chamber of Commerce "job killer" list? Is your campaign facing stiff opposition from corporate America with its infinite resources? In a battle of David and Goliath, how can marginalized communities come out on top? Today I am honored to be joined by Victor Narro, a nationally recognized expert on immigrant and low-income workers. Project Director at the UCLA Labor Center, Mr. Narro is also on faculty at the UCLA Department of Labor and Workplace Studies. An immigrant and workers' rights activist for several decades, he previously served as Co-Executive Director of Sweatshop Watch and Workers' Rights Project Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). Mr. Narro was instrumental in the recent passage of the landmark worker protection bill SB 62 (Durazo), the Garment Worker Protection Act despite, facing fierce opposition from corporate interests. SB 62 was sponsored by the Garment Workers Center, the Western Center on Law and Poverty, and Bet Tzedek. In banning the exploitative "piece rate" payment system and for the first time holding retailers liable for wage theft committed by their subcontractors, the bill has international implications. In this episode we discuss: - recognizing our interconnectedness - how organizing campaigns by Garment Workers, Day Laborers, and Domestic Workers serve as a model for future organizing efforts - how non-traditional alliances helped push SB 62 to victory - why we should embrace the never-ending process of relationship building "Relationship matters. Interconnectedness matters. Otherwise we're not going to be successful in carrying out the work for justice." - Victor Narro Transcript of this episode Hosted by Kristina Bas Hamilton, founder of KBH Advocacy. Learned something new in our conversation? Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share with your networks. Support the Blueprint for California Advocates podcast so we can produce more content like this. Join my free text community or follow me on social media. The Blueprint for California Advocates podcast is supported by Subtext, an award-winning texting platform that empowers organizations to communicate quickly and effectively. © 2021 – 2022 KBH Advocacy, Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blueprint4caadvocates/message

Osmani Alcaraz-Ochoa, Executive Director of VOZ Workers Rights and Education Project, talks about environmental and climate justice for day laborers.  Day laborers are the "Canaries in the Mine."  Climate change is impacting these vulnerable workers and will impact us all without equitable climate action policies.Support the show (https://www.familiasenaccion.org/donate/)

Thanks to everyone who supports TMBH at patreon.com/thetmbhpodcast You're the reason we can all do this together! Discuss the episode here Music written and performed by Jeff Foote.

Matthew 20:1-16

AirGo is partnering with UIC's Social Justice Initiative to present The Sawyer Seminar, a series of conversations hosted by UIC scholars entitled Radical Care, Real Alternatives. On this episode, we dig deep into the contemporary undocumented rights movement with UIC Professor Amalia Pallares and Mijente Political Director Tania Unzueta. The former mentor-mentee duo go through the timeline of Tania's involvement in the struggle, from her canceled appearance in front of Congress on September 11th, to the fight for DACA to be passed in the early 2010s, to her step into electoral politics over the last few years. Throughout the story, the love and appreciation between the old friends shines through, and the stories Tania shares illustrate what the future of this fight can look like. SHOW NOTES Mijente - https://mijente.net/ Coming out of the Shadows - https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/coming-out-of-the-shadows-undocumented-youth-art-and-activism-in-the-usa/ Radio Arte - https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/radio-arte-national-museum-of-mexican-art/Content?oid=3905398 Immigrant youth justice league - https://mydocumentedlife.org/immigrant-youth-justice-league-coming-out-of-the-shadows/ Undocuqueer - https://creativeresistance.org/i-am-undocuqueer/ #Not1More - http://www.notonemoredeportation.com/ Secure Communities - https://www.ice.gov/secure-communities NOLA Congress of Day Laborers - https://www.nowcrj.org/ Marisa Franco of Mijente - https://twitter.com/marisa_franco?lang=en Chicago Community and Workers Rights - https://chicagoworkersrights.org/about/ Become an AirGo Amplifier - airgoradio.com/donate Rate and review AirGo - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/airgo/id1016530091

In this lesson We the rewards God has for His servants regardless of when they come to serve Him.

