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by Tanya Williams
Thank You, Teacher
there used 2 be a time when music was a spiritual healing 4 the body, soul, & mind…– liner notes from Art Official Age Grief is a funny thing. The last two days I have learned a lot about its surprising, weird, loving, and uncontrollable nature. Prince’s death has let me grieve parts of my … Read more
Lifting Joy as we Climb
“In a real sense all life is inter-related. All (people) are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what … Read more
Did you feel it?
I don’t know if you felt it today, but the world shifted. While I wrote social justice curriculum from my bed (there are many ways to be an activist!), while nursing a cold and watching the livestream of Women’s March, the air became thicker with the model of coalition building, collaboration, courage, strength and purpose. … Read more
Unrest
I’ve only been in one fist fight in my life. It was with a boy named Levelle – I think he was in 5th grade and I was in grade 3. Levelle and his younger sister rode the same school bus that my sister and I rode to a predominantly white elementary school 15.3 miles away … Read more
It’s Time to Level Up
level upUS /ˈlev.əl/-phrasal verb with level verbTo gain enough points in a computer game (or life) to enable a player or character to go up to a higher level, gaining more skills or strength We’ve had quite a week in the United States. A week of hope. A week of unrest. A week of fear … Read more
The Day After Juneteenth
As a Texan by birth celebrating Juneteenth has always been part of my life. Hand cranked ice cream, Grandaddy on the barbecue pit, red soda water. Potato Salad. Watermelon. Yesterday felt a little surreal for the little younger Tanya that exists inside. As I talked with a friend on Friday – the word to describe … Read more
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