July 3, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Nigerian Doctor – The Video Here’s the video I mentioned in my last post. It’s a priceless reminder of colonial days in Nigeria. I never did learn who sent it or how I came across it. It’s 13 minutes long, and I … Continue reading
June 29, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Another June/July Birthday Our son Chinaku turns 50 today. That’s such a milestone for us and for him! We sent a package about 10 days ago; he didn’t mention receiving it when we talked today, and we forgot to ask. Sam … Continue reading
June 17, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Anita Hill and Reimagining Equality Tonight was my book group meeting to discuss Anita Hill’s Reimagining Equality. I loved the definitions of home that Hill puts at the beginning of each chapter. Two or three others did too. But a … Continue reading
June 13, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Anita Hill and Reimagining Equality For one of my book groups we’re reading Anita Hill’s Reimagining Equality Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home. The title and the paperback book which I found on my bookshelf felt familiar. But it … Continue reading
June 9, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Park City Karen, my friend who has been most helpful in getting me set up in Park City, Utah for the final leg of my western book tour, took me to her Park City Newcomers Book Club yesterday morning. Almost all … Continue reading
October 24, 2014
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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I share the video of our son Sam talking about his work and offering advice. The Seven Sisters Alumnae Seminar presented an excellent program, Crime and Punishment, Justice for All? The Nigerian doctor who helped contain Ebola died of the virus.
September 2, 2014
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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My Father and Labor Day Labor Day always reminds me of my father. He was a proud member of the AFL-CIO local in Cincinnati at AT&T. He inspired me to write my high school senior term paper on Walter Reuther. … Continue reading
August 9, 2014
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Connections – So Many! I’ve made many connections and reconnections in the last few days! I wish I could draw, and I’d make a diagram for you that shows all the links! Most, but not quite all, involve Nigeria. The first also … Continue reading
May 21, 2014
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Last Saturday evening my husband Clem and I held a reception with twenty five guests in our home for Bill Schulz, the president and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, or UUSC. Schulz was previously the executive director of … Continue reading
March 27, 2014
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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I’m reading Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2013 novel that was one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year. I’m reading it for the second time and loving it even more than the first! Ifemelu, the … Continue reading