David Garrigus’ Post

Justice is the moment of putting all the wrong things to right. Let’s celebrate the day of world international justice day a remembrance of what and how all we have achieved. https://lnkd.in/gB8_Qb9 #InternationalJustice #WorldDayForInternationalJustice #DayForInternationalJustice #Justice #InternationalJusticeDay #WorldDayforInternationalJustice2024

To my UNITED STATES Are we, as a country really that fractured? Can we not UNITE with a common goal or purpose? Our families? Can we NOT identify as “who we voted for in the last election” (Shameless “The News Room” reference)!?? I love Bill Maher. I DO NOT agree with all of his politics, nor do I agree with all your politics. Comedians are NOT supposed to be “politically correct!” They are supposed to push the boundaries and make us realize how “Completely out-of-bounds (ie: F’d up) our beliefs, behaviors, morales, and our focus! As “Dennis Miller (comedian) said in one of his ‘Rants’ - “Focus on your families, DA** It! PLEASE… Focus on maintaining/observing ALL the BILL OF RIGHTS! Focus on unifying our homes, our neighborhoods, or cities, and most importantly OUR COUNTRY, the UNITED States of America! #family #loveyourneighbor #readytowork #patriotism #peaceonearth #peaceandprosperity https://lnkd.in/ghzQ3tR6?

https://lnkd.in/g9pCWKt9  The Origin and History of Giants According to Scriptures and Other Documented Facts  #bestadvice

Today I overhead someone else's podcast where someone argued that African American individuals have been "fully free" since the moment the Civil War ended. I stopped dead in my tracks. It took me a moment to compose myself. I can not be totally sure, but my jaw may have been slack with my eyes wide. On what planet is that the truth? Was there freedom in the sense these individuals no longer had to work as unpaid slaves? kinda... in many ways, society just updated the terminology. Making it seem as though "maid" was a better term. So many occupations across the country. Without fair pay, respect, or dignity. Let us not forget those that were turned away without anything at all but the clothes of their back and their "freedom" in their heart, ripped from their country of origin, their families, their languages, cultures, traditions. So, so, so much lost. However, we were gifted the ability to grow and change as a society. This country NEEDED the Civil rights movement and it should not be forgotten! We still have not learned enough. If one remains in the same place they become stagnant. Always look to move forward. Learn more. See more. Do more.

#successhttps://lnkd.in/g9pCWKt9  The Origin and History of Giants According to Scriptures and Other Documented Facts 

Do you know that a Regime, left undisturbed, throughout the years, has many negative repercussions, on whole families? In 2024, Ivan Alexiev produced the original feature film screenplay Grand Fatherland relating the combined evil, of all political regimes, and especially the most resilient one, of them,all - the Communist Regime. The Official Representation for the US & the EU of this timely, screen crafting event: https://lnkd.in/dVp9VfR3

Rev. Wylie Hughes and I discuss: - The Black-Jewish Alliance - what happened to it and how to revive it? - Public Discourse - can civil conversation return to civic life? - The illiberal Left - can we revive liberalism among progressives? The answers - only when we pull apart the Gordian knot of White Supremacy, American misogyny and patriarchy, and anti-Indigenous genocide, for a start. https://lnkd.in/engUqNiW

Last night, I had the honour to learn from and discuss with a group of Coast Salish hereditary chiefs about how we can unify our people and truly move beyond colonialism. We concluded that true progress doesn’t come from sitting at the colonizer’s table, but by creating our own. If corporations and governments want to work with us or on our land, they should come to our table, respecting our terms and traditional laws. Too often, we see Indigenous “representation” in corporate and entertainment spaces, mistaken for reconciliation, when in reality, it’s merely assimilation. Large corporations that “celebrate” our culture while simultaneously perpetuating the arrests of our land protectors and ongoing policy discrimination are not allies. The entertainment industry, despite its glitzy displays, is still very publicly riddled with abuse and exploitation, the same type of abuse that our girls and boys had endured in residential schools up until 1996, and continued in new forms to this day. It's crucial to understand that true sovereignty and progress lie in building our own platforms and institutions, guided by our traditional protocols and laws, and not colonial law. Representation without genuine empowerment and autonomy is merely assimilation.

Leadership requires activation, not a title or a role. Leaders are NOT entitled to a thing. What feelings do you get to feel when you look in this young boys eyes. It is obvious no one did as they tortured him or else they would have seen the sparkle and reflection back of themselves and their evil in their actions. Same is true when you realize Reverend King was assasinated by the lack of actually listening to any of his words. They were heard but not listened to. Leaders lean in. They take the responsibility to take the big hits. They speak in response. But it is due to each person’s fear and our sense of having a lack of responsibility over it or… A sense we are not accountable for our primal mind distortions that keeps Most of the greatest leaders, the ones that become teachers, leading from beyond. Sometimes God places those spirits, the ones able to speak into people and be heard more post mortem due to the times, back on the other side.

Reminder of the need to decolonise criminal justice, from sculptor Yinka Shonibare at the Royal Academy's great exhibition, Entangled Pasts. Go see it if you can.