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Tracy Chapman’s cover of “Stand By Me” brought me to Tears

I love this version of Stand By Me…  

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Rocks in a Stream I will quietly resist

I Quietly Resist

I quietly resist – my motto I’ve got my own moral compass to steer by A guiding star beats a spirit in the sky And all the preaching voices Empty vessels of dreams so loud As they move among the crowd Fools and thieves are well disguised In the temple…

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Brandi Carlile – The Joke

This is a powerful song about the current state of affairs in our country.  We will not give up.  We will continue to take a stand for the values we hold dear. Let ’em laugh while they can Let ’em spin, let ’em scatter in the wind I have been…

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A Class Divided

Jane Elliott is an American former third-grade schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator who is known for her “Blue eyes/Brown eyes” exercise. She first conducted her now-famous exercise for her students on April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. 50+ years, her exercise is still (unfortunately)…

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To Move Out of Oppression We Must Embrace our Erotic Nature | Anahita Joon Tehrani | TEDxBoulder

My favorite line… “question everything”.  

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