Monday Night Beiyun - Amira Le'Akum 11: Day Laborers and Craftsman

California State Legislature (Photo: Flickr) 0:08 – Stories from the Glass Fire: Anne Johnson The Glass Fire has forced an estimated 70,000 to evacuate, including some 4,500 residents of Santa Rosa's Oakmont Neighborhood, mostly seniors. KPFA's Corinne Smith (@Cocoluces) went to evacuation sites to see how they're doing. Here's Anne Johnson, 83, of Oakmont.  0:15 – Trump's tax returns: a presidential sized con David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist expert on the tax system, and founder of dcreport.org.  He's been covering Donald Trump for nearly three decades. 0:30 – The criminal justice reform bills Newsom did and didn't sign. Alexei Kossof (@akoseff) state capitol reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. 1:08 – Breonna Taylor: Prosecutor delays release of Grand Jury transcripts — how does this work? Lara Bazelon (@larabazelon) associate professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she directs the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics. 1:30 – What the Glass Fire's doing to Ag Workers and Day Laborers Christy Lubin is executive director of the Graton Day Labor Center. Omar Paz is Lead Organizer with North Bay Jobs with Justice. The post Trump's taxes; What criminal justice reform bills Gov Newsom did and didn't sign; Plus stories from the Glass Fire: how the evacuations are impacting seniors, ag workers and day laborers appeared first on KPFA.

Sermon Text: "Matt. 20: 1-16"

In this first episode of Season Two of You Talk It. We Live It, host Emily Metcalfe is joined by Marvin Peña, Grassroots Engagement Coordinator at VOZ Workers' Rights Education Project to talk about Voz's work to empower, engage and promote grassroots organizing amongst day laborers and immigrants in Oregon.Here are some interesting facts about Voz:Voz is a worker-led organization that offers leadership development workshops and support to day laborer leaders in getting engaged in their community. Voz is led by a joint Board of community members and Day Laborers. The Day Laborer Committee makes up half of the Board of Directors, and is elected from active Voz members every year.Day laborers bring a wealth of skills, knowledge, and life experiences to Voz and their leadership.Some of Voz's Recent Day Laborer Committee victories include:Raising the minimum wage to $17Making Workforce Development the top organizational strategic priorityBuilding a more secure fence to increase safety at the Worker CenterUpdating the Code of Conduct at the Worker Center to prioritize inclusivity and accountability to ensure that the Worker Center is a safe space for all.-sourced from Voz. Find more information about Voz here: https://portlandvoz.org And some disclaimer stuff: No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast or website. The content here is for informational and entertainment purposes. Views and opinions expressed in the podcast and website are our own and do not represent that of our work places. However, we do welcome any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors. This website or podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever.

Millions around the world don’t have steady work, and the pandemic is worsening their plight. Many don’t even appear in the statistics, such as day laborers, small business owners and freelancers. MADE talks to people struggling to make ends meet.

Today on the Show: Undocumented day laborers in San Francisco hit hard by COVID 19. Also, a pandemic medical update with Dr. Robert Morris. And we'll take a close at California's Imperial Valley, where the governor has dropped the ball when it comes to standing with the Latinx community in the fight against 19. The post Undocumented Day Laborers and Covid19 appeared first on KPFA.

State Assembly Heads Back to Work After Emergency Recess State legislators are returning to Sacramento today after leaving for an emergency recess in March because of the coronavirus crisis. Guest: Anthony Rendon, California Assembly Speaker State's First Election During Pandemic Heats Up North of LA The first election during California's COVID-19 crisis is next Tuesday. Voters north of Los Angeles in the Simi, Santa Clarita, and Antelope Valleys are casting ballots in a special election. They’ll decide who fills a Congressional seat left vacant by the resignation of freshmen Democrat Katie Hill last October.  The pandemic has re-framed the candidates' messages—and reshaped how the election will take place. Reporter: Guy Marzorati, KQED Politics Drive-By Protests and Outreach to Help Day Laborers Even under stay at home orders, most counties have allowed construction projects to continue, including home remodeling and landscaping. So day laborers have kept looking for the little work that remains. In Los Angeles, activists are reaching out to workers to tell them about programs that can help. Reporter: Benjamin Gottlieb, KCRW FaceBook Page Provides for Needs of Prisoners During Pandemic Jails and prisons are hot spots when it comes to the spread of COVID-19. They’re also places where personal hygiene products to keep clean are in short supply. There’s a new online effort to help, one prisoner at a time. Reporter: Kate Wolffe, KQED

An estimated 40,000 day laborers in California are looking for work every day in parking lots, on street corners, and at hiring centers. Many are feeling the economic effects of COVID-19. They can’t find work or face reduced hours. A majority of day laborers lack legal residency status in the U.S., which means the social safety net is out of their reach.

