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Happy #WomensHistoryMonth! Today we honor Jacquelin Woodson, an American writer of books for children and adolescents, and the current National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. This is a literary honor presented by the Library of Congress.
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“Every generation confronts the task of choosing its past. Inheritances are chosen as much as they are passed on. The past depends less on 'what happened then' than on the desires and discontents of the present. Strivings and failures shape the stories we tell” Saidiya V. Hartman
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there are tears you haven’t given the space to flow because you feel like your pain isn’t important enough to be understood. there are tears you haven’t given the space to flow because you’ve lived believing that strength lies in your emotional fortitude. heal those spaces.
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When we as black people realize we are the only people who can help us we will be great. – at Tupelo, MS
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i'm struck by how many readers get trained to read poetry as a decoding process or a riddle-solving. rather than "just" enjoying language and imagining what's happening on the page. a deer can be a symbol of something "profound." or it can be a deer. the sound "deer."
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Ur thoughts determine ur deeds. Ur deeds determined ur destiny! If u don't like where u are in life & what u've accomplished thus far, change ur thoughts & ur deeds & destiny will follow! Ur tomorrow will look nothing like yesterday & this year will not be a repeat of last year!
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An occasional meltdown is OKAY. Sometimes life helps you by shaking you to the core; to scrape the gunk off the bottom of your heart & clean out what's been bothering you. You're not crazy, weak or unstable. A breakdown always leads to a breakthrough.
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A good book is never about one thing. A good character is never one dimensional. There should be splinters, complexity, contradictions.
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“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.
#thebeautifulboss
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💜 "To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women" Angela Davis is giving us that celestial #WomensHistoryMonth energy we need! From the 1st to the 31st we celebrate the magnetic power of the woman!
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To those who were willing and able to attend today's demonstration: Thank you.
Thank you for showing up, standing in the cold, and choosing to share your story/stories (if you chose to do so). We, the team, appreciate your courage, bravery, and vulnerability.
Thank you.
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The LNACC is open for any students seeking community space to process, gather, heal, and just be in existence. Come on through to 308 Melrose Ave. LNACC will host space tonight, food will be provided, and people will be available for dialogue.
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I'm beyond excited to see @ubwdance's "Hair and Other Stories" performance at @BRICbrooklyn TONIGHT! bricartsmedia.org/events-per… #urbanbushwomen #BRIC #Dance
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You’re outgrowing so many things. It’s not personal. Allow yourself to evolve.
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If you don’t know Black history, then you don’t know American history. If you don’t know American history, then you don’t know America. If you don’t know America, then you don’t know yourself. Let us all take advantage of this #BlackHistoryMonth.
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Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth every day of February with this list of 28 contemporary books by or about African Americans. on.nypl.org/2UtRM3L
