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Jan.05.2013
Cena, cenae, feminine, means dinner. Epistula, epistulae, feminine, means letter. Litterae, literaum, feminine, also equals letter. One littera is one letter of the alphabet. Gratia, gratiae, feminine, equals gratitude. Do not confuse it with gratus, grate, gratum,...
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Dec.22.2012
Marian Wright Edelman has been at the forefront of advocating for the rights of children for more than a half century. On Friday, December 21, 2012 she posted this call to the moral compass of our country. I reprint it here in its entirety on this, an occasion of historical choice...
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Dec.04.2012
An intersection of roads in Southern France is marked by a cross sitting atop a stone pillar, attesting to the religiosity of pathways in this region. Motoring along local, often single lane roads, it is not uncommon to approach a diversion and there is a cross. The legend on regional...
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Oct.22.2012
Tucked in the middle of Southern France, with the Pyrenees rimming the horizon on a clear day, is Durban. We enter from the West. Thank God we had a GPS, because even with our Michelin map, this is remote country side. We are wrapped in that iconic patchwork of many-hued, squared-...
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Oct.10.2012
Marked by canals completed in the 1600’s to bring commerce from the Mediterranean into the south of France, we arrive into the seaport of Sète to find jousting by gondola, a sport that dates to at least the 12th Century. Spectators line the canal and hang from the closest bridge as announcers...
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Oct.04.2012
Looking for a refreshing lift? Try these three latest sound poems from southern France:
http://redroom.com/member/jane-p-perry/media/audio/toulouse-street-soundz
http://redroom.com/member/jane-p-perry/media/audio/carrousel
http://redroom.com/member/jane-p-perry/media/audio/lamb-surround
and...
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May.17.2012
I am swimming in Lake Temescal, a gemmed oasis flanked by meadows, trees, including Redwoods and local Manzanitas, and hiking paths smack in the city of Oakland. But even before this, at Temescal Pool just down the street from Oakland Tech High School, I had theoccasion to rescue swamped bees...
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Apr.26.2012
On Tuesday, April 24, 2012, a coalition of homeowners, clergy, immigrant rights advocates, unions, tenant rights groups and residents who represent some of the hardest hit communities across the country hit the streets of San Francisco for a nonviolent direct action protest of Wells Fargo’s annual...
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Apr.24.2012
Wells Fargo held their annual shareholders meeting today in San Francisco. Betty, a stock holder and grandmother who lives in Portland, took a vacation day from work to travel down for this meeting. Her goal: to communicate with John Stumpf, Chairman of Wells Fargo, to let him...
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Mar.28.2012
The Bay Area Coalition for Play
We are a group of educators and other professionals who are concerned about the increasing lack of time and safe spaces for children to engage in open-ended play. We promote the importance of play throughout the lifespan, and especially in children, to...
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Mar.02.2012
March 1, 2012. OccupyEducation actions take place across the country, from Philadelphia, to Boulder, Houston, New York City, to Brooklyn, where high school students stage a die-in, to the University of Southern Florida and SDS-Tampa Bay, and to Washington DC, there are teach-ins on school...
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Feb.24.2012
Mass actions are being planned for February 28 to stand up in nonviolent demonstration against the rubber bullets, baton beating, tear gas, and mass arrests of occupiers. So far, Occupy New York City, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Cleveland, Occupy Houston, Occupy Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Occupy...
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Jan.30.2012
The afternoon of January 28 Occupy Oakland initiated a Rise Up Move-In festival weekend to reclaim an empty space for a community service and organizing center and celebrate with food, live music and poetry, films, arts and crafts, de-escalation training, trauma and self care, basic pepper spray...
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Jan.22.2012
January 20 2012, a day of occupation of the financial district in San Francisco. Occupy Oakland calls a Reclaim the Streets Carnival of Resistance with puppets, signs, banners, music on a reclaimed Alameda County Transit bus, food, and DJ’s. Returning from my volunteer stint at my kid’s old middle...
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About Jane
"Promoting independent outdoor play is especially important when children's lives are increasingly regulated by the company of adults. . . . Outdoor play settings may be the one place where children can independently orchestrate their own negotiations...
Causes Jane Perry Supports
Pogo Park at www.pogopark.org, Alameda County Community Food Bank Museum of...