Coronavirus Means Extra Risk for Day Laborers by Uptown Radio

In the middle of the COVID-19 global crisis, we talk with Nadia Marín-Molina (https://twitter.com/nadianadiamarin) of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). Recently, NDLON released a ‘Worker and Migrant Justice Response to the Coronavirus’ platform (https://www.latinorebels.com/2020/03/12/ndloncoronavirus/) . Featured image: A cleaning crew works at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Mark and Eric talk review parables in the Galilean context of Jesus the Jewish sage and then review parable hacks by exploring a common parable called the "skilled laborer" followed by Jesus' absurd twist on the status quo. We ask what happens when we understand deep down that we are already accepted and have the grace to try our best and be our best selves.

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First up, the Bay Area is taking on a new Trump Administration policy that advocates say could hurt immigrants' health. Then, we'll learn what it's like to be an undocumented day laborer in Trump's America. And, a local DJ finds personal freedom through music.

Coach Jesus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Josiah Royce "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever" (Psalm 25). Chad Harbach in his novel The Art of Fielding writes about Schwarz a stocky, strong young football and baseball player. He feels determined not to become one of those "ex-jocks" who considered high school and college the best days of their lives.1 For this reason, despite everyone's expectations, he resists going into coaching. The author describes his state of mind. "He already knew how to coach. All you had to do was to look at each of your players and ask yourself: What story does this guy wish that someone would tell about himself? And then you told the guy that story. You told it with a hint of doom. You included his flaws. You emphasized the obstacles that could prevent him from succeeding... People love to suffer as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose your form of suffering... A good coach made you suffer in a way that suited you." The Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards' (1703-1758) perhaps second most famous sermon was called "The Excellency of Christ."2 Edwards describes "the admirable conjunction" of opposites in Jesus who is both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God. Christ sits in power at the right hand of the Almighty, above galaxies, at the origin of all things, and yet is so humble that he would be our friend. Nowhere does Edwards describe Jesus as a coach. But this is one way that the mystical Christ becomes present in our life. Christ offers stories that can become our own, that will change how we experience everything. My life has been transformed by Jesus and continues to be. This story of Martha and Mary has sunk deep into my consciousness and profoundly affects how I understand the world and how I act in it. Martha invites Jesus over. Mary breaks social taboos by sitting at the feet of Jesus with the male disciples. Martha bitterly insists that Jesus should order Mary to work like her. And Coach Jesus says, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful. Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her" (Lk. 10). At various stages I have asked friends what they think of this story and often they have strong feelings. Many times they feel frustrated and take offense at Jesus. They identify with Martha. They point out that someone has to do these tasks. They want her work to be rewarded. The relationship between all siblings is complicated and many of us simply identify more closely with Martha. Often Bible stories simply do not affirm our sense of fairness.3 Stories like Mary and Martha, the Prodigal Son, the Parable of the Day Laborers, Jacob and Essau, Cain and Abel unsettle us. These are stories about people who did not work hard, who should not have been rewarded, but somehow received more than they deserved. In our secular time stories still are what provide orientation in our life. Because we deeply believe in meritocracy, the Bible's lack of respect for our notions of fairness is hard for us. Being deeply attached to fairness may be for us a sign that we lack faith in God. In life context is everything. That is true for the Bible also. This morning we have only part of the story. The episode begins when a lawyer comes to Jesus wondering how to inherit eternal life. Jesus asks what scripture says and the lawyer correctly answers that there are two great commandments, to love the Lord your God with all of your heart and soul and mind. The second commandment is like unto it, love your neighbor as yourself.4 The lawyer asks, "who is my neighbor?" and Jesus answers with the story of the Good Samaritan. It illustrates that loving our neighbor means transcending our identity, and reaching across boundaries to care for another person. This story of Martha and Mary on the other hand is an answer to the question of how we love God. For me, after a lifetime of study, each year it becomes less about fairness and more about learning to listen. Paying attention is how we love God. This morning I want to point out three brief implications of this kind of listening from two philosophers and a theologian. 