What We Leave Behind

This video is from my college graduation in 2019, 54 years after I took my first class at the University of Washington. In the first five minutes of the video I talk about all the "trail guides" my generation was given as we were entering adulthood. I go on to ask what "trail guides" we will be leaving behind. 

The song that is part of this question - part of this story - says, "love is the question, love is the answer, love is the reason, and you are the one." In other words I believe the answer or answers to that question need to come from a place of love and grace.

A Lover's Quarrel with the World

When someone asked Robert Frost what he wanted on his tombstone his answer was: He Had A Lover's Quarrel With The World. The songs and stories you’ll find in this room are part of my lover’s quarrel with the world including what I call Remembering the Dream, 21 videos sharing songs and stories from the Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s and how those songs and those stories connect with and help us understand the times we are living in now.
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