creativity for a just and sustainable world
I am still processing the evening. There was so much creativity and open-heartedness and gratitude and connection happening – I feel changed for the better.
Read MoreCategory: culture
sense of belonging
forbidden word project
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“A sense of belonging—the subjective feeling of deep connection with social groups, physical places, and individual and collective experiences—is a fundamental human need that predicts numerous mental, physical, social, economic, and behavioural outcomes.”
From NIH
segregation
forbidden word project
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“She’s morbidly fascinated by racial and class segregation among cemeteries.”
From Los Angeles Times
racism
forbidden word project
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“The vice president is especially ham-fisted, but the tactic of using racism to persuade white voters to reject their economic self-interest is hardly new in Republican politics.”
From Salon
racially
forbidden word project
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“Some people took the pun to mean the ad was implying a racially superior ideal of beauty.”
From BBC
From Salon
Writing Prompt 283 – . . . nothing, if not everything
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Read Moreracial justice
forbidden word project
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“But during a White House signing Thursday, the president and his top advisors repeatedly hinted at a much broader campaign of suppression against the American left, referencing as problematic both the simple printing of protest signs and the prominent racial justice movement Black Lives Matter.”
From Los Angeles Times
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