Black Women Writers at Work: A Neglected Book

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I am so glad I happened to see this book Black Women Writers at WorkBlack Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate
at the public library.
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was moved with both recognition, and with fear, at Audre Lorde’s comment that “it’s scary because we’ve been through that before. It was called the fifties.”

audre_lordeThen I was moved with that stirring to act, upon reading in print what I have known and been told in different words since Dunbar (High School): “My responsibility is to speak the truth… with as much precision and beauty as possible. … We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t.”
And we must not remain silent while the blood of our sisters/brothers/neighbors/communities/fellow human beings is shed.

Sherley Anne Williams reiterates this responsibility of a writer to write as well as one can and to “say as much of the truth…

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Camille Herron: American ultrarunner breaks own 100-mile women’s world record – BBC Sport

Camille Herron also broke the 12-hour world record by running 94.5 miles in that time

The 40-year-old beat her previous mark by almost a minute and a half, winning in 12 hours 41 minutes 11 seconds – averaging around 7:37 minutes per mile.

She finished almost half an hour ahead of first male athlete Arlen Glick, who came home in 13:10:25. 

Source: Camille Herron: American ultrarunner breaks own 100-mile women’s world record – BBC Sport

Acorda Alice

Vivaldi translation: ”Wake up Alice!”

Violent behavior cannot be justified in the name of love.
Do not accept mistreatment, abuse and violence!

Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Acorda Alice!”

O comportamento violento, não pode ser justificado em nome do amor.
Não aceite maus tratos, abusos e violência!

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

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Santarém, Pá 20 de fevereiro de 2022

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‘The point has been made’: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tells protesters to go home | RNZ News

She said the disruption caused by the protest had been “extraordinary” and told those in attendance their point had been made and it was time for them to go home.

“The protesters have had their say, it is time they go home and now obviously the police are taking action to ensure it doesn’t grow and to ensure that the disruption, or where people are behaving illegally, that that is addressed.”

She said the government and a “significant majority” of New Zealanders had been “extremely distressed” by the events in Wellington but noted the “important separation” between the police and government.

“The law is very clear on this, and rightly so: government cannot and should not ever be able to instruct the police as to how they enforce the law or when they enforce the law.”

Ardern said this morning’s police action was intended to prevent the occupation from growing larger and that she had been briefed by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster on what to expect once she arrived at Parliament.

“I think the message that’s being sent here is that the police are forming, essentially a barricade around the edges of the protest.

“Ultimately, all of this would be resolved if simply people went home.”

Source: ‘The point has been made’: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tells protesters to go home | RNZ News

Memória dos povos indígenas pode equilibrar relação do homem com meio ambiente — Ecoamazônia

Barbara Crane Navarro

Ailton Krenak fala sobre o livro “Ideias para adiar o fim do mundo” e o sagrado na relação dos povos indígenas com a natureza O podcastAmbiente é o Meiodesta semana conversacom o líder indígena e ambientalista Ailton Krenak sobre seu livroIdeias para adiar o fim do mundo. Jornalista, poeta, escritor e professorHonoris CausapelaUniversidade Federalde…

Memória dos povos indígenas pode equilibrar relação do homem com meio ambiente — Ecoamazônia

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Extreme weather is the new norm as climate crisis pushes world into unchartered territory – new report — DRILL OR DROP?

Barbara Crane Navarro

Extreme weather, including heatwaves, droughts, floods and wildfires, are the new norm, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation. Photo: Cameron Strandbergfrom Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada, licensed under theCreative CommonsAttribution 2.0 Genericlicense. It said the world was being driven into “unchartered territory” and the COP26 summit, which opened in Glasgow this morning, was a[…]

Extreme weather is the new norm as climate crisis pushes world into unchartered territory – new report — DRILL OR DROP?

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COLONIALISMO del 21 ° secolo: implementato da corporazioni e ONG? Di chi è in gioco la sopravvivenza qui, Survival? La sopravvivenza delle foreste pluviali e delle popolazioni indigene o di Cartier e altri nel settore della gioielleria in oro e diamanti? … 2022

Barbara Crane Navarro

“Oro o Natura?” – ©Fotolia/ Wikimedia/Collage: Mirela Hadzic per il salvataggio della foresta pluviale

“La follia dell’uomo ha aumentato il valore dell’oro e dell’argento a causa della loro scarsità; mentre la natura, come un genitore amorevole, ci ha donato gratuitamente le cose migliori, come l’aria, la terra e l’acqua, ma ci ha nascosto quelle vane e inutili. “Thomas More,”Utopia“, libro II – 1516

Pubblicità di Cartier

La sistematica conquista e colonizzazione europea delle Americhe iniziò nel 1492 ed è ancora in corso. La motivazione principale era allora, e continua ad essere, lo sfruttamento. L’aumento della ricchezza in Europa dipendeva dall’oro, i diamanti e da altre ricchezze saccheggiate a spese del degrado della natura e della sottomissione delle popolazioni indigene …

Foto: miniera d’oro: Emiliano Mancuso / National Geographic

L’ONG Survival proclama: ” Stiamo combattendo per la sopravvivenza del popolo tribale. Impediamo ai taglialegna, ai minatori e alle compagnie petrolifere di…

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