Democracy: Voting in Arkansas

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While story, learning from others in their languages, and continuous educational updating all connect vitally to our democracy, voting is the most visible. Voting in this upcoming midterm is especially crucial. Click to learn more about how to help the voting process in AR, and then,

This letter may also be useful once adapted,

“The Honorable Your Rep
State House of Representatives
Address of State House
Tel: num

your name
address,
city, state zip
email
your phone

Dear LawmakerTitle Name,

I would like to request a bill which would benefit state residents. …

Respectfully,
sig “

Shira

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Bittersweet Changes – Poetry

Saania's diary - reflections, learnings, sparkles

Happy Friday! Here is a poem I wrote that reflects my feelings around leaving the comfort of my family and friends behind. When we’re faced with big changes, overwhelming emotions stir up. But every fresh chapter holds the path to an invigorating, new, wonderful journey…

Bittersweet Changes

When I was little
I never quite planned
The puzzling path of life
Where in the world I stand

Never trembled with panic
When met with fear
My parents consoled me
Wiping off my tear

As I grow up and older
My emotions surge too
There are times I feel
Like I don’t know what to do

When I run into problems
I’m drowned in doubt
Like nothing will get better
As if there’s no way out

But as I leave my home
Looking up to the sky
I’m a bird set free
All ready to fly

With every ounce of courage
I…

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Man’s best friend

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A poem in Vietnamese by Vũ Trọng Quang

Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm


MAN’S BEST FRIEND

A man’s best friend

The tight embrace

Overwhelming tears

The demons are everywhere in Bucha

/

The demons are everywhere in Bucha

Beyond the brutality of the hangman

The obligatory poison

Forced down the throats of birds

/

Forced down the throats of birds

the flocks escape path in chaos

Atop the despair

Blue or yellow, clouds are consistently clouds

/

Blue or yellow, clouds are consistently clouds

The nefarious evil has no end

Confiscating merely sprouting trees

Sowing invasive papillae

/

Sowing invasive papillae

O my lovable canine companion

Whimpering in the dark

O the calamity of our nation

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O the calamity of our nation

Peace shall be once again glorious

Because to our children paradise is owe

Your bark is our defence from heinous evil

/

Your…

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Revu: Les Damnes de La Terre, Frantz Fanon -Colonialism Hurts Everyone — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Dnf, I can’t deal.  Les Damnés de la Terre, The Damned of the Earth, sounds about right. See my reading updates, please. Just too épatée… Ok, thinking about this book, or the half that I read, it felt sickeningly like writing some difficult scenes from my series Ann and Anna where whipping or other horror […]

Revu: Les Damnes de La Terre, Frantz Fanon -Colonialism Hurts Everyone — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

Mágica

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” As vezes você não explica a mágica do encontro. Você vive a beleza disso à sua maneira, porque acredita nos motivos que te levam a olhar para aquela situação e arrepiar; arrepiar não só o corpo, mas a alma, o espírito e a beleza do que ninguém explica. A mágica reside na afinidade interna que o coração cria e promove as nossas necessidades. Talvez, seja por isso que a gente não consiga explica o amor, como também não se explica o gostar. É óbvio que o estágio da paixão solidifica o amor, porque pela própria natureza, ela faz com que essa efervescência interna, aumente o desejo que temos pelo o que oxigena a alma, pelo o que nos faz vibrar. Assim como também coopera para o despertar do desejo que nos liga ao outro. Na verdade, o que conecta uma pessoa a outra. O amor promove a beleza…

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Is Language Preservation Regressive or Progressive?

Foundation Operation X for Languages, Cultures and Perspectives

Written by Dyami Millarson

This is a screenshot of one of our readers who left a thought-provoking comment.

One of our readers left an interesting comment under my recent article on the vulnerability of the written word. Welcoming his viewpoint on this blog, I have given his comment a like; it is a contribution, and it inspired me to write a lengthy response, which I posted under his comment. Seeing that my comment had reached the length of an article, I decided to adapt it somewhat to fit the normal format of our articles and then publish it as an article on our blog:

This is going to be a long and philosophical post. As a disclaimer, I would like to say to anyone reading this, please do not take my openness to different points of view in the wrong way; after all, being interested in and curious…

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