Tag: personal_accounts

• Sandra Bland trooper Brian Encinia: Perjury case dismissed – CNN.com

    Of course, it was. This way no one has to go to jail.No accountability found or given. That is my country. Philando, Trayvon, Michael, and Sandy. For some of us, America is good, others it may even be great, but it NEEDS IMPROVEMENT to say the absolute least. The fact is, juries can’t seem […]

  ellemadelyn

  July 1, 2017

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

  civil rights, howmanymore, personal_accounts, racism_exists, social_justice, to protect and serve, trauma

• 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 […]

  ellemadelyn

  April 22, 2017

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Stress Less

  personal_accounts, resources, stress relief

• Creating harmony: “Seek to understand…” | Wildmind Buddhist Meditation

  “If we’re to have genuinely mindful dialog with another person, we have to respect that person. If he or she has a certain point of view, then we shouldn’t assume they hold it because they are stupid or unfortunate enough not to have heard what we have to say on the issue. They almost certainly […]

  ellemadelyn

  July 13, 2016

  activism, Hope and Cope, Social Justice Activism, Stress Less

  activism, CelebrateYourDifference, mindfulness, personal_accounts, stress_less

• 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 […]

  ellemadelyn

  June 7, 2016

  Around the Web, Inspiration, Social Justice Activism

  civil rights, feminism, personal_accounts, social_justice

• Adam Gottlieb, Poet Breathe Now – YouTube

  Adam Gottlieb, Poet Breathe Now – YouTube.   This week’s Called to Action Spotlight is on Louder than a Bomb a Youth Poetry Slam. Listen and be impressed. He is only 17 when he wrote and performed this. *This* is what our young people are capable of.

  ellemadelyn

  April 27, 2015

  Around the Web, Hope and Cope, Inspiration, Podcast

  activism, CelebrateYourDifference, personal_accounts, Videos

• On Privilege, the Multi-Colored Spoon.

  Priviledge is not about race, chances are you have some even if you don’t realize it. Changingthelense says “When I first learned about privilege in the context of being able-bodied, my mind was blown. Up to that point I had thought of improving society for people with disabilities in the context of “making things easier” […]

  ellemadelyn

  January 27, 2015

  Uncategorized

  personal_accounts, social_justice

• The Cost

  

  Originally posted on Longreads:
  Rilla Askew | 2014 | 21 minutes (5,065 words) ? Download .mobi (Kindle) Download .epub (iBooks) ? When my godson Trey was a toddler growing up in Brooklyn, every white woman who saw him fell in love with him. He was a beautiful child, sweet natured, affectionate, with cocoa-colored skin and a…

  ellemadelyn

  December 30, 2014

  Around the Web

  personal_accounts