Tag: Community
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Police Violence and Indifference in Seattle
The violence and indifference of Seattle law enforcement grieves me. Seattleites of color continue to endure a culture of terror. Seattle police officers have killed numerous unarmed people of color over the years. Just when there appeared to be a lull, officers killed Jaahnavi Kandula. They ran over her in a crosswalk going 70 MPH…
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A Sadness about Education
I am feeling a sadness about public education right now. And about education in the US in general. I am wondering whether we have lost what education means and what it is to have been effectively educated. When I was an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, I was definitely caught up in the humanities education in…
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Share Stories in Community
Watching the beauty of conversations in sign language helped me see that language is first and foremost a vehicle for story. On a Sunday afternoon, the sun setting in Roseville, California, I walked into a packed and yet silent Starbucks. It was eerie to hear the rustle of clothing with no voices until I realized…