Sorrygnat, World Citizen

education under fire

sorrygnat — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:31:59 +0000

http://educationunderfire.com/multimedia/

prison life – newsletter from t.c. & mama

sorrygnat — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:38:22 +0000

There are hundreds of women in the California prison system that couldn't leave their abuser, or may have tried to, only to face the wrath of no mercy. My mother is one of those women. She knew that leaving my stepfather was the unthinkable act of suicide. There were a few times when she could care less about her own safety, but had to contemplate the consequences to my sister and myself. Abusers are skilled at brainwashing their victims into believing that they are worthless, uneducated, and most importantly, that "If you leave me, it's the last thing you'll ever do." You see, they make leaving an option equivalent to death.

every day is black history day – an homage

sorrygnat — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:34:56 +0000

Yes, and for me it was a rightful and merciful appellation. Finally, dignity and solace packed into five words. Measure it out on the tongue, slowly: “The Stolen Ones… Children of the Stolen Ones.” Feel your heart melt as if a great and timeless grief has finally been acknowledged. My heart bowed a humble bow to the true nature of an incredible people, their majestic endurance, their ancestors. I’m no artist and don’t know my colors, and I live in a world that thinks it knows its colors, and colors inside the lines, not outside—the “lines” being the operative word.

altadena workshop february 4, 2012 – you had to be there – some extra

sorrygnat — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:32:21 +0000

Suddenly there is a knock at your door. A trusted friend enters to warn you that the Dream Police will arrive in 20 minutes. Everything, everything in your life that you have not written down will evaporate upon their arrival. You have a short time –twenty minutes—to preserve what is most precious in your life, what has formed you, what sustains you.

a string of laughter….

sorrygnat — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:10:33 +0000

Hmmm, a string of laughter is a word sky, where the sun and the moon negotiate

how to be a racial transformer

sorrygnat — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:48:48 +0000

from Colorlines.com, Hatty Lee's infographic, ARC toolbox, research, activism, media, Rinku Sen, ARC President - arc@arc.org. This organization gets things done; they put "hope" back in the horizon! I hope it's okay to publish this

And nothing but the truthiness

sorrygnat — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:32:20 +0000

opy/paste the below text into your blog. And Nothing but the Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert by Lisa Rogak My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fun. He is soooo bright; I adore him. View all my reviews

a gentle distopia – life as we knew it – susan beth pfeffer

sorrygnat — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:39:56 +0000

YA novel about life in the future after the planet has gone bonkers; excellent story, well done; heroic characters, love pervails

you know when the men are gone -siobhan fallon

sorrygnat — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:27:27 +0000

Siobhan Fallon writes well, eloquently and her prose and content are straight arrows to the heart. I don’t know how many books have been written from her point of view, but these stories, with exceedingly diverse points of view, points of view that bring you inside the characters’ soul, are just in time for the [...]

new year’s resolution – 2012

sorrygnat — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:44:28 +0000

Reader, I belong to CHPercolator, CoffeeHouse for Writers (Yahoo) and what fllows below are the suggested prompts and my freewrite for same. 1. A unique toast 2. Family traditions 3. Out with the old in with the new! 4. Resolutions–do you make new year resolutions? If so, what are they,and how long do they usually [...]