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Interview on peacemaking and activism
David Dault recently interviewed me for his podcast ‘Things Not Seen.’ It was a delightful conversation, and the edited version is here. I hope you will enjoy it. To listen, simply click here.
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Worldchanging Weekends
For over fifteen years David has been offering Worldchanging 101 workshops and keynotes. In them, he challenges some common, but largely unexamined, ideas about how large-scale social change happens...
View ArticleA new song being born: Angelita
Antigua, Guatemala 8AM Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 I wrote a song lyric yesterday that captures a bit of what I’m thinking and feeling on this particular trip to Guatemala, which must be about my tenth time...
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News from Guatemala
Antigua, Guatemala 8AM Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 I’m waking up this morning in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (also known as Xela), realizing that it has suddenly been a week since I arrived. The time is...
View ArticleThe Moon and the Miracle
The moon and the miracle Santee, SC January 28, 2013 And on other nights (one night before full, or one night after) , the moon does not make me smile or remember a lover who once held all of my...
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California Dreaming and Changing the World
The alarm rang at 4AM yesterday, and that’s early for just about everyone. On the West Coast that was 1AM. And just to sweeten the deal, Sunday is the time change for Daylight Savings. Sleep schmeep!...
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The Fifth Annual Freedom Ball
Ed’s first trip to the beach after prison. As Christmas approached last year, my thoughts were very much with my friend Ed Chapman. Ed spent nearly fifteen years in prison, thirteen of those on death...
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Nobel Peace Prize nominating season…
The American Friends Service Committee has opened a call for suggested nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize, and you are invited to submit your suggestions between now and May 1, 2013 for the 2014 prize...
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Klansmen, Crips, Clowns, Memphis and Me
This Saturday the Ku Klux Klan is promising to have one of its largest rallies ever in Memphis, Tennessee. I’m headed there too. The Memphis park formerly known as Forrest Park, after Civil War...
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The Klan went home, the community stayed
Two days ago I woke up at 3:45AM to head to the airport. As a professional musician, I’ve seen 3:45 on the end of my day much more often in my life than I’ve seen it on the beginning, and I’m not much...
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Celebrating Dad’s Day by Taking Mine to Jail
Tomorrow, I will take my father to jail, and I’ve never been prouder of him than I am right now. The Rev. Dr. John H. LaMotte is my dad. He’s an 82 year old retired Presbyterian minister. He volunteers...
View ArticleTwo new videos
Here are a couple of new music videos from a guest spot I did at the White Horse Black Mountain a few months ago. Death Come A-Knockin’, or Travelin’ Shoes, is a traditional slave song from the days of...
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Just One Candle
This is the lyric to my newest song, finished a couple of weeks ago and performed on stage three times now. The third time I managed to sing it without getting choked up. I suspect that I will write...
View ArticleWhy I Am Changing My Vacation Plans
August 26, 2013 Dear Columbia City Council Members, I am writing to tell you why I am changing my vacation plans this week. I brought my son Mason, not quite five, to the EdVenture Museum in Columbia...
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Worldchanging in your town…
It’s been a whirlwind of a day with a few meetings related to releasing my new ‘Best Of’ CD, some writing for an online community, two connections with longtime friends, meetings with the folks at...
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New ‘Best Of David LaMotte’ CD release
It’s amazing to find myself putting out a retrospective record. I’ve been a professional musician for twenty-two years, though, so I guess it’s time! Over those couple decades I’ve put out ten...
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They’re here! They’re here! They’re here!
UPS brought the new ‘Best Of David LaMotte’ CDs to the door last night after dark (it was a long, impatient wait!), and today we will be mailing them out. We’re really excited about the new record...
View ArticleNot the same Auld Lang Syne
On New Year’s Eve, ringing in 2014, I was invited to play a few songs as part of a show organized by friend BJ Leiderman (of NPR theme song fame) at the White Horse in Black Mountain, NC. It was a fun...
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Peace Is Not Placidity (Part 1 of 3)
This article is part one of a three-part series called How We Get Peace Wrong. Having just come through the holiday season and launched a new year here in the United States, we have heard the word...
View ArticleHow It Happens (coming to your town)
My life has changed quite radically in the last five years, beginning with my son Mason’s birth, then moving to Australia to study as a Rotary World Peace Fellow, doing field work in India, working for...
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