"Change can come like a twister or grow steady like a tree" |
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In a recent episode of Prison Radio, incarcerated poet and author Spoon Jackson read two of his poems, "Longer Ago" and "Change." In the U.S., this month is often a time when we are called to reflect upon our freedoms. Spoon reminds us of those who are not yet free, and the power of each of us to make a difference.
The books, interviews, and events below by and about national and global change-makers offer solutions to create more just, resilient communities either through fast acts of resistance or slower approaches towards transformative change.
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New this Month: In the Struggle |
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Over the course of a century, eight scholar activists join the battle against industrial-scale agribusiness in California, and face the consequences of doing so.
"In the Struggle is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand the devastating impacts of agribusiness’ powerful hold on the San Joaquin Valley of California." — Mary Louise Frampton, Professor, University of California Davis School of Law & Counsel
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Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 8:30 PM ET
Join the virtual launch of In the Struggle hosted by Central Valley Partnership. The event will feature co-authors Daniel O’Connell and Scott Peters with speeches from iconic labor leader Dolores Huerta as well as farmworkers' advocate Janaki Jagannath.
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Interview with the Authors
Tune into The Jefferson Exchange to hear O’Connell and Peters discuss the rise of industrial agriculture in California, the role universities and scholarship played in the fight against it, and the threat monopoly poses to a healthy democracy.
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Thirsty California with Janaki Jagannath
As part of the Roots of Resilience in An Age of Crisis series co-presented with Real Food Media and Mother Jones, Janaki Jagannath, one of the eight scholars featured in In the Struggle, discusses the state of water in California with Anna Lappé and award-winning journalist Tom Philpott. Watch here.
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“Jane Jacobs's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania is an extraordinarily informed and informative work of meticulously detailed and original scholarship.” — Mary Cowper, Midwest Review of Books
Author Glenna Lang uncovers Scranton, Pennsylvania as young Jane Jacobs experienced it and shows us the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment. Jane Jacobs’s First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania vividly reveals how this influential thinker and writer’s classic works germinated in this once vibrant, mid-size city.
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New Review of Jane Jacobs’s First City in City Journal
“Lang presents a charming, well-written account of Jacobs’s childhood, filled with exhaustive historical research, poignant interviews, and evocative descriptions of Scranton. As Lang shows, it was Scranton, not Greenwich Village, that inspired Jacobs’s influential Death and Life of Great American Cities, released 50 years ago this year.”
— Charles F. McElwee
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Martha Frish, a member of the advisory board at the Center for the Living City and initiator of Jane's WalkCHICAGO for the Friends of Downtown, also recently reviewed Jane Jacobs's First City. She considers how the book shines light on young people's strong capacity for insight and suggests Jane Jacobs's First City as a primer for Jacobs's influential ideas. Read her full review.
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Watch Glenna Lang on CSPAN |
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Glenna Lang's NYC virtual book launch, hosted by Rizzoli Bookstore, recently aired on CSPAN's American History TV. She is joined by Andrew Berman, Executive Director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, to discuss Jane Jacobs's childhood, Scranton in the early 20th century, and Jacobs's influence on New York.
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Americans Who Tell the Truth Exhibit |
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Now through October 15, 2021
Mariposa Museum, 26 Main St, Peterborough, NH
The Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series by Robert Shetterly documents courageous U.S. citizens, past and present. Thirty-nine of his inspiring portraits will be on display at the flagship location of the Mariposa Museum, which fosters peace, equity, and human understanding through exhibits and programs that engage the senses, mind, and heart. Learn more about the exhibit.
The image above is a portrait of Chief Joseph Hinmton Yalektit by Robert Shetterly, which will be included in the exhibit and in Shetterly's forthcoming book, Portraits of Racial Justice.
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Portraits of Racial Justice:
Americans Who Tell the Truth
Robert Shetterly's forthcoming book, the first in its series, will include 50 full-color portraits of inspirational racial justice activists. Essays by Sherri Mitchel Ai-Jen Poo, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and Dave Zirin open the book. Blending history, social commentary, and art, Portraits of Racial Justice is a beautiful and powerful addition to any personal library.
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Dr. Fullilove on Community and Health |
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Watch Dr. Mindy Fullilove’s closing keynote address for Project for Public Spaces’s Walk/Bike/Places Conference, “Healing Main Streets to Heal Ourselves.” More of Fullilove’s thoughts on Main Streets and why they matter can be found in her latest book, Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All.
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Nature-Based Early Learning Conference |
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July 26-30, 2021
Virtual
The largest national gathering of nature-based early education professionals
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NAAEE Webinar with Louise Chawla, Victoria Derr, and Mara Mintzer
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Ann Rosenthal and Amara Geffen on Ecoart
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Art for a New Future
The Justice Arts Coalition’s growing network of artists impacted by criminal legal systems, teaching artists, arts advocates, and allies came together for three days of interactive and embodied art experiences, skill-sharing, and conversation. Two of our authors joined in the conversation: Spoon Jackson, co-author of By Heart: Poetry, Prison, and Two Lives, and Bill Cleveland, author of Art and Upheaval: Artists on the World’s Frontlines.
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New Interview with Keith Knight
Acclaimed Hulu series Woke, co-created and produced by cartoonist and illustrator Keith Knight, has been renewed for a second season. In a recent interview Knight, co-author of Beginner’s Guide to Community-Based Arts, discusses how themes of systematic racism and police violence in the season finale will be addressed in the show’s highly anticipated second season.
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Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty at Drexel Commencement
Elijah Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University, drew inspiration from Anne Herbert and Paloma Pavel’s Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty for his commencement speech at Drexel University’s 2021 graduation. Anderson offered the title of Herbert and Pavel’s book as guiding words for Drexel’s recent graduates. Watch the ceremony.
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International School Grounds Alliance (ISGA) Conference
Thursday, September 23 - Friday, September 24, 2021
In person in Stirling, Scotland and online
This hybrid event will bring together the best in outdoor learning and play in school grounds and beyond. Ideal for educators, teachers, and design professionals. Join us for one or both days. Cohosted by the International School Grounds Alliance and their Scotland representative, Living Classrooms.
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