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America Has Lost One of Its Greatest Voices: Dr. Howard Zinn (1922 – 2010)

I wanted students to leave my classes not just better informed, but more prepared to relinquish the safety of silence, more prepared to speak up, to act against injustice wherever they saw it. This, of course, was a recipe for trouble.

- Howard Zinn

A true leader and inspiration for those who believe strongly enough in democracy to fight for it, Dr. Howard Zinn passed away today at the age of 87. Dr. Zinn wanted to be remembered for introducing a new way of thinking and “getting more people to realize that the power ultimately rests in people themselves and that they can use it.”

Howard Zinn not only taught people history, he showed them how to shape it. He walked the talk. May he now rest in peace.

Click these links to see Dr. Zinn’s project The People Speak (history) and celebrities participating in The People Speak.

Click here for Howard Zinn’s Democracy Now podcast list.

Click here for more video & audio links for Howard Zinn.

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What’s Happening with the Houston Arts Alliance

Here’s a YouTube playlist of the Houston Arts Alliance’s Townhall meeting in January – including projects and services updates from Jonathan Glus, Joe Wilson, Jerome Vielman, Helen Lessick, and Richard Graber – and artist videos taken for HAA’s “Art the Heart of Houston” campaign:

The Man of My Dreams

G-E-O-F-F-R-E-Y – it’s GEOFFREY! (Spazmatics)

Gotta love a man who plays bass, can dance, wields a powerful light saber, and always wears a helmet … he must get all the girls. I’m so not worthy!


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