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Everything Old Is New Again

grace — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:14:34 +0000

With all this talk/hype about social media, I’m beginning to think we’re all new media douchebags. The plethora of “how to” articles and posts on ways to increase your followers, friends, fans, and other cult hangers-on seem to be regurgitating what Dale Carnegie wrote about long ago (1936) in How to Win Friends and Influence [...]

Happy New Year! Sublime in ‘09 …

grace — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:24:03 +0000

So far, I’ve managed to start the year out right: Day 1: Spent (most of) the day in bed, sans hangover & drama. Spent other bits of the day in good company. Day 2: Met with BooTown on doing Public Relations for the Houston Fringe Festival; then focused on personal plans for the year: a) avoid/reduce time [...]

Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice Open for Applications

grace — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:59:45 +0000

Families USA will select one talented and motivated candidate to fill the Wellstone Fellowship: http://www.familiesusa.org/about/wellstone-fellowship.html Through this 12-month fellowship, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented social justice advocates from underrepresented economic, racial and ethnic minority groups, including black/African American, Latino, Native American, and Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The goals of the Wellstone Fellowship program are three-fold: To [...]

Frozen Out of the SleepOut

grace — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:19:08 +0000

A few people have asked me how the SleepOut went this past weekend. All I have to say is, thank Science Matthew arrived there first, because I would’ve been livid at what happened. We basically disqualified ourselves from the SleepOut because: 1) Smoking wasn’t allowed…and we’re smokers. 2) Drinking wasn’t allowed…and we’re drinkers. 3) Pets weren’t allowed…and Matthew had [...]

Post-Election Racism: What Future Are We Building?

grace — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:42:22 +0000

From the Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/6114464.html) “Someone once said racism is like cancer: It’s never totally wiped out, it’s in remission.” If so, America’s remission lasted until the morning of Nov. 5. The day after the vote hailed as a sign of a nation changed, black high school student Barbara Tyler of Marietta, Ga., said she heard hateful [...]