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Category Archives: Activism
#IWD2017’s No Judgment Reminder of Our Privileges
There are plenty of lefty think pieces (is that what we’re calling them these days?) about how there are many women who aren’t able to strike today, the #DayWithoutAWoman. There are plenty of righty commentaries about how women who are … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, People are Good
Tagged BlackAmazon, Day Without A Woman, feminism, International Women's Day, IWD2017, privilege, strike, Tamika Mallory
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Evergreen: Authority Figures MUST Train to DeEscalate
As I’ve written before, I get it. I really, really do. Being in a position of authority, especially with teens is a constant tension. All day you get pushback and challenges, some are good-natured, some are intensely hurtful and personal, … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, education, random observation
Tagged Anaheim, authority figure, Baltimore, bias, deescalate, deescalation techniques, humility, LAPD officer, police brutality, teenagers
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I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin’s Call to Action is On US
The Oscar-nominated I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, is a must-see. You can stop reading now and just get to the nearest theater today. I was lucky to be at the Montclair Film Festival and Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence sponsored … Continue reading
Ivanka Trump needs to have a hard conversation with her father.
Several years ago, a year or so before my father’s illnesses kept him indoors, we went to pick up dinner for a family gathering. He drove. As we were leaving, he almost hit a pedestrian as he was pulling out … Continue reading
Posted in Activism
Tagged Donald Trump, DT is Mentally Ill, Ivanka Trump, Mental Illness, Propane Jane, Twitter
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Know Who Frederick Douglass Is. Happy Black History Month!
I’m not making this up. Click here. Maybe our Electorally Elected POTUS without a mandate doesn’t know who Frederick Douglass is (or the other totally unknown and obscure people like Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks…) because Douglass dissented loudly and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, education
Tagged Black History Month, Danny Glover, Dissent, Donald Trump, Fourth of July, Frederick Douglass, resist
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Glad I Saw It: Patriotic Pride
This is our new flag; it’s so new I haven’t even ironed it yet. I purchased this thinking I’d put it up on inauguration day, but I didn’t want to wait. It is a hopeful sight, and I need that … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Glad I Saw It, Suburban Life, Things I love
Tagged flag, gay pride, inauguration day, Mike Pence, patriot, patriotic pride, pride
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Self-Care in the Age of Trump
It’s going to be a marathon, folks. And we need you all primed, warmed-up, and ready. Many people have expressed feelings of helplessness and hopelessness to me in recent days. The adrenalin of the immediate aftermath of the election has waned, … Continue reading
Betsy DeVos is Unqualified – Public Education is Worth Fighting For
For the last several years, I have spent my fall supervising (consoling, supporting, commiserating, listening to, advising, crying with, laughing with, critiquing, boosting, hugging) student teachers. They have been an amazing, diverse, and skilled group. We need young people to … Continue reading
Complacency = Complicity; Don’t Stand Idly By
If you aren’t condemning what is happening, if you aren’t paying attention, if you are shrugging because you aren’t (yet) personally affected, you are complicit. No matter who you voted or didn’t vote for, don’t waste time with finger pointing … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, education
Tagged #NoNormalization, anti-semitism, denial, Do Not Stand Idly By, Donald Trump, fascism, Pastor Niemoeller, propaganda, Steve Bannon, white supremacist
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Guest Post: Georgette Gilmore on #NoNormalization of Donald Trump
My friend Georgette gave me permission to re-post this from her Facebook page. I am grateful to her, and I look forward to her passion and action in the days to come. I also hope that those who don’t understand … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Excellent Local People, Parenthood
Tagged Do The Most Good, Donald Trump, election 2016, Hoboken, new jersey, No Complacency, No Normalizing, racism, sexism
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