People of Note: Linda “Peaches” Tavani
Picture the moment: Linda “Peaches” Tavani (then Linda Greene) is the second ‘Peaches’ to have recorded with Herb for Peaches & Herb. The album…
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The Giver: A Dystopian Classic
It is a common anecdote that the word “utopia” has a twofold meaning: “perfect place” and “no place”. In the definition itself, a utopia…
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Animal Farm: What Does It Teach Us?
Summertime is the perfect opportunity to finally get around to reading those classics you’d always heard about. I had never happened to read Animal Farm…
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Women’s March Los Angeles, 1.19.19
For the third year in a row, women and their allies across the country set aside time to join with friends and family to…
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Found Angels – A Poem by Natalie Patterson
There are people in every generation who are willing Willing to stand To step up To do the work We call you The fighters…
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Heartbreak in Northwest China, a Place I Called Home
The land I called home for many years is facing a dire situation. My husband and I taught English in Northwest China beginning in…
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Offsides & Out of Bounds, Thoughts on Athletes and Activism: We Matter by Etan Thomas
“Shut up and dribble,” was the response of television and radio talk show host Laura Ingraham to Cleveland Cavaliers LeBron James for “talking politics”…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Final Public Address, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
50 years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King was shot and killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. I was not taught enough…
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Children in Jail: Healing Trauma with Poetry
Do you remember going to camp as a child? I certainly do. I spent every summer from about when I was six to fourteen…
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March For Our Lives – Students Across the United States Speak Out Against Gun Violence and Call For Legislative Change
#Enough, #WhatIf and #NeverAgain On Valentine’s Day of 2018 at 2:20 PM on the campus of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Nikolas Cruz, a…
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Examining White Privilege – Clear Eye; Blind Spot – An Essay by Julie Clark
I recently had an appointment with an eye doctor. I have sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease. My pulmonologist asked me to get my eyes checked,…
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One White American Woman’s Journey into Understanding the Repercussions of Privilege….
The United States’ Pledge of Allegiance reads as follows: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the…
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