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Personal Stories Inspire When Life Falls Apart

I heard the loud thud of the bird hitting the windshield; then saw it bounce off and fall onto the gravel roadside, as the car continued on its way. Walking along the opposite side, I next ran across the road … Continue reading

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Professional or Personal Blog – Why Not Both?

The multi-faceted intention of my professional work is to raise awareness about the world around us, provide insights for us to understand how life functions holistically, and awaken the recognition within each person how each and every one of us … Continue reading

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Media Literacy as a Tool to Fight Cultural Racism

How a human being experiences the physicality of the land might be compared with how s/he welcomes and values the diversity of the human family. Consider the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, for example, which I physically experienced several years ago … Continue reading

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Courage and Solidarity to Fight Arizona’s Oppression

I recall a Latino educator telling me that I would be professionally marginalized because of my journalism and media literacy work focused on challenging racism, in all its forms, that targeted Indigenous peoples. Our conversation occurred at a 1999 conference … Continue reading

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Giving Presence as an Expression of Love

Tears streamed down her face in the silence that followed. The woman, middle-aged, had just told us that the experience of speaking in this circle of people was the first time in her life she felt the full presence of … Continue reading

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