THIS is why we need to stop being afraid of addressing folks when they say dumb/offensive/inconsiderate stuff. But we have to a) meet people where they are & b) come from a place of love. Even if love starts out as, “what the fuck, man?” (Gotta love that about hip hop… FYI: Black Sheep is a…
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2011 Year in Review
Man, 2011 has been… a lot. I know the year isn’t quite over yet (and far be it from me to rob anyone of these last 9 days), but I feel it’s now appropriate to pull together a recap of my year. You know me & my love for bullet points, so here goes: January:…
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DC ALLIANCE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES RELEASE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS STUDY
YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!! I helped write this! GET IT HERE ~> DC Youth Homelessness Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2011 Contact: Katherine Morrison Tel. 202.587.0616 Email: katherine@dc-aya.org DC ALLIANCE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES RELEASE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS STUDY WASHINGTON, D.C.- The DC Alliance of Youth Advocates (DCAYA), a coalition of more than 120 youth serving organizations, today released…
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but how will they know?
today i’m reading an article on the “proper” use of youth voice in educational settings. rodriguez & brown argue that the very marginalized youth who are supposed to learn to effect systemic change by speaking up are silenced by the researchers who are supposed to be helping them develop and utilize their voices. i’m not…
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*FISTPUMP* Justice doesn’t always have to be complicated. Sometimes we just need to do the right thing.
Movers And Sheriff’s Deputies Refuse Bank’s Order To Evict 103-Year-Old Atlanta Woman | ThinkProgress Tweet
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W. De Maria (1992, p.237)
The social work radical is someone who has a philosophical leaning towards the importance of discovering first causes of oppression (or injustice or disadvantage)… The next stage is to transform the insights gleaned from the foundation material into immediate social action… Tweet
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Realizations ~n~ Thangs…
so the past few weeks have basically been entirely too much. between considering major life choices (two of ‘em) and learning that i have an as-yet-undefined condition that could possibly negate the decisions i make in the first place, and finals, i’m spent (but still have a lot more left to do). when i was…
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Because We Don’t Talk About Such Things…
yes, this gets a little personal. i’ve left out some of the gory details, but we need to talk about this kind of stuff. a month ago i went to the ER. the doctor scoffed at me and told me to take a laxative. well, sir, of COURSE i’m constipated. if you had done…
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ER Trip #2
Ok, so we know I’ve had my run-ins with the healthcare system before. Here’s the latest. Had the doctors done a thorough job when I went to the ER a month ago, I wouldn’t have been the ER again this time. Stories like this (and so much worse) are why my friend, Regina Holliday, paints…
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Thank You Honest Parents
So as y’all know, I’ve been struggling with the idea of parenting & whatnot for the bulk of the year. I’m still ever grateful to all those Twitter, Facebook, & real life parents who’ve been willing to honestly share the downsides of parenting. I’m not sure why the majority of folks (at least in America)…
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