(1) “When You’re Poor, Money Is Expensive” But by other important measures, it’s awfully expensive to be poor. As Barbara Ehrenreich wrote in her book Nickel and Dimed, many entry-level jobs pay next to nothing with unpredictable schedules. This makes savings, second jobs, affordable loans, and child care all but impossible to arrange. Inescapable poverty changes the way we…
And it felt gooooooood! I was so in need of some time off and still I want more! However, I couldn’t continue to stay away so ta dah!! I’m back…kinda… It was a whirlwind weekend and A LOT happened in the last two weeks so while I am still collecting my thoughts and trying to…
She became a world wide figure for justice… There were buttons, posters and t-shirts: Magazine covers: And songs: 1. “Sweet Black Angel“ – Rolling Stones “Well de gal in danger, de gal in chains, but she keep on pushin’, would you do the same? She countin’ up de minutes, she countin’ up de…
BRILLIANT ~ COURAGEOUS ~ CAPTIVATING A brief synopsis reprinted from Biography: Early Life “Writer, activist and educator Angela Davis was born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama. Davis is best known as a radical African-American educator and activist for civil rights and other social issues. She knew about racial prejudice from her experiences with discrimination…
MEET TEAM RED!! Gladys Muhammad “As a member of the South Bend Hall of Fame, Gladys Muhammad has already secured her place in living history as a community leader and civil rights advocate. She is currently the Associate Director of South Bend Heritage Foundation (SBHF) and the Director of the Colfax Campus (Charles Martin Youth…
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