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Cheryl Strayed on writing, the art of living with opposing truths, and how to swim in the subterranean river of meaning – one of the richest interviews I’ve ever encountered. 

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mom: why is there so much trash in your room?

me: I feel at home when I’m surrounded by what I am

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ARTIST TALK: KAMEELAH RASHEED + LADI’SASHA JONES 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015 | 6:30­-8:30PM | WEEKSVILLE CENTER

Kameelah Rasheed reflects on her creative practice with archivist and cultural arts producer Ladi’Sasha Jones.

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Casual weekend wear. Tuck your favorite tee into designer skinny jeans. Then dress it up with snakeskin stilettos and a quilted, crossbody bag.

By: Stephanie, See more posts

 Personal Blog: The Style Bungalow

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I thought I’d answer one of the reader questions from a few weeks back.

I should mention how frightening I find the prospect of having to know someone within a school system to even rate an interview. While I had relatively quick appointments in my last two teaching positions, I’ve come to realize that this is nowhere near the norm. 

I don’t want to use the word “cronyism” because that’s not what it is exactly… but a teacher candidate has a distinct advantage if they know someone in the school district at which they’re interviewing. There are some school districts here in SW Ohio which are nigh untouchable unless you’ve got a brother or a cousin who’s already working there… and they got their job because your great aunt was a secretary for the superintendent and so on.

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Luisa Uribe

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” –Nelson Mandela

I wanted to take a moment to honor Nelson Mandela’s contributions to promoting the importance of education, social justice and engaged citizenry. Below, a link to a short Huff Post piece that notes Mandela’s work to increase educational access and quality of education in South Africa and beyond. A link to some important Mandela quotes follows. The Huff Post author explains how Mandela reached her…how has he reached you? And how can his life and work help us to reach our students?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-henking/nelson-mandela-reached-me_b_4394707.html

http://www.education.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=8d6cPhef%2FL8%3D&tabid=656&mid=1849

Peace/solidarity,

Anneka

(via educationinthefuture)

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E.B. White on the truth of writing for children and the writer’s responsibility to all readers  

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Editor’s Note: The bi-weekly blog series “I, Witness,” seeks to explore the ethics, challenges, and possibilities of teaching and conducting oral history.

By Claire Sorrenson

By now, anyone concerned with education or storytelling has probably heard Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk called “...

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What's in a name?

An open letter to my Angel and all of my daughters Naming our children was an important process for us. We felt your names were important. We were hopeful your names would help remind you of the wonderful family and cultural legacies you would continue as you lived your lives. We hoped your names would remind you of how wonderful, beautiful and special you are. When you were born, we knew we had chosen the perfect name. You were and are our Angel. We did not expect society to rename you bitch and whore so aggressively before you had a chance to own your lovingly gifted name. We did not expect for society to belittle the importance of names. We did not know that the names pop culture deemed almost necessary to assign to you and call out to you often and repeatedly would seep into your being. We did not know you would be okay owning these names bitch and whore with the names lovingly gifted to you. We were foolishly blind sighted. As you become a woman, we can't and won't tell you how to name yourself and own it, but we hope you reject the names being spewn out through,ironically, the creative community of music, art and media. Some people believe a name is just a name with limited meaning and influence but we believe differently. We believe spoken words translate into action, transformation and power. We believe the names you we are called transform, create and unleash power to make a better world. We hope you begin to see this as part of your world view. We hope you begin to speak out and name yourself to power and transformation and love. We hope you own and accept and call out a name for yourself that says I am beautiful and brilliant. We hope at the end of the day the name we lovingly gifted you reminds you of who you really are and will continue to become and it's not a bitch or a whore. It is beauty, intelligence, wisdom, awesomeness, love. It is Angel.

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson (via literatureducationandmotherhood)

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Assata Shakur from Honey Magazine debut issue, 1998. Full article forthcoming.