Amara Ifeji works at the intersection of climate and racial justice
The Nigerian-born activist grew up in Maine playing with the dirt—and experiencing environmental racism.
The Nigerian-born activist grew up in Maine playing with the dirt—and experiencing environmental racism.
For Simone Weil, paying attention means asking, ”What are you going through?”
“We are not exaggerating when we say that we found the remains of the two rooms of Mary of Egypt. This is no legend; it’s reality. It’s a holy place, where the heavens opened three times. . . . It is the most important spot in the world.”
The only thing it lacked was a desert—so the monks imagined one.
Faith and water conservation in the desert
If anything had an honest answer, it would be the canyon’s cool indifference and heartbreaking beauty.
“In letting the documents speak to me, I was able to see that the main message is ‘God is love.’ That’s it.”