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A podcast attempting to shine light on the radical inequities and the oppressive nature of the library profession, specifically as it pertains to BIPOC professionals and the communities they serve in the state of Oregon. An Oregon Library Association EDI & Antiracism production. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of Oregon. Este proyecto ha sido posible en pa ...
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GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Love not hate will make the World 🌎 Great. God’s Law is to Love. Different skin, One Love and that is God who commands from above. We are GROWing over Oppression. We are Spiritual Beings and are not bound under Religion, We are bound by God to Love. Religion is about Money and Control A battle of Good vs Evil. Are you ready to GROW?Break free of the Mental chains Conqueror! We are the Keepers of the Dream as we head full steam on the Soul ...
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Homeless people are marginalized by both the government and society. Cover art photo provided by Matt Collamer on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@breakyourboundaries4
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Into Liberation: A podcast about transformative change, equity, and working against oppression
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Into Liberation is a production of VISIONS, Inc, a non-profit organization that offers effective tools to help individuals and organizations communicate across differences and forge connections that drive collective success. Since 1984, we’ve offered research-based, time-tested approaches to cross-cultural learning that invite participants to engage in equity and inclusion work, starting at the personal and interpersonal levels and expanding to include changes toward institutional and cultur ...
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom I’m Lifting the World and it Is Heavy; join me, Lift with me As we build Bridges of Love, Crossing paths, pushing aside differences to find common ground; GROW -What we were born to do The politics of Love, the agenda of Understanding, a campaign of Peace, Empathy, Caring and Shar…
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S3, E7: The Power of Stories w/Donna Barba Higuera
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Send us a text In this episode*, we have the absolute honor of conversing with Donna Barba Higuera, Middle Grade and Picture Book Author, Newbery Medal and Pura Belpré Award Winner and New York Times Best Seller. Donna shares from where and whom she draws her stories, and how she went from an imaginative child to inspiring readers of all ages. In a…
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Send us a text Don’t give up! Confirmation: In God We Trust A New Day is dawning and with it a New opportunity An opportunity to do something Greater than what You did yesterday The Light of God The Love of God Every living thing Reaching for the Light Life—> A creation of your Mind Creative Consciousness; We are So Blessed God is Love and just as …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom I used to be a rolling stone, you know If a cause was right I'd leave, to find the answer on the road I used to be a heart beatin' for someone But the times have changed The less I say, the more my work gets done 'Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom From the day tha…
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Send us a text In this episode we are joined in conversation by Shannon LaRance (Dine'/Hopi/Assiniboine). Founder of Indigenous Empowerment, Indigenous Empowerment's mission is to ensure culturally sensitive counselors and social service agents are accessible to those in need. Their goal is to train human service organizations across the nation on …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom The Light of God shines through the rain creating a Rainbow which has always represented Hope Through Change We become our Hope: We are GROW and Let us be Mindful of the Spirit of the Lord, not the Spirit of evil Do not give power to evil as evil has no power except what we allow …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom In a World where it seems all hope is lost, We become our Hope GROW and Lift the World with you, it’s not hard to do Change and We become Change✨💝 Love is the Key, really💫💞 GROWLoveLiftChange.org www.GROWLoveLiftChange.org God is Love Love is the backbone of all religion Sow Love,…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom I shall GROW With You until God calls me home I have been sent and I shall fulfill my Divine Purpose; GROW and Lift the World also 💞💫💞💫💞💫💞 You.. You are one of the most intriguing, inspiring and remarkable individuals to walk the face of this Earth, that’s why people flock to you,…
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Oh, Happy Day! The reason You GROW through is to tell the Testimony of how God brought You out!
