Sir Ketumile Quett Joni Masire was born on 23 July 1925 in Kanye, Beuchanaland (now Botswana). 23 July, 2025, marks his centennial birthday. In commemorating this great milestone we pay tribute to one of the founders of Botswana and framers of its constitution. He was the principal architect of its economic development as minister of…
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1958 was a very significant year. That was the year Masire married Gladys Olebile Molefi on January 2. Born in Modimola near Mafikeng, after graduating from Tiger Kloof, she became a teacher at Mafikeng and later Kanye. A woman of substance, she was God fearing, kind, humble, compassionate, and hardworking; who years later as First…
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After 37 years in public life president Masire retired in 1998. In those years Botswana’s circumstances had changed significantly from what the economic experts foresaw.??From 1966 to 1998 Botswana achieved the world’s highest annual economic growth rate of any country in the world. In the words of president Masire, “We built and sustained a multi-party…
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As we celebrate his centennial birthday we remember Sir Ketumile Masire with immense joy and pride as a man who was positively animated with life. He reflected as St Irenaeus said ‘the glory of God in humanity fully alive.’ We remember his sterling leadership ingrained in his love of God and humanity. We remember “a…
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May 26, 2025 Dear Friends and Family, This past Friday was the last day for several of my Haitian co-workers. They are no longer eligible to work in the USA, their TPS expiring. Patrice expressed that he was grateful for the experience of working and living in another country. Djudly was going to do her…
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The Second of May, in the Year of our Lord 2025 Greetings One and All, It’s Eastertide, The People’s Pope has died. The conclave will convene May 7, 2025, a Jubilee Year. It is safe to say many are thinking of their loved ones who passed on and those who are here, as we contemplate…
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March 30, 2025 Sent via email Dear Friends and Family, Seems like just the other day folks we were determining who would be heading the Executive Branch of our nation. Then Election Day whizzed by Americans made their choice, and Donald Trump was re-elected President. The Holidays followed fast behind. Before you…
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Women and the Labor Movement Coming Together… AI, Automation, Amazon Labor Unions, and the Equal Rights Amendment Katrina’s Dream and ERA Action March 10, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm United Nations Church Center 777 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Katrina’s Dream and ERA Action are hosting a parallel event at this years 69th United Nations Commission on…
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November 2, 2024 Dear Friends and Family, An essential element of progress is accountability. So, as to my stance on not having the Kayla’s full name, the Amazon Executive HR Investigator assigned to address numerous concerns, such as: health and safety issues; pay discrepancies; prior incidents; harassment; and retaliation for union organising. All of which…
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I am at work, I have come in early. I work at an Amazon warehouse. This is my idea of a dream job. I work alongside folks from all walks of life. It is like a mini United Nations. From kids who did not quite complete High School to those who have attended the oldest…
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Sent via email 21st of November, 2023 Dearest Family and Friends, As it is each and every Thanksgiving I reflect on much. For me, Thanksgiving is all the Holidays rolled into one. The Thanksgiving that transformed my life was the day my mother took me to a Salvation Army program in the Battery area of New York City…
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The Rt. Rev. Dr. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba; President of the United National Independence Party (UNIP). 22 October, 2023. Our founding fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, around midnight on 24th October 1964, watched the Zambian flag hoisted in the sky clustered with sparkling stars. As it’s decades later we are celebrating the 59th independence…
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Keynote address delivered by the Rt. Revd. Dr. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba, President of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) to commemorate the 99th birthday of Kenneth Kaunda National Day on 28th April, 2023. The Master of Ceremony Professor Jacob R.S. Malungo The Honourable Elijah Mushima, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources; The Acting Vice-Chancellor…
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Sent via email and available on the Dreamscape Blog January 1, 2023 Dearest Friends and Family – Everyone, Everywhere, It is that time of the year in the Winter Season that many take stock of where they are and what they will set themselves to the task of making the necessary moves to achieve ambitious personal,…
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Rt. Rev’d. Dr. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba; President of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) Zambia.: Sermon preached at the Investiture Ceremony of Dr Romelle Alexzyn Horton as the First Female President of Cuttington University, Suakoko, Bong County, Liberia, on Saturday, 12th November, 2022. Bishop James, Reverend Fathers, Madam President, the Board of Trustees, Administration,…
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September 16, 2022 Dear Friends and Family, I would like you to attend as observers in the meeting Katrina’s Dream has scheduled with Majority Leader Schumer’s office today at 12:00 pm ( some of us will be on a little early to just chat) to discuss his holding the vote on SJ Res 1 which…
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Clockwise: Her Majesty the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. Mayor of Barking and Dagenham Simon Bremner, Rt. Rev. Trevor Mwamba, Leader of the Council of Barking and Dagenham Councilor Darren Rodwell; and CEO of the Council Chris Naylor. Photo Credit: St. Margaret’s Abby parishioner Circa: 2018 8th September, 2022 I wish to express to Your…
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Third of July, 2022 Good Day Friends and Family, The Fourth of July, Independence Day, has significant meaning to me. Following my marriage to William that both Katrina and George Swanson blessed on the Summer Solstice in 2004 at St. Saviour’s in Bar Harbor, Maine, that on our honeymoon in Bolinas, California in front of…
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21st of June, 2022 Good Day Everyone, Everywhere, George Gaines Swanson, my late father-in-law, was one of the world’s great souls, priest, singer, composer, promoter of full equality of women, passionate advocate of prison reform, and a man of unceasing prayer. When he died December 5, 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic was just beginning and we…
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