by Michael Lerner | Feb 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear New School Friends: Walter Murch is a film editor and sound designer. His work includes Apocalypse Now, the Godfather series, The Conversation, and The English Patient. He has won three Academy Awards from nine nominations. Roger Ebert called him “the most...
by Michael Lerner | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annnuciation Dear New School Friends: I am reading poetry. A friend sent me this poem by Denise Levertov: AnnunciationDenise Levertov We know the scene: the room, variously furnished, almost always a lectern, a book; alwaysthe tall lily. ...
by Michael Lerner | Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
December 15, 2019 Dear Commonweal Friends: I hope my personal Winter Letter finds you well. You have already received the winter edition of our Commonweal News . Commonweal has never been stronger. Our 20 + programs in health and healing, education and the arts, and...
by Michael Lerner | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Former Commonweal Program Director Heather Sarantis is just returning from doing humanitarian relief work for asylum seekers near the Texas-Mexico border through Bay Area Border Relief. Heather shares her story here: I had been accepted to do support at Annunciation...
by Michael Lerner | Oct 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
From Stanley Wu, Commonweal Resilience Project Coordinator When Pacific Gas and Energy (PGE) was determined to be responsible for the devastating Camp Fire that killed at least 86 people and resulted in tens of billions in damage, they filed for bankruptcy and changed...
