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3 Monkeys - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

7 Strategies to Survive Reading the News

Holy crap, the news has been a doozy again this week! How have you been holding up? Are you suffering from news overwhelm? How many times this week have you winced before opening the news or your …

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Category: Self-CareTag: fake news, news, overload, Self-Care

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Why I’m Ditching Self-Care for Self-Love

  Have you gotten sick of all the self-care talk? I have. It's so in-your-face and well, useless. How many times have you seen a product being marketed and snorted to yourself, thinking …

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Category: Self-CareTag: motherhood, parenting, self-love

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When organizing is like screaming–and that’s a good thing, really

When I was young activist, I'd jump on the soapbox in a heartbeat. As I've aged as a grassroots organizer I've learned to not speak unless I've really got something worthwhile to share. On the other …

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Category: Resources, Self-CareTag: activism, anger, Emma Gonzalez, Glennon Doyle, organizing, outrage, rage, Stephon Clark

44 of the Most Creative Protest Signs from The March for Our Lives

I love me a good protest sign, don't you? There's just something about that moment--that chance for a second to combine wit, art, and politics all in one zinger. If you can nail it, it feels so good. …

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Category: Art, Inspiration, LaughterTag: creativity, humor, March For Our Lives, posters, protest, Saul Alinsky

8 Signs You Might Be Playing Burnout Musical Chairs

What is "burnout"? It's a term that gets thrown around a lot, but usually when it comes down to making life changes people often forget it's a factor. What do I mean? You've seen it. I know you …

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Category: Resources, Self-CareTag: activism-musical-chairs, burnout, easy buttons, social-work-merry-go-round

Courage on a Crumpled Piece of Paper

Lately lots of folks have been sharing this video of this amazing young woman Emma Gonzalez confronting NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch. As an experienced organizer, I want to draw your attention to two …

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Category: InspirationTag: activism, advice, Courage, Emma Gonzalez, Maggie Kuhn, NRA, Public Speaking

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Slow Pedal

photo by Wayne Bishop I wasn't an athletic kid. In my grade school rampant with bullies (that's what we know to call them now, when I was little it was "just kids being kids") organized sports just …

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Category: Self-CareTag: advice, bike, low gear, slow

Jeanette LeBlanc – When a Woman Tells You She’s Been Violated

This stunning poem was published at The Elephant Journal. It should be passed from person to person forever unto eternity. May it help you heal, may it help us support those around us, may it help us …

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Category: PoetryTag: MeToo, recovery, Self-Care, Sexual Violence

Double WOW – Titus Kaphar: Can art amend history? | TED Talk | TED.com

Art isn't always accessible. And it is always a reflection of our society, where we are, where we were, where we aspire to be. So it is not surprising that our views of race have, ahem, colored our …

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Category: ArtTag: African-American, Titus Kaphar

“We Need All of Us” by Isabel Faith Abbott

There are days that I want to do something for this world so much that it hurts. Problem is, lately there are days that I have no idea how I'm supposed to do that, exactly. There's this feeling deep …

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Category: Inspiration, Poetry, Self-CareTag: Isabel Faith Abbott, self-love

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