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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
My students tell me that being true to themselves means being loving, present, and authentic. They speak of being honest, serving others, serving the world. They talk about expressing their creativity, believing in their own worthiness, and
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“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”
― Bel Canto
― Bel Canto
“The struggle is inner: Chicano, indio, American Indian, mojado, mexicano, immigrant Latino, Anglo in power, working class Anglo, Black, Asian--our psyches resemble the bordertowns and are populated by the same people. The struggle has always been inner, and is played out in outer terrains. Awareness of our situation must come before inner changes, which in turn come before changes in society. Nothing happens in the "real" world unless it first happens in the images in our heads.”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“There is no such thing as a true tale. Truth has many faces and the truth is like to the old road to Avalon; it depends on your own will, and your own thoughts, whither the road will take you.”
― The Mists of Avalon
― The Mists of Avalon
“When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.”
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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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— last activity Apr 10, 2023 11:03AM
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
Goodreads Librarians Group
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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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