KING'S CHALLENGE * BILL PHOTOS * TEA, TOO * Bill's Coffeeshop Newsletter * Vol. 8 No. 1 * Jan. 5, 2007

GREAT PHOTO ARCHIVE
OF BILL SACKTER

Like to see photos of Bill Sackter's life? Check out the growing photo
archive at www.BillSackter.com. You'll find lots of wonderful
pictures, plus a bit of video. The website is part of the promotional
work for a new documentary film about Bill and the coffeeshop which
carries his name. You can also find information about Lane Wyrick,
filmmaker for the documentary.

DR. KING'S RADICAL CHALLENGE:
WORK FOR A GREATER HUMANITY

By CESAR CHAVEZ

Editor's note: Cesar Chavez ( 1927-1993) was a founder of the United Farm
Workers and an influential figure in the Chicano civil rights
Movement. (Learn more about Chavez at the UFW website: www.ufw.org.)
This is an excerpt from a speech he gave on Martin Luther King Day in
1990.

MARTIN Luther King was a powerful figure of destiny, of courage, of
sacrifice, and of vision. Few people in the long history of this
nation can rival his accomplishment, his reason, or his selfless
dedication to the cause of peace and justice.

Many people will tell you of his wonderful qualities and his many
accomplishments. But what makes him special to me, the truth that many
people don't want you to remember, is that Dr. King was a great
activist, fighting for radical social change with radical methods.

While other people talked about change, Dr. King used direct action to
challenge the system. He welcomed it, and used it wisely.

Dr. King was also radical in his beliefs about violence. He learned to
to successfully fight hatred and violence with the unstoppable power of
nonviolence.

He once stopped an armed mob, saying: "We are not advocating violence.
We want to love our enemies. I want you to love our enemies. Be good
to them. That is what we live by. We must meet hate with love."

The men who rule this country today never learned the lessons of Dr
King. They never learned that non-violence is the only way to peace
and justice.

Our nation continues to wage war on its neighbors, and upon itself.

The powers that be rule over a racist society, filled with hatred and
ignorance.

Our nation continues to be segregated along racial and economic lines.

The powers that be make themselves richer by exploiting the poor. Our
nation continues to allow children to go hungry, and will not even
house its own people.

The enemies of justice want you to think of Dr. King as only a civil
rights leader, but he had a much broader agenda. He was a tireless
crusader for the rights of the poor, for an end to the war in Vietnam
(long before it was popular to take that stand), and for the rights of
workers everywhere.

Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I hope we are
worthy of his challenge.

THINK OF BILL'S
FOR TEA, TOO

Few places in town have as many varieties of tea as Bill's Coffeeshop.
We've got more than 20 varieties, from Sleepytime to Zinger. So think
of Bill's as a tea shop as well as a coffeeshop.

WORDS THAT SHOULD BE
IN THE DICTIONARY

Accordionated: Able to drive and refold a road map at the same time.

Burgacide: When a hamburger hurls itself from the grill onto the coals.

Dimp: A person who asks you at a dollar store: Do you work here?

Elbonics: Art of getting armrests on both sides in a movie theater.

Frust: The small bit of debris which cannot be swept into the dust pan.

Disconfect: Sterilizing a piece of candy by blowing on it after you
dropped it on the floor.

Aquadextrous: Ability to turn bath tub faucets on and off with your feet.

Do you have a few favorite "daffy-nitions?" Send them to the Newsletter.
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Wild Bill's Coffeeshop is a project of the School of Social Work at
the University of Iowa. It has been a part of campus life in Iowa City
for more than 30 years. Tony Grego, an MSW student, is the current
coffeeshop manager. For more information, call (319) 335-1281.

Bill's Coffeeshop Newsletter is a weekly publication distributed via
email. It is written by Tom Gilsenan, a former coffeeshop manager.
Opinions expressed in the Newsletter are those of the writers and
should not be construed as representing the School of Social Work or
the University of Iowa. You can find a file of back issues at
www.uiowa.edu/~socialwk/bills/newsletter .