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July 31, 2009

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Shelved with: The Reading Life
Tagged With: Civil Rights, Community, Democracy, History, Prejudice, Race
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Wisdom versus Winning

November 3, 2008

After all this, is your world not larger than it was before? Show me you both are looking for wisdom and understanding, rather than victory.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society
Tagged With: Barack Obama, Community, Debate, John McCain, Political Friendship, Politics, Wisdom
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008

November 1, 2008

Studs Terkel, that great & generous soul, has passed on. For me, the voice of Studs Terkel will always symbolize a combination of passionate curiosity, prophetic conviction, and deeply generous, fatherly love. He delighted in the people of the world, and shared his delight with us.

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Shelved with: Community & Time|| The Reading Life|| History|| Sociology
Tagged With: Biography, Chicago, Community, History, John Steinbek, Memoir, Mike Royko, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright, Social Justice, Studs Terkel, Theodore Dreiser, WFMT
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Poverty Bibliography (Blog Action Day 2008)

October 15, 2008

A bibliography for Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty. A collection of readings on economics and poverty, for parents, kids, and churches. “You cannot reduce poverty if you don’t know what poverty is.”

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Tagged With: Base of the Pyramid, Bibliography, Blog Action Day, Bryant L. Myers, Community, Economics, Herman Daly, Poverty, Reviews, Scott Bessenecker, Social Justice, Socially Responsible Business, St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, Walter Rauschenbusch
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The Woman, the Problem, the Dream…and the Hope?

September 2, 2008

Some of our struggles: from Sojurner Truth, who asks, “Ain’t I a Woman?” From W.E.B. Du Bois, who asks, “How does it feel to be a Problem?” From Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks, “Can we bank on this dream?” And from Barack Obama, who claims that, “Yes, we can.”

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Tagged With: Alice Walker, America, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Community, Drew Hansen, Gender, Jr., Juan Galis-Menendez, Martin Luther King, Race, Rhetoric, Sojurner Truth, W.E.B. Du Bois, Women
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Everything to Gain

July 16, 2008

What if you could right a wrong from your parents generation, and pass on a blessing to your children? What if you could build businesses in the community, cut crime, pollution, and disease, and make a profit doing it?

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| Mind & Society
Tagged With: Alex Steffen, BOF, Business, Cities, Community, Economics, Environment, Heroes, Majora Carter, NYC, Race, Reorganization, Social Justice, Sustainability, Sustainable South Bronx, TED, WorldChanging
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We’re off to see…

June 7, 2008

The Lambs & Lettuces!

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Shelved with: Local Life|| Margin Notes
Tagged With: Blanchardville, Circle M Market Farm, Community, Food, Holidays, Spring
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Homeschool Moments: Dishing Out BOF, Dealing with Prejudice

June 1, 2008

Overcoming prejudice and distrust is not a one-time attitude adjustment, but a continuing journey in the company of people who are not like us, but who may become our civic friends. Such a strategy might go a long way toward more important goals: building a supportive environment for homeschoolers, and reinvigorating the varied practices of education & learning in America today.

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Shelved with: Continuing Stories|| Hearts & Minds|| Local Life|| Mind & Society|| Education
Tagged With: BOF, Civil Rights, Community, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Elizabeth Eckford, Food, Homeschooling, Lifelong Learning, Martin Haberman, Memorial Day, Parenting, Politics, Prejudice, Race, Ralph Ellison
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What Are Blogs? Not Monologues but Conversations

January 20, 2008

Here at the beginning of the 21st Century, the internet connects us (however imperfectly) across barriers of geography, race, class, age, ability, family situation, income, education, religion, culture, and even language. The monologue of the powerful few, for good or ill, is overcome by connections among the many. With those connections come power — ordinary people like you and me are given the power (and therefore the responsibility) of participation in each others’ lives.

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Shelved with: RCB|| The Reading Life|| Science & Technology
Tagged With: Community, Digital Literacy, Education, RCB, Reading Circles, Sandra Steingraber, Timothy Tyson
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Real Life Superheroes

November 1, 2007

And for All Saints Day, a shout-out to Red Justice, Street Hero, Direction Man, the Super, and all the other Real Life Superheroes!

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Tagged With: Community, Heroes, Margin Notes, Stories
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