1. Choosing. On October 28, 1945 the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) gave a talk at the Club Maintenant in Paris to a surprisingly large crowd He concluded by telling the story of an ex-student who had come to him for advice during World War II. The young man's brother had been killed in battle in 1940 fighting the Germans. His father became a collaborator with the Germans and deserted the family. This young man was his mother's only support and companion.5 The young man really wanted to go across the border through Spain to England where he hoped to fight the Nazis with the Free French forces in exile. In this way he longed to avenge his brother, defy his father and save his country. The only problem was that there would be no one to care for his mother during this time of food shortages and violent upheaval. How do you decide between contributing to the greater good and caring for your mother? According to Sartre established authorities like priests and scholars have nothing to offer. Our inner voice is also confused by competing values. We wonder if we are deceiving ourselves. In short, nothing can relieve us of the burden of freedom. Social conventions, our history, psychology and habits are what he calls "the situation" in which we act. But they do not finally determine what we will do. We are free to choose and in that decision we become who we will be. With each decision we create our self. Although the young man faces a particularly dramatic decision, all of us are in the same situation. We are compelled to invent who we will be. In every instant we are determining what kind of a relationship we will have with God. We can be so busy with our careers and our cell phones that we create a self that is incapable of sitting still and listening to Jesus. 2. Loving. The turn of the twentieth century Harvard philosophy professor Josiah Royce (1855-1916) grew up in Grass Valley California. As a boy he would visit the grave of a gold prospector behind his house and wonder what it would feel like to live and die so anonymously, alone and far from home. He always felt a bit like an outsider.6 Royce's son Christopher was diagnosed with "acute abulia" a mental illness that we might call depression today and died in his twenties. While his colleagues emphasized experience and individualism Royce talked about community. Royce worried about the way modern life seems to detach and isolate us. He always emphasized the importance of belonging to a greater whole, of our loyalty to, even our love for, this world entrusted to our care. One of his students William Ernest Hocking (1873-1966) with his wife Agnes wrote a book called The Meaning of God in Human Experience. The tile of Chapter 23 is "Prayer and its Answer."7 They call prayer active, a way of seeking the Divine through worship. The answer comes when we passively and effortlessly receive God. They write, "The best known of all experiences of [this] mystic type is that of discovering the individuality of another person."8 Mary discovers Jesus in just this way. We too meet Jesus in our deepest connections with other people. 3. Joyfully. The theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) writes that our humanity arises out of what he calls being in encounter, from the quality of our relationships with other people. This is always a reciprocal relationship. It involves really sharing ourselves and being genuinely open to someone's real differences from us. He describes four elements to this. First, it means really looking another person in the eye in a way that allows our self to be seen. Second, it involves really listening to others and speaking the truth about ourselves. Third, it means being ready to help and to be helped. But these are not enough. To really be human we need to do these things "gladly." At our very heart, if we do not do something gladly, it is not who we really are. Our fundamental humanity is not something that we can just choose to put on or take off like a hat.9 If someone said "be joyful!" you might wonder where to start and what to do. We usually regard joy as a passing feeling that just happens to us rather than a habitual disposition that shapes our experience of the world. If you really want to experience joy you need to realize that it comes to us when we cultivate a sense of gratitude and humility. Joy arises out of a life of prayer. Anne Lammott writes that the most essential prayers fall into three categories that can be each described with a single word. "Help. Thanks. Wow." In each of these moments turning to God leads us more deeply into an experience of gladness. In conclusion, like a good coach or better like a true friend, Jesus tells us the story that will transform our lives, so that some good may come of the suffering that is uniquely our own. As I listen at the feet of Christ this week I am learning that we can be free from the past, that with every choice we can draw closer to God and create something beautiful with who we are. Just as Jesus calls Martha in from her solitary work, he invites us also to step out of the isolating individualism of our culture and to seek that mystic experience of the holiness present in every person. The cares and anxieties that we take on do not have to own us. By living with gratitude, humility and love we can open find abiding joy. Let us pray: As Martha served you, Lord, so too may we with faithful hearts and loving care prepare all things for your feast. But grant us more, O Lord, that as we work we may be tuned with Mary’s ear to hear in all we do, the lessons that you teach. Amen (Adapted from Lucy Mason Nuesse).10 1 Chad Harbach, The Art of Fielding (NY: Back Bay Books, 2011) 149. 2 Jonathan Edwards, "The Excellency of Christ." http://www.leaderu.com/cyber/books/edwards/excellency.html 3 7 Pent (7-19-98) 11C. 4 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 5 Sarah Bakewell, The Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails (NY: Other Press, 2016) 7-9. 6 John Kaag, American Philosophy: A Love Story (NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016) 165ff. 7 William Ernest Hocking, The Meaning of God in Human Experience: A Philosophic Study of Religion (New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1912). https://archive.org/stream/meaningofgodinhu027626mbp/meaningofgodinhu027626mbp_djvu.txt 8 Ibid., 175. 9 Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics III.2: The Doctrine of Creation tr. H Knight, G.W. Bromiley, J.K.S. Reid, R.H. Fuller (NY: T & T Clark, 1960) 267. 10 Diocesan Altar Guild (6-19-04) 11C.

