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TCS: To Honor Seneca Falls, Words That Could Only Be Written By Women
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ For I conclude that … Continue reading
A Poem by Mary Oliver
I don’t know about you, but I’m still trying to adjust to “the new reality” – the struggle to get to a post-Covid19 world. Because the pandemic isn’t over, although a lot of people are trying to pretend that it … Continue reading
Dark Fins Appear – Two Poems for Shark Awareness Day
Shark Awareness Day falls on July 14th annually. Sharks are one of the oldest species on the planet, with fossil records showing they were cruising our oceans at least 420 million years ago. Modern-day sharks have been around for about … Continue reading
TCS: Pablo Neruda – In Shadow or Light
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ “We … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Gabriel García Márquez, In Shadow or Light, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, TCS
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A Fortress from Self Pity: June Jordan and Fannie Lou Hamer
June Jordan (1936-2002) was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents. She was a poet, essayist, teacher, feminist, civil rights activist, and self-identified Bisexual. While the students at most of the schools … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Mississippi, Poetry
Tagged A Fortress From Self Pity, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Jordan, Segregation, Voter Registration
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TCS: But Alien Still – The Question of Loyalty
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ To … Continue reading
A Poem for the 4th of July
Jimmy Santiago Baca (1952 – ) was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of Apache and Chicano ancestry. Abandoned by his parents, he ran away at 13 from the orphanage where his grandmother had placed him. Baca was convicted on drug … Continue reading
Posted in Fourth of July, Poetry, United States
Tagged American Indians, American Southwest, Disenfranchised, Immigrants in Our Own Land, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Social Justice
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June 30, 1966 – National Organization for Women Day
June 30, 1966 – National Organization for Women Day: the largest U.S feminist organization is launched, and begins organizing immediately. Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Pauli Murray, and Gloria Steinem were among its first leaders. They were attending the Third National Conference … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Betty Friedan, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Feminism, Gloria Steinem, National Organization for Women, NOW, Pauli Murray, Shirley Chisholm, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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TCS: Reaching Out Into the World – Floyd Dell, Socialist
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ Feminism … Continue reading
Let’s Get Organized – IWW Day
June 27, 1905 – The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), whose members were nicknamed the ‘Wobblies,’ was founded in Chicago, Illinois. The IWW was the first union in the U.S. open to women and men of all races. Some … Continue reading
Posted in American History
Tagged Civil Rights Movement, Community Organizing, Emma Goldman, Grace Lee-Boggs, Industrial Workers of the World, Labor Unions, Let’s Get Organized – IWW Day, Organizing
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