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Look what Love can do! On behalf of GROW; VP and Chief Programs Director April Blount, Executive Director Kennedy Lejah and myself CEO and President Jacqueline Jimoh GROW along with our Ambassadors from around the World, we would like to expresss our deep gratitude to Grove Collab…
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Louise Coggins on Finding People Who Care Like You do
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Join us for a conversation with Louise Coggins, longtime VISIONS board member and current board chair of VISIONS, who first met the founders of this organization when high schools integrated in Rocky Mount, NC. So much of VISIONS history and way of being is rooted in its value of relationality. Louise’s longtime connection and passionate support of…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom and if all your hopes survive, Destiny will arrive and bring all your dreams alive Sow Love, Building your Dream has to start now Twin, where have you been? On a Journey on this Highway of Life by the Spirit of God within I made it and I’m still Rising Destination Up Ahead; Greatn…
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Join us as we sit down with VISIONS co-founder, longtime consultant, and retired professor public health Dr. John Capitman! Dr. Capitman talks about how he specialized in eldercare and developed community interventions in public health, as well as how his background and the life experiences informed his commitment and his approach, including how a …
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Send us a text I just turned on the radio and this song was on I’m ready to get back where we started from; working on the podcast daily; the podcast will forever be My Life Then I just ended this episode, just stopped talking, life is like that; now I know GROW Life is A Journey then suddenly, it ends, it’s over It’s important what we do in life; …
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Send us a text “The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak” The Spirit is Stronger than the flesh; resist evil and temptation.. GROW in the Spirit of God within You; Greater than anything Mind over anything We are Blessed to be faced with the opportunity to do anything we want in life To create any achievement and surpass and push past the norms F…
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S3, E5: Escaping the Vocational Awe Trap w/Fobazi Ettarh
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Send us a text In this episode we are joined in conversation by scholar, academic consultant, librarian and educational game designer, Fobzi Ettarh, who notably coined the concept of "vocational awe" in 2018. Ettarh shares how vocational awe operates at both the micro and macro levels, contributing to problematic hiring, onboarding, and retention p…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom “May I help you” The Man in the shipping office gruffly said as he glared at me I was in a sundowner town but the Sun was just coming up Carry Peace and the Love of God “Yes you may,” I replied cheerfully, “I’m here to pickup my paperwork for my load” He proceeded to show me the b…
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Send us a text Anne Heidemann & Melissa Isaac from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan join us to share about Maawn Doobiigeng, a new classification system for the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Library. In 2019, The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries were awarded the IMLS National Leadership Grant to facilitate the creation of a new classificati…
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What does it mean to embrace a multicultural, democratic society in a nation scarred by Apartheid? Join us for the second part of our interview with Dr. Julian Sonn, who has spent the last thirty years working towards transformational change in South Africa. From the exuberance of the first democratic elections in 1994 to the ongoing quest for incl…
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Join us for another VISIONS elder story as we sit down with Dr. Julian Sonn, who has been with VISIONS, quite literally, since its inception. This is another in our series of elder story podcasts that we’re doing in honor of our 40th anniversary, which we'll be celebrating in Boston on September 27, 2024. Dr. Sonn is a psychologist and academic, an…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom No more backward thinking time for thinking ahead The World won’t get no better if we just let it be We’ve got to Change it, You and Me Running Up the Hill daily✨💝 The Earth needs the rain, the Sun is still shining Sow Love take the rain and GROW Today for Tomorrow💫💞 www.GROWProgr…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Peace There is nothing in the World like it, let’s like it for the World Let there be Peace! “For there is no Peace, saith the Lord. unto the wicked” Be the Rising Peacemaker✨💝 Love, Peace, Change Let Change begin with you; then there GROW Change for the World💫💞 www.GROWLoveLiftCh…
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This episode of Into Liberation features a conversation with the extraordinary Dr. Cassandra Joubert, who shares her story of growing up in racially segregated Houston and becoming a passionate advocate for maternal and child health. Dr. Joubert talks about how her early life experiences and her time at Howard University in the early 1970s (amid th…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Find you a place of Peace from The Spiritual Warfare Our jobs help us GROW The job is to GROW for God Today for Tomorrow I thank God for this job, I work with a really Great group of people; Truckers across America I get to go places places I’ve never been before, except Alaska an…
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Send us a text *There were slight technical issues during the recording of this episode. We apologize for any minor disruptions* We are excited to welcome Jamillah R. Gabriel, the Critical Pedagogy Research Librarian at Harvard University and co-host of the podcast LibVoices, for a second time. Jamillah provides listeners with a beginner-friendly o…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Sadness bears no remedy for the problems in your life That can’t make me sad, cause I’ve been there before don’t wanna go no more Can’t shake the way I feel Today! -Maurice White Smile the Beautiful Smile of Faith The Woman in the Mirror; Three times a Lady and I Love you Ugly cry…
