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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Streetart – Pinche @ León, Spain – Barbara Picci

Pinche @ León, Spain

Pinche @ León, Spain

Location: León, Spain
Artist: Pinche
Year: 2016

Photo Credits: Pinche

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Source: Streetart – Pinche @ León, Spain – Barbara Picci

Feeling Snarky … Gee, I Wonder Why? | Filosofa’s Word

…One step forward … oops, no wait, turn around and go back.  Four years ago in 2020, largely in response to the murder of George Floyd, the BlackLivesMatter movement, and the awareness that racism is still very much alive and well, Shenandoah County in Virginia renamed two of the schools in the district that were named after Confederate officers.  The schools were originally named Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High, but were changed to Honey Run and Mountain View.  But sadly, some people weren’t happy with the new names … they wanted the Confederates to be honoured by having the schools named after them.  One such person went so far as to say about Stonewall Jackson …

“When you read about this man — who he was, what he stood for, his character, his loyalty, his leadership, how Godly a man he was — those standards that he had were much higher than any leadership of the school system in 2020.”

And then the school board members voted to reverse the 2020 name change.  This is not the only case of sanctioning racism.  According to The Washington Post …

Across the U.S., a host of measures adopted in 2020 and 2021, including new classroom curriculums about the nation’s racial history, have been curtailed or eliminated in the years since. Politicians have railed against “critical race theory” and schools have reinstated mascots that had been condemned as racially offensive.

One step forward and two steps back.  How far back are the racists in this country willing to go?  Back to Jim Crow, to the days of segregated restaurants, schools and more?  Back to the days of poll taxes and tests?  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr …

Source: Feeling Snarky … Gee, I Wonder Why? | Filosofa’s Word

A Meaningful Story for Children and Adults – « Amazon Rainforest Magic, The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro | Barbara Crane Navarro

illustration from « Amazon Rainforest Magic – The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy »

« Amazon Rainforest Magic describes the journey of a Yanomami boy through the Amazon rainforest to find a cure for his sick baby sister. He encounters talking animals and plants who help him. The book is written in the vein of “The Jungle Book” and “The Once and Future King“, ostensibly books for children that are equally relevant to adults.
The language is amusing and original, especially when the different characters talk and plot among themselves such as the Electric Eel or the Backwards Grass, which causes anyone who steps on it to lose their way.
Interwoven with unexpected and surprising imaginary tales are real facts of Yanomami life and customs. We get an accurate picture of an ancestral community; hunting and fishing techniques, living quarters, art and social customs – a way of life that is now endangered. »

Review by M. Howard

More information about the book series is here:

Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle!

Sometimes we miss the most beautiful moments – DON’T MISS THIS ONE! 

A 38 second film with Namowë, a Yanomami boy in the Alto Orinoco region, Amazonas, Venezuela

Yanomami boy’s surprise friend in the jungle is an excerpt of a film by Barbara Crane Navarro of instants of daily life of a Yanomami community in the Amazon Rainforest of Venezuela made to accompany the children’s book series: “Amazon Rainforest Magic” “La Magie de l’Amazonie” and “La Magia de la Amazonia”

A Yanomami woman and her baby who, along with her community, inspired me to write the “Amazon Rainforest Magic” series! (this photo is a still from the longer film described below)

I created this 13 minute 16 second film of instants of daily life of a Yanomami community in the Amazon Rainforest to accompany my children’s book series: “Amazon Rainforest Magic” “La Magie de l’Amazonie” and “La Magia de la Amazonia”

– Here’s some information for anyone wondering why this longer version of the Yanomami film, originally posted in June 2014 and viewed over 26,000 times, has recently been rated “over 18”:  The Yanomami women in the film have bare torsos and small children are unclothed, as is traditional for them. There are no scenes that could be considered in any way suggestive. These moments of Yanomami daily life are woven with illustrations from my books of the “Amazon Rainforest Magic” series, available in three languages, both volumes of which show my drawings of Yanomami women and girls with bare torsos.

Thousands of copies of my books have been purchased for schools by a school book distribution company in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. I’ve also shown this film in schools while discussing Yanomami community life in the Amazon Rainforest for decades to acclaim by teachers, parents and students of all ages.

I hope you enjoy it!

A macaw in the Amazon forest 

Source: A Meaningful Story for Children and Adults – « Amazon Rainforest Magic, The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy » – For ages 8 to 12 to 100!  – written and illustrated by Barbara Crane Navarro | Barbara Crane Navarro

Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro

Pygmy hogs are only found in the lush and dense grasslands of Manas National Park, a small protected region in the shadows of the Himalayan mountains. These shy tiny wild pigs are the smallest pigs in the world and also the most endangered, threatened by habitat loss for palm oil and meat agriculture. Help them to survive each time you shop and #BeVegan and #Boycott4Wildlife

Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania — Palm Oil Detectives

Source: Pygmy Hog Porcula salvania — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro