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"Found out about an organization doing language revitalization for California nations - ADVOCATES FOR INDIGENOUS CALIFORNIA LANGUAGE SURVIVAL. It was really moving." — Feb 04, 2024 10:51PM
"Found out about an organization doing language revitalization for California nations - ADVOCATES FOR INDIGENOUS CALIFORNIA LANGUAGE SURVIVAL. It was really moving." — Feb 04, 2024 10:51PM
There was so much self-discovery and reflection with healing the scars that New Dawn left, and New Dawn had made sure to create a world outside the hotel where few people had the freedom for either.
“To move into restoration does not mean the abusers never did anything wrong. Moving forward is also not an indicator that their actions never harmed you. What restoration does is provide the ability for survivors to bring hope back into their lives; maybe for the first time.”
― Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse
― Healing from Hidden Abuse: A Journey Through the Stages of Recovery from Psychological Abuse
“Survivors of atrocity of every age and every culture come to a point in their testimony where all questions are reduced to one, spoken more in bewilderment than in outrage: Why? The answer is beyond human understanding.”
― Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
― Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
“i love myself.'
the
quietest.
simplest.
most
powerful.
revolution.
ever.”
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the
quietest.
simplest.
most
powerful.
revolution.
ever.”
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“i don't pay attention to the
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and began again in the morning.”
― Salt
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and began again in the morning.”
― Salt
SciFi and Fantasy Book Club
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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
The Black Tower
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— last activity Jan 16, 2016 04:12PM
Wheel of Time complaints. thoughts. discussions. this could be fun.
The Geek Girls Book Club
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The GGBC grew out of NYT TV reviewer Ginina Bellafonte's comments on her review of "A Game of Thrones", saying that: "While I do not doubt that ther ...more
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Think Galactic
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Think Galactic is a Chicago-based reading group that seeks to discuss speculative fiction [science fiction, fantasy, & horror] from a radical left per ...more
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