COVID Was Again The Leading Cause Of Death Among US Law Enforcement In 2021 | LAist

“This year’s statistics demonstrate that America’s front-line law enforcement officers continue to battle the deadly effects of the Covid-19 pandemic nationwide,” the report reads. “Preliminary data shows that some 301 officer fatalities have been identified as caused by Covid this year, and this number appears to increase almost daily.”

Source: COVID Was Again The Leading Cause Of Death Among US Law Enforcement In 2021 | LAist

Introduction to Mutual Aid and hierarchies

LANDBACK Friends

As I’ve been talking and writing about Mutual Aid, I’m not surprised that most of the questions relate to hierarchies. Mutual Aid is founded on a flat or horizontal hierarchy, where everyone has a voice in decisions.

I would highly recommend Dean Spade’s book , “Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)”. Two of the videos he has produced are very helpful. [See below]

My practical experience related to hierarchies comes from the past two years with Des Moines Mutual Aid. My friend Ronnie James is an Indigenous organizer with twenty years of experience and has been my Mutual Aid mentor.

It is widely acknowledged that it takes time to learn how to be in a mutual aid community. We are so entrenched in vertical hierarchies in our society.

By participating in groups in new ways and practicing new ways of being together, we are both building…

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Rest-Descanso

Coisas da SIL

As vezes o corpo só quer um descanso. Um lugar pra parar, silenciar ter repouso no lar do coração, exausto das rotinas, das palavras não ditas, dos silenciosos assustadoras, das noites chorosas. Um descanso, um lugar aberto, com vento, com água, com árvores e novas pessoas. Com clima de fraternidade e muita amizade. Encontra pessoas, nature, cores e formas.Um descanso é ter um lugar para de novo voltar a se encantar e sonhar. Com carinho: Coisas da SiL

Deserved rest

REST

Sometimes the body just wants a break. A place to stop, silence, have rest in the heart’s home, exhausted from the routines, the unspoken words, the frightening silences, the crying nights. A rest, an open place, with wind, with water, with trees and new people. With an atmosphere of fraternity and a lot of friendship. Find people, nature, colors and shapes. A rest is to have a place to…

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Nature is the Only True Jewel ! – An unforgettable Gift Suggestion for Valentine’s Day! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Rainforest reflection, Rio Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – photo: Barbara Crane Navarro « CANNIBAL GOLD … Our elders did not know of money … Money does not protect us … it does not create our joy.  For white people, it is different.  These white people are earth eaters covered with epidemic fumes. They think they are […]

Nature is the Only True Jewel ! – An unforgettable Gift Suggestion for Valentine’s Day! — Barbara Crane Navarro

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Next Global Outbreak? Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump From Humans to Animals – Nature World News https://ift.tt/2UXrsop Next Global Outbreak? Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump From Humans to Animals  Nature World News Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Next Global Outbreak? Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump From Humans to Animals – Nature World News — Next Global […]

Next Global Outbreak? Deforestation Helps Deadly Viruses Jump From Humans to Animals – Nature World News — Tiny Life — Barbara Crane Navarro

O ano é novo, mas Amazônia segue sendo desmatada em ritmo acelerado! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Números do Deter-B apontam 8.219 km2 de alertas de desmatamento na Amazônia Vista aérea de um desmatamento na Amazônia para expansão pecuária, em Lábrea, Amazonas. © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas Manaus, 07 de janeiro de 2022 – Dados do sistema Deter-B, do Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), divulgados nesta sexta-feira (07), mostram que de janeiro […] […]

O ano é novo, mas Amazônia segue sendo desmatada em ritmo acelerado! — Barbara Crane Navarro

José de Alencar — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” O amor, porém, é contagioso, com especialidade na solidão, onde a alma tem necessidade de uma companheira, e quando de todo não a encontra, divide-se ela própria para ser duas: uma, esperança; outra, saudade. “ José de Alencar. https:www.pensador.com Marii Freire Pereira https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo! Imagem: pinterest/eBiografia Santarém, Pá 12 de janeiro de 2022

José de Alencar — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Marii Freire Pereira

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Todo dia, eu me assusto diante do novo. O novo nos chacoalha devido a ausência de incertezas. Mas, como ser humano, capaz, lúcida e incompleta, estou sempre a procura de novas descobertas. “

Marii Freire Pereira

https://Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Imagem & criação: Marii Freire Pereira/ Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Santarém, Pá 12 de janeiro de 2022

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