by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 14, 2010 | Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Writing
My guest column, a follow up reflection on the interesting national conversation that my original blog post, “Where’s a Police Officer to Get a Cup of Coffee?”...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 10, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Writing
There have been so many interesting developments and comments and ideas over the past 10 days that my original post, “Where’s a police officer to get a cup of coffee?” went viral. It is amazing the power of the pen in sharing a story. And people are running with it....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 3, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, Refugees, Writing
When I blogged about the experience I had at a local café in Portland where my daughter and I were having a quiet conversation with a Portland Police officer before we were interrupted by the café owner, who asked the police officer to leave, I never dreamed that the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 22, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Refugees
My daughter and I were looking forward to a nice lunch at the Red and Black, a vegan cafe in southeast Portland, two days before she was to return to school in Germany. Having a vegetarian daughter makes for great eating adventures. I had heard about the southeast...
