Dancing was similarly reviled, and all types of celebration found themselves in the crosshairs of European colonists setting out to spread Christianity and civilization around the world. As in so many fields, burnout is a serious risk, especially because activist work is rarely well-compensated and because the strong sense of personal responsibility many activists feel makes it hard to take breaks. Miroslav Volf: I don't know whether I'm maybe romanticizing things, but it seemed to me that from what I have observed growing up, but also when I have traveled, that I find more joy in the midst of oppression in almost paradoxical way, than I find in plenty. "Peace without justice is tyranny." - William Allen White. That's what's necessary. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, with funding from several philanthropic foundations, told the story of African American history and the largely overlooked achievements of Black Americans which were not available to the public. Miroslav Volf: So you need a kind of public spaces and public rituals possibly. It wouldn't be easy to find her, now. And those who are doing the speaking, never imagining that this in fact would be the sign. "That's the heart of rock 'n' roll, that's its . Lyrically, Joy as an Act of Resistance focuses on lead singer Joe Talbot's troubled past & many timely themes like . Miroslav Volf: And in some ways you've got this space for joy, but you can constitute in it also a space of joy. Music, dance, art, eroticism: all of these fuel an emotional response that creates momentum, one that can be hard to control. As a result, she was verbally pummeled, berated and called a feminazi (a total oxymoron). Joy As An Act Of Resistance / - ( CD, Album) Partisan Records, Hostess Entertainment Unlimited. Watching a pride parade, teeming with people dressed in all shades of ROY G BIV, the line between protest and party blurs, and its hard to sit on the sidelines in judgment. "Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself." - Carl Jung. Rosa Parks stood up for her rightsshe actually didnt let the bus driver tell her what to do or abide by those rules and regulations about where she could sitshe fought for justice, and thats why African Americans are now able to sit in the front of the bus at this moment. // Pressconnects Obituaries Today, Articles W