This time on Peace Talks Radio, a two-part program. Part one is a focus on outreach efforts that intend to bring some peace and safety to immigrants whose futures have become tangled up in the United States’ evolving immigration stance. First we’ll hear the story of Jose Torres who, in the fall of 2017, became the first person in New Orleans to take sanctuary in a church to avoid deportation. Jose is a community leader with the Congress of Day Laborers, a group of immigrant workers and families who helped to rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina. Producer Sarah Holtz spoke with Jose at his place of sanctuary, First Grace Methodist Church. Then Suzanne Kryder speaks with Justin Remer-Thamert, director of the New Mexico Faith Coalition For Immigrant Justice, who recently received the Parliament of the World's Religions Justice Award. Justin also offers some ideas about bringing opposing sides of the immigration debate closer together. Finally, Suzanne visits with Bawa Jain, the Secretary-General of The Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders that opened at the United Nations in August 2000 with the intent to find ways that the worldwide religious and spiritual communities can work together as interfaith allies with the United Nations on specific peace, poverty and environmental initiatives.

This time on Peace Talks Radio, a two-part program. Part one is a focus on outreach efforts that intend to bring some peace and safety to immigrants whose futures have become tangled up in the United States' evolving immigration stance. First we'll hear the story of Jose Torres who, in the fall of 2017, became the first person in New Orleans to take sanctuary in a church to avoid deportation. Jose is a community leader with the Congress of Day Laborers, a group of immigrant workers and families who helped to rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina. Producer Sarah Holtz spoke with Jose at his place of sanctuary, First Grace Methodist Church. Then Suzanne Kryder speaks with Justin Remer-Thamert, director of the New Mexico Faith Coalition For Immigrant Justice, who recently received the Parliament of the World's Religions Justice Award. Justin also offers some ideas about bringing opposing sides of the immigration debate closer together. Finally, Suzanne visits with Bawa Jain, the Secretary-General of The Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders that opened at the United Nations in August 2000 with the intent to find ways that the worldwide religious and spiritual communities can work together as interfaith allies with the United Nations on specific peace, poverty and environmental initiatives.

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Mitch Etter and Brielle Rutledge are the indie pop group Hi Crime (@hicrimemusic). Mitch is a former member of progressive rock band New Ocean, in which he was the songwriter and bandleader, while at Truman State University. He is also currently the guitarist for Seattle-based group Skinny Teeth and former guitarist for folk rock band Day Laborers & Petty Intellectuals. Brielle started her music career with collaborations with rappers and producers when she was in college at Central Washington University. Mitch and Brielle launched Hi Crime as a duo in 2015, and recently added Kyle Armstrong, Cody McCann, and Hannah Chase to form a five-piece band. In this episode, Mitch and Brielle talk about how they formed Hi Crime and their dynamic originally as a duo, their new song ‘Japan’ and the process behind it, their online promotion strategy, what they look for to measure their success, and much more.This episode was recorded at Watson Sound production studio and Mitch Etter's studio. It was edited and mixed at Watson Sound by Alex Ward. The interview was conducted via Facebook video chat. 'Japan' was written and performed by Hi Crime and mixed and mastered by Mitch Etter. Full permission was given for its use in this episode.

