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Redefining the American Dream

Published on August 31, 2010 By Tirika

“The ulti­mate mea­sure of a man or woman is not where he stands in moments of com­fort and con­ve­nience, but where he stands at times of chal­lenge and con­tro­versy.” ~ Mar­tin Luther King It’s time to stop look­ing to Wash­ing­ton for answers. We won’t get them from a new pol­icy or a new law or […]

Becoming Community Creatures

Published on July 21, 2010 By Tirika

Think­ing of “becom­ing com­mu­nity crea­tures” brings back mem­o­ries of the Y2K “panic”.  Peo­ple started get­ting together in small groups or large within their com­mu­ni­ties and dis­cussed dis­as­ter prepa­ra­tions. There is one type of per­son that stood out in my com­mu­nity. At the time, my com­mu­nity was very small, only 1000 peo­ple, but it was part […]

Questioning the Paradigm

Published on June 21, 2010 By Tirika

What Writ­ers Do Best Are you won­der­ing why writ­ing for Sin­gle Writ­ers is a good idea? Because your writ­ing could change the world! In 1962, two writ­ers trans­formed soci­ety with their mag­a­zine arti­cles. Glo­ria Steinem, a free­lance writer, was com­mis­sioned by Esquire mag­a­zine to write some­thing about con­tra­cep­tion. The result­ing arti­cle about how women were forced to choose […]