Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Collective in New Orleans and Green Party candidate for Congress, came to Pittsburgh recently to receive the prestigious 2008 Thomas Merton Award (www.thomasmertoncenter.org).

During Malik's visit, a spirited gathering of Greens and friends filled the Shadow Lounge in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood.

Many thanks to Malik, Ceci Wheeler (who organized the gathering),
and to Vincent Eirene for recording a most moving evening:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30144