Sarah Fouts wears many hats; a writer and professor; she’s taught at Tulane and is now at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Interested in the way food acts as an entry point to issues like labor and migration, she’s written prolifically on the contemporary Latinx food landscape in New Orleans: from simultaneously overly and underly policed loncheras, to the drag and transgender community. Her work can be found in Gastronomica, on the Gravy Podcast, and at her website: sarahfouts.com (or @sbfouts). Meant to Be Eaten is powered by Simplecast.

What do tears mean and what does "unemployed" mean? Today we answer an audience Question of the Day and talk about our favorite subject--JESUS!--in the Parable of the Land Owner and the Day Laborers. Thank you for listening!

Chris Roach joins us this week at Comic Strip Live. We talk about preventing premature ejaculation, classing up the porn industry and that time Chris caught a day laborer with something up his ass. Follow us on Twitter @kevinbrennan666 @roachcomic @brianpmccarthy @adamhiniker Support the show at patreon.com/mlcpodcast    

"TATTOOS? Rock 'em? Or is somebody sinning up in here? Join us as we welcome Pastor James Rene of Prophetic Revelation TV and we discuss getting inked, the last thing we licked, and then we'll simmer down...somewhat...to continue our study of the Parables of Jesus! Woo! Thank you for being here. 

Gary Smith, Matt Fondiler, and I save seats at the watercooler. We talk about pizza being a pie, my trip to Austin, and hiring workers from a Home Depot parking lot. Beer: Black Coffee. Subscribe to my other podcast Kevin's Cryptids here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/kevins-cryptids/id1193115628?mt=2# Woof Woof! Host: Chris Laxamana ChrisLaxamana.com Support The Show: Go to ZipRecruiter.com/interview to try ZipRecruiter for free and post your job to 100+ job sites. Visit ForHims.com/Resume and get a trial month for just $5 Get 25% off your entire order with $10 flat rate for shipping at CarollaDrinks.com by using the promo code "Laxi" Purchase the 'Resume Podcast Theme' song on iTunes and Amazon. And if you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review on iTunes with nothing but barks. Matt Fondiler: http://twitter.com/mattfondiler Gary Smith: http://twitter.com/gpatricksmith Mike Dawson: http://twitter.com/dawsangeles Caelan Biehn: Don't worry about him.

Six tells Shaner about his Thanksgiving night fighting with day laborers at a bar. Shaner talks about how being a good samaritan is really just a pain in the ass. Then they both exchange stories about horrible dogs they've dealt with over the years.  

Sermon preached at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Durham NC on September 24, 2017 on the story of Jonah, the parable of the Landowner and the Day Laborers, and Spiritual Maturity. (Preached without a script--and we all survived!)

In 2016, William Diaz Castro was arrested at his home in New Orleans by ICE agents who were looking for someone else. He was charged with “illegal reentry” because he had been deported to Guatemala before. But this time, William’s wife Linda and their son witnessed the traumatic arrest. William is a leader with the Congreso de Jornaleros/Congress of Day Laborers, an organization of immigrant workers founded by day laborers who helped rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina, and drove a grassroots campaign for his release from inside the detention center.  

I talk about a video of someone rolling up on day laborers to make a DJ Khaled meme; it's someone's father, brother, or uncle they're trying to make a joke of. I also talk about how this is a result go not allowing us, the millennial to make true change in our spaces.

Covenant Presbyterian Church (The Barn)

Covenant Presbyterian Church (The Barn)

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. 5814 Penalties Do Not Apply to Delay in Sheriff's Disability Retirement Advances. Kim Kardashian Target of Subrogation Lawsuit. Paraplegic Correctional Officer Sent to Jail for Fake Industrial Injury. Another Contractor Gets Sentenced for Premium Fraud. Smartphone App Created for Day Laborers to Anonymously Report Employers. WCJ Ethics Advisory Committee Issues 2015 Annual Report. WCRI Says Physician Financial Incentives Cause "Case Shifting" to Comp. Doctors Ignore CMS Opioid Over Prescribing Warning Letters. CWCI Reports Steady Decline in Comp Hospitalizations and Spine Surgeries. Death by a Thousand Cuts - Another Employer Leaves California.

