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Imagining Equal Access to Justice & Progress through Solidarity with Sabrina Mahtani

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In celebration of International Day of the Girl, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Sabrina Mahtani, a lawyer from Zambia and the UK who has dedicated her life to human rights, specifically the rights of women in the criminal justice…

October 11, 2018

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All Moms Work

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All Moms wish they can be in more than one place at once. And all Moms work. Inside the home, outside the home, and everywhere in between. I've tried to deny this at different times in my life. But the...

September 25, 2018

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Kicking The Tyranny of the Possible in the Booty: An Exercise with Radical Imagination

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A few weeks ago the Raising Imagination community (that's you!) participated in a practice act I like to call Kicking the Tyranny of the Possible in the Booty: An Exercise in Radical Imagination. I asked you to respond to the...

September 11, 2018

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Lessons for Big Kids on the First Day of School

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No matter where we are in life, the first day of school means something to us. Maybe you're sending someone off to Kindergarten for the first time, or off to their senior year in college- maybe you're teaching for the...

September 6, 2018

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Castles Aren’t Equally Distributed: Imagining with Abigail Disney

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”Hollywood has magic power. And they've been wasting it. The whole point is to use our imagination in making films, and we're using it horribly. Fascinating start to an exclusive interview with Abigail Disney, award-winning documentary filmmaker, activist, philanthropist, mother...

August 28, 2018

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Celebrating the Diversity of Motherhood on National Book Lovers Day

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Did you know August 9th is National Book Lovers Day? Me either. But the more I'm on social media (good? bad? ugly?) the more I realize there's a day for everything. I've wanted to find occasion to celebrate the gorgeously...

August 9, 2018

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Ronnie Adams: Awakening a Spiritual Imagination

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A white Baptist Preacher from Texas moves to NewYork City to engage in HIV/AIDS work in the early 90's. I give you Ronnie Adams, today's feature in our Tuesday Series: People who Help us Imagine More for Humanity. My first...

August 7, 2018

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Zakiyah Ansari: Imagining a World that Centers Honest Conversation about Systemic Racism & Classism

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Unmistakable auras surround strong women. Especially women that fight for children. I first noticed Zakiyah Ansari as a prominent member of the Resistance Revival Chorus, a collective of more than 60 women who come together to sing protest songs in...

July 24, 2018

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This isn’t only my story. It’s the story of mi familia.

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I've known Gaby and her family for almost 12 years. Gaby's spirit is unassumingly strong. Over the years I've watched her nurture her younger siblings, babysit my children, chaperone youth and children events at Rauschenbuch Metro Ministries where we met, and...

June 20, 2018

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Remembering Pulse Means Staying Focused

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we remember. we mourn. we work. we imagine doing better. Today marks the two year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people. In addition to another tragic instance of gun violence in our country, Pulse…

June 12, 2018

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The Expulsion of Two Black Men from TN House Demand white People do the work of Holy Saturday

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Imagining Equal Access to Justice & Progress through Solidarity with Sabrina Mahtani

All Moms Work

Kicking The Tyranny of the Possible in the Booty: An Exercise with Radical Imagination

Lessons for Big Kids on the First Day of School

Castles Aren’t Equally Distributed: Imagining with Abigail Disney

Celebrating the Diversity of Motherhood on National Book Lovers Day

Ronnie Adams: Awakening a Spiritual Imagination

Zakiyah Ansari: Imagining a World that Centers Honest Conversation about Systemic Racism & Classism

This isn’t only my story. It’s the story of mi familia.

Remembering Pulse Means Staying Focused

The Expulsion of Two Black Men from TN House Demand white People do the work of Holy Saturday

Solidarity Strollers

Young Lessons on Voice, Values & Violence

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