Category: Inspiration

• Elle Cast 4: This Side of Town

  ***Remember Alert.Aware, Mindful is every other Monday!***   Listen here and download here. Song: This Side of Town by Voice4Education AAM Episode #4         (Loosely based Transcript) Greetings,   My name is Elle Madelyn and this is my podcast Alert Aware Mindful or AAM for short, which includes my own thoughts and reactions to current events, pop […]

  ellemadelyn

  February 16, 2015

  Inspiration, Podcast, Social Justice Activism

  activism, Podcasts, racism_exists, social_justice

• Neo Protest Songs

  One word:  Goosebumps  

  ellemadelyn

  February 16, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Podcast, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve

  activism, civil rights, Podcasts, racism_exists, social_justice, youtube

• Breathe… {Poem} | elephant journal

  I love this poem and beautiful things must shared 🙂 Breathe… {Poem} | elephant journal.

  ellemadelyn

  February 14, 2015

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Inspiration, Stress Less

  stress_less

• Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media

  Very Interesting article from B*tch  magazine:   Filming the History of Police Brutality in One City | Bitch Media.

  ellemadelyn

  February 5, 2015

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

  activism, civil rights, social_justice, to protect and serve, Women Being Awesome

• Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict in the wake of Ferguson Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center

  Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict in the wake of Ferguson Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center.

  ellemadelyn

  January 27, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism, to protect and serve

  resources

• Speaking of those new voices…

  I, Too by Langston Hughes – Heal Write Now for Trauma Survivors & Adults Abused as Children.

  ellemadelyn

  January 20, 2015

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Inspiration

  child abuse, trauma, writing

• Josephine Baker, Rainbow Tribe Used Iconoclasm to Protest Racism | The New Republic

             I think that this is the beginning of a more inclusive global movement.  Similar to the movement for marriage equality.  I think people are tired of being put in constraints that say: “This is who you are. Who you will always be. You can only have this.”  Who wants to live in a […]

  ellemadelyn

  January 20, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism

  civil rights, social_justice

• J. Ivy performs ‘Dream Big’ | Video | windycitylive.com

  I decided to celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday by celebrating the rich cultural history I belong to.  Instead of focusing on the depressing realities, I am embracing how much talent and joy is shared in our artists.  It is the melody of a people who when they are knocked down, get back up. It’s amazing to be […]

  ellemadelyn

  January 19, 2015

  Around the Web, Inspiration