Category: Around the Web

• A Zen Master’s Advice On Coping With Trump | HuffPost

  “The Huffington Post recently interviewed a nun and a monk at Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village monastery in France, to ask what advice they would give to activists who want to take action during Trump’s presidency. Sister Peace, who previously worked in the office of the mayor of Washington, says action must be inspired by a…

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  June 4, 2017

  activism, Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Inspiration, Podcast, Social Justice Activism

  activism, mindfulness

• Exercises in Grounding from The Art of Healing Trauma (Through Healing Exercises, Stories, and Research) Blog

  “Briefly, the basic principle is: Holding your breath, shortness of breath, constrained and tense breath, rapid breath = survival, fight/flight/freeze, activation of the nervous system, stress. Natural, full, diaphragmatic breaths = opening up to life beyond survival, opening up to calmness, regulation of the nervous system, bringing about physical relaxation, improving health, being able to…

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  April 22, 2017

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Stress Less

  personal_accounts, resources, stress relief

• Global Citizen

  Very heartfelt speech focused on connecting with women around the world. Jolie plainly says that she doesn’t know why she was chosen for the life she leads, but she acknowledges how privileged it is and how we need to see how connected we are. Moving speech by Jolie who recently was appointed as visiting professor at…

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  June 7, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Women Being Awesome

• Virginia is finally giving felons like me the right to vote. We deserve it. – The Washington Post

  ” I have never voted. By the time I was 18, I had a felony shoplifting conviction, which meant that I forever lost my right to vote in Virginia. I never had a chance. Not that I cared about voting at 18. I started getting into trouble very young — running away from serious issues…

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  June 7, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism

  civil rights, feminism, personal_accounts, social_justice

• A Black princess who saves herself and exposes princess culture? Kids and adults say “Yes!” — Embrace Race — Medium

  An interview with Jeremy Whitley about his race-positive, gender-bending, subversive series for kids, Princeless Source: A Black princess who saves herself and exposes princess culture? Kids and adults say “Yes!” — Embrace Race — Medium

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  June 7, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism

• “If we could read the secret history of our enemies,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “we should see sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” Here’s a true fact: On November 6, 1963, when she was 18, Laura Bush ran a stop sign in Midland, Texas and crashed into a Chevy, killing the 17-year-old driver,…

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  May 17, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration

  CelebrateYourDifference, social_justice

• Meet Haben Girma, Harvard Law’s first deaf-blind graduate

  Haben Girma was born deaf-blind but she had access to opportunities afforded by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Girma is Harvard Law School’s first deaf-blind graduate and her academic achievements have catapulted her advocacy career, fighting for the rights of people with disabilities Source: Meet Haben Girma, Harvard Law’s first deaf-blind graduate

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  November 22, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Uncategorized

  feminism, Women Being Awesome, womenbeingawesome

• What Is Privilege (Great video from Buzzfeed)

  What Is Privilege.

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  July 20, 2015

  Around the Web, Podcast, Social Justice Activism

• Still, nonwhite Americans were about as likely as white Americans to say they hadn’t taken any of the above actions against racism.

  Check out this amazing article. You can send the link to the others out there like Bill O’Reilly  who claim we live in a post racial America:   Majority Of White People Say There’s Racism Everywhere, But Not Around Them.

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  July 18, 2015

  Around the Web, Podcast, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

  activism, civil rights, howmanymore, Podcasts, racism_exists, social_justice

• Elle Cast 13: Obama’s “Come to Jesus” moment with America

  This episode of Alert, Aware, Mindful centers on Obama’s impassioned plea to look within ourselves and at our behaviors that may contribute to discrimination and stop ignoring the gaping wounds left by this country’s history.

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  July 6, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Podcast, Social Justice Activism

  civil rights, Podcasts, racism_exists