I’m very grateful to Steve Welzer and Green Horizon Magazine for editing and publishing this tribute to Mel King in their Fall 2023 issue. The following is the full version, as submitted. ~Eli On March 28th, 2023, there was a dimming of light throughout Boston and across the world as Melvin H. King transitioned to ancestor. …
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Boston lost its Lion King in March with the passing of Melvin H. King at the age of 94. It is impossible to summarize the impact that Mel’s life had on the city, and on the people who endeavor to do justice to his life and vision. State Senator Lydia Edwards put it this way: …
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John Rensenbrink, whose thinking and vision and activism helped birth and steward the Green Party in the U.S., became an ancestor on July 30, 2022, one month before his 94th birthday. His invaluable account of the early history of the party can be read here. Sadly, Elie Yarden, who passed away just five weeks later, …
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