Dedicated to inspiring content that encourages people to grow and live authentic lives. Elizabeth Gracen #filmmaker #fantasy #author of Shalilly @flapperpress
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Exactly. The misconception that affirmative action meant unqualified people have been admitted into college solely because of their race was never true and is quite frankly an ignorant interpretation. Thank you @joyannreid for setting the record straight and sharing your truth!
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In conflict, civilians always pay the highest price.
War is not the answer.
We need peace.
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A big thank you to everyone who entered this year's Moth Short Story competition! Entries are now closed.
Let the reading commence! We'll share Ottessa Moshfegh's winners in August.
🎨 Edward Hopper
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“I have no patience with people who grow old at sixty... Sixty should be the time to start something new, not put your feet up.”
― Mary Wesley @WomenRead #marywesley
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Last Saturday, amidst the echoes of the Gorge, Joni, @brandicarlile, and an array of Joni Jammers took to the stage for the first time since last year’s surprise performance at Newport Folk Festival, crafting a mosaic of stories, laughter, and music. 💙
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17 Photos of the Trans Experience by Mariette Pathy Allen advocate.com/art/mariette-pa…
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Raven-Symoné has been named as this year's Jewel Thais-Williams Trailblazer. advocate.com/gay-pride-parad…
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We are so encouraged to see our community @AliciaStella and @OrlandoParkStop stepping up for LGBTQ young people, both online and in person.
By chipping in, no matter how small, you are showing young people that they are loved, seen, and supported 🩷🩵🤍
STOP HATE FUNDRAISER 2023
JUNE 3RD - 30TH
Join us for limited edition art sales, online auctions, prize giveaways, and video presentations beginning June 3, 2023, to raise money for The Trevor Project and help protect LGBTQ youth.
Event info: orlandoparkstop.com/charity
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Will Bellaimey is back with Historically Speaking!
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So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here: instagram.com/linking/fundra…
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So the parent who got my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb banned for elementary students @BGEC_Bobcats has ties to WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGS. Anyone surprised?@MiamiDadeCounty This is a shame for the children in your school system who deserve to have access to poetry.
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Now the poem that Amanda Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration, entitled “The Hill We Climb,” has been banned from curriculum through 5th grade in Miami-Dade County, for not being suitable for elementary students.
For those who listened to the poem, you would know the the poem was a lecture on peace, love, unity, and freedom.
This is why laws banning critical race theory from schools are a problem. People begin categorizing anything that talks about race as falling into the realm of CRT. Or they use the law to justify removing books and curriculum that can teach real history.
This isn’t free speech. This is using the law to chill the free speech of others, in my opinion.
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How we all retreat
behind some folded screen as work
or the world presses in too
soon, too close, too much.
—Luisa A. Igloria
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