Dorothy Day: "Witness" (1964; UCSB archive) part I

Dorothy Day: journalist, Catholic activist, non-violent anarchist, Wobblie, succor to the poor of inner cities across America. Day willingly lived the fertile ground of voluntary poverty as a site of Love--the love she held for her God as well as the love (caritas) she expressed for her fellow man.

For Day, if you would that a revolution occur in the world--a revolution of equity of every kind, brotherhood, and freedom for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--then start that revolution in your own heart and soul. Be the hero of your own life, and you will be a hero--a source of love in the world--to others.

To effect that freedom and change, Day would not be seduced by the world. In this way, she had freed herself up to effect the change she wanted to see occur--for both herself and the collective drawn to her.


Interview transcripts (revised 1/10):

http://dorothydaytranscripts.wordpress.com/



Wiki article on Day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Day



Thanks to UC (Santa Barbara) for audio upload consent:

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/digital/csdi/a7766.html



Thanks to Phillip Runkel for his diligent attention and care in overseeing the Dorothy Day archive at Marquette University.

Letters, photos (including those in this stream), the Day interview DVD, etc., may be found here:


http://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/day.shtml


Photo stream: Day and Dan Berrigan (upper right) at the Catholic Worker in New York, showing her grandchild to Ammon Hennacy, and with Peter Maurin.



An excellent video on the life of Ammon Hennacy:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3947036826091936949#




A collection of articles and essays of related concern:

http://empireglassdarkly.wordpress.com/



Please see the Wiki articles on the tag headings below:

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Dan Berrigan
• Peter Maurin
• Catholic Worker
• Peter Kropotkin
• Ammon Hennacy