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Imagining Life after the Ravaging, Virulent COVID-19 Pandemic , A Special Journal.
Read more: Imagining Life after the Ravaging, Virulent COVID-19 Pandemic , A Special Journal.The signature angst of our time was profoundly expressed in the poems submitted for WOMAWORDS Literary Press June 2020 edition, Imaging Life After COVID-19, offering women poets an opportunity to write about their experience of the pandemic and their vision…
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TIME OF THE POET:Second Name of Earth is PEACE.
Read more: TIME OF THE POET:Second Name of Earth is PEACE.MOTHER EARTH is broken from incessant decadent wars carelessly perpetuated by mindless ,vicious political imbeciles. Our natural wealth plundered by greedy ,gluttonous economic dare-devils, imbibing crude oil and fresh blood . Warlord-ism set the suns of our freedom, our earth…
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Global Poetry Response#blacklivesmatter
Read more: Global Poetry Response#blacklivesmatterTo state or chant ‘BLACK LIFE’S MATTER’ is not to say other lives don’t matter, it’s a reminder that four hundred years and counting, black lives didn’t matter enough. Not during the dark era of slave trade and its horrors…
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The Scheherazade Project
Read more: The Scheherazade ProjectThe Scheherazade Project is a Performing Arts Non-profit based in Washington DC. Co-founders Lisa Leibow and Julia Alvarez were inspired by Scheherazade in the Arab classic 1001 Nights and created The Scheherazade Project. For more information, our website is https://thescheherazadeproject.org/The-Scheherazade-Project…
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#IRUNWITHAHMAUD
Read more: #IRUNWITHAHMAUDThe running world will come together for a virtual run on Friday, May 8, to celebrate and honor the life of Ahmaud Arbery, who was reportedly shot and killed while out on a run on February 23. According to a…
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COVID-19 RELIEF FUND TO GIVE $10 MILLION TO ARTISTS
Read more: COVID-19 RELIEF FUND TO GIVE $10 MILLION TO ARTISTSA coalition of more than twenty national arts funders has launched an emergency relief fund that will provide millions of dollars to artists struggling financially in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, which has more than…
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Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemic
Read more: Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemicResearch from Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies Russell Jeung spurs launch of online reporting center to document COVID-19 discrimination. As the coronavirus spreads globally, San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Professor and Chair Russell Jeung is tracking…
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Calling Me a Hero Only Makes You Feel Better
Read more: Calling Me a Hero Only Makes You Feel BetterWorking in a grocery store has earned me and my co-workers a temporary status. After years of being overlooked, we suddenly feel a sense of responsibility, solidarity, and pride. On a private Facebook group page for my company, Trader Joe’s,…
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Fashion Designers Join the Fight Against COVID-19 By Pivoting to Mask Production
Read more: Fashion Designers Join the Fight Against COVID-19 By Pivoting to Mask ProductionFashion designers from L.A. to Milan are picking up their shears in solidarity to do their part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to at-risk patients and primary care providers. On Friday, March 20, celeb designer Christian Siriano tweeted to…
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Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists Fight
Read more: Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists FightFridays for Future strikers around the world shared their demands for bold climate action online Friday as many youth activists heeded public health experts’ recommendations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by eschewing public protests in favor of digital…