On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Drawn by reconstruction work, the number of Latino immigrants has nearly doubled. Reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina drew thousands of people from India, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, and other Latin American countries.  Workers were charged with pulling dead bodies from abandoned homes and rebuilding New Orleans. But the influx of migrant workers also increased immigration crackdowns. Making Contact’s Jasmin Lopez follows Jose Monterubio, a reconstruction worker. He tells us about his detention and how he stands for immigrant rights with the support of Congress of Day Laborers. Next, Jose Torres Tama recites Corporate Coyotes Smuggle Immigrant Workers, a poem from his book Immigrant Dreams, Alien Nightmares. Ten years later after hurricane Katrina, it’s estimated there are nearly 100,000 fewer African Americans living in the city of New Orleans.  Andrew Stelzer visits the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a resident of one of the ultramodern homes built by Brad Pitt’s Make it Right project. As a new lower 9th ward emerges, what will it look like and who will be included in the remake? Featuring: Luis Medina, immigrant reconstruction worker Jose Monterrubio, immigrant reconstruction worker Jose Torres-Tama, artist Robert Green, Lower 9th Ward resident Beck Cooper, Director of the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum

On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Drawn by reconstruction work, the number of Latino immigrants has nearly doubled. Reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina drew thousands of people from India, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, and other Latin American countries.  Workers were charged with pulling dead bodies from abandoned homes and rebuilding New Orleans. But the influx of migrant workers also increased immigration crackdowns. Making Contact’s Jasmin Lopez follows Jose Monterubio, a reconstruction worker. He tells us about his detention and how he stands for immigrant rights with the support of Congress of Day Laborers. Next, Jose Torres Tama recites Corporate Coyotes Smuggle Immigrant Workers, a poem from his book Immigrant Dreams, Alien Nightmares. Ten years later after hurricane Katrina, it’s estimated there are nearly 100,000 fewer African Americans living in the city of New Orleans.  Andrew Stelzer visits the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a resident of one of the ultramodern homes built by Brad Pitt’s Make it Right project. As a new lower 9th ward emerges, what will it look like and who will be included in the remake? Featuring: Luis Medina, immigrant reconstruction worker Jose Monterrubio, immigrant reconstruction worker Jose Torres-Tama, artist Robert Green, Lower 9th Ward resident Beck Cooper, Director of the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum

After some time away (five minutes by release time). We are “back” with a new show from the makers of the legendary Labor Day special. Our heroes highlight their epic interaction with famed hype man Lil Jon, new Florida craziness, and many rants. Alex rants about horrible shipping problems and the disappoint of the Apple Watch. Cory talks more the fall television season, Gamergate, and his love for his Wii U. The boys even talk 3DS Super Smash Bros and the overwhelming labors of a CG Animator.…

After some time away (five minutes by release time). We are “back” with a new show from the makers of the legendary Labor Day special. Our heroes highlight their epic interaction with famed hype man Lil Jon, new Florida craziness, and many rants. Alex rants about horrible shipping problems and the disappoint of the Apple Watch. Cory talks more the fall television season, Gamergate, and his love for his Wii U. The boys even talk 3DS Super Smash Bros and the overwhelming labors of a CG Animator.…

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Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. How can we imagine ourselves as day laborers for the Lord? We should want to work for God. (Preached on Monday, April 8, 2013, 12:15pm, St. Paul the Apostle Church, New York City)

Sometimes Christ does not seem fair. The Parable of the Day Laborers evokes this sense of injustice. Those who do not work as long and hard as the others get the same reward. However, Christ wants us to move beyond our sense of justice and see all according to love, God's perspective. Gratitude for the gift transforms our natural disposition to judge who deserves what into a disposition of thanksgiving.

Huge thanks to everyone who invested countless hours serving our neighbors in Morristown this month! The results of Liquid's Outflow outreaches to the Poor, the Professionals, and the Partygoers were amazing! All told, Liquid volunteers served: • 4,789 bottles of water to Day Laborers, Commuters, and people on the street • 913 pairs of work gloves to immigrant workers (as well as breakfast bags) • 1,240 slices of pizza to late-night bar hoppers & partyers Beyond the numbers were the faces of REAL PEOPLE who were deeply touched by these simple acts of kindness offered “no strings attached.” We’re astounded how God continues to use little things done with GREAT love to impact lives. Thanks for investing your time & passion letting our neighbors know that they matter deeply to God... and to our church!