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Activism/Service & belonging

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Community: The Structure of Belonging with Peter Block

How to create and foster community, why community is so important, and why we feel increasingly lonely in a world that keeps us "connected" via technology.

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My Grandfather’s Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging

In My Grandfather’s Blessings, Rachel Naomi Remen, a cancer physician and master storyteller, uses her luminous stories to remind us of the power of our kindness and the joy of being alive. Dr.

Rachel Naomi Remen

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Q&A with the Rev. William Barber, Building “Fusion Coalition” that Unites People Against Poverty

Barber makes clear his belief that the role of Christians is to call for social justice and allow the “rejected stones” of American society—the poor, people of color, women, LGBTQIA people, immigrants, religious minorities—to lead the way.

Alexandra Greenwald

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This Black Mom Is Using Her Platform to Normalize Conversations about Social Justice with Children

The professor and belonging advocate with 30 years of diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work under her belt says that her kids are her “why”—from why she wakes up every morning to why she wants to create a better, more just society and world.

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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture.

Alice Wong (editor)

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Veterans Talk About the Military-Civilian Divide

As part of our #RethinkVets media campaign, local veterans talk about the challenges they faced re-entering civilian life.

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The Origin of Others

America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging.

Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates (foreword)

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On Veterans Day, We Honor the Legacy of Black Soldiers

Black Americans have a storied history of serving their country with distinction in the military.

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john powell Keynote: The Mechanisms of Othering

Denying the belonging of others—and not just humans, but all life—is a global problem and the most pressing issue facing us today, says powell. He discusses our current culture, how this came to be, and what we can do about it.

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Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking

Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking is a collection of essays written by and for Autistic people.

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