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Send us a text Life and its interruptions, GROW with the flow, don’t be Broken.. Broke up and broke down is what I was Called so many names I almost forgot my name was Jacqueline Dead Inside Like a tree that dies in the Winter only to come back in Spring The Love of God touched me The Light of God warmed me God reminded me, I am a Child of God and …
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Join us as we sit down with Vincent Johnson, as he recounts his trajectory from being a 'third culture kid' to becoming the Director of Equity and Inclusive Excellence at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Growing up as the child of a serviceman who was stationed in Okinawa and Taiwan, as well as Washington, DC, Vincent's immersion in diff…
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Send us a text In this episode, Immer Honorato, Library Outreach Specialist at the Tualatin Public Library, talks with us about connecting his library with his community in Tualatin, Oregon. As an immigrant of Mexico who grew up in Tualatin, Immer brings an important bilingual and bicultural perspective to bridging the gap between library services …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Here, there and everywhere Sowing the seeds of Love from God up above It ain’t me, it’s God It’s not about me it’s about us; We who live in this World If we want Change, we must be the Change Love is the Light that will draw them unto you Love is the way Love is the Key Love is th…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Who does she think she is? I am She and She is Me and We as All My Children of God make up the Body The old folks used to say “That baby been here before” They come back.. Spirituality; there is an old soul in me Gravitate, Meditate and Elevate to your Higher Power; that’s Greatne…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom So Beautiful! I am truly honored and humbled! GROW Ambassador for God to Kenya Kennedy Lejah’s Sister, my Sister in the Lord; she named her baby Jacqueline Queen Awuor in my honor! God Bless Africa God Bless the World Thank you God for your Beautiful Plan Sow Love here We stand I …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom In this World but not Of this World Disconnected from the World, still here but connected to the Godly World I can hear the Wisdom, what I need to hear If they ain’t doing Right we don’t need to know what they’re doing; blood included Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisd…
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Send us a text Africa 2024 GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom We become a shadow of our former selves A Renewing of our Minds This is a Spiritual Journey and you want to connect with your Higher being There is Keepers of the Dream and whoever that may be Connect, Meditate, Elevate, Gravitate Everyday all day✨💝 #SelfLove, #Spiritu…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Beautiful Scripture Luke: 24 He is not here, he has Risen✨💝 Let me follow up with John 14 I like the whole scripture but moreso 10-25 As Jesus was telling his disciples that he will leave to join the Father, he also explains to the disciples that they are his Brothers; we are All …
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Send us a text Multitalented Aaron Whitefield joins the hosts and shares insight gained from leading successful multicultural academic programs during the decade he spent working as an educator, library professional and youth development specialist in Columbus, Ohio. Aaron’s passion for uplifting youth and creating community is apparent, even while…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Let Us fix Today.. Money changes a lot of things but money ain’t everything Money can’t even buy happiness To stop and look at this Beautiful creation of God’s didn’t cost me anything but a little time For the Love of money is the root of all evil Greed for what? Greed to Lift one…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Dealing with difficult people For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against powers and principalities; evil in high places God is in a Higher place God is willing, are we? The Spiritual Warfare out there By the Spirit of God within you, You are Greater Nothing shall stand…
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Send us a text In this episode, Dr. Raymond (Ray) Pun (academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education) shares insights on effective library advocacy through collaboration and community building, advice for aspiring librarians of color, and the value of involvement in the American Library Association and committee work. We…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom 9 But ye are a Chosen generation, a Royal priesthood, an Holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; I Peter 2:9 Do you really know who you are? You are Gods! Unity and Prayer Love and …
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Send us a text “From the bottom of our hearts, we are so appreciative of your generousity and your ongoing devotion to Grow children Queen! Your benevolent support.. will enable us to make a big impact on these children we are taking care of, and it is absolutely invaluable.Dear God, I pray for my mentor and my sister Queen.Almighty God bless his e…
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Send us a text I do, I GROW for you Look in the mirror and say it too ✨💝 Chains and Vices.. Trick your Mind into thinking you need it when you don’t The Will Power to leave it alone is Stronger than the desire to have it💯 I hear the chains falling Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Challenges mentor Champions -Ambassador Kenneth Godfr…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Yes Blessed, a Wise person avoids problems “If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have had any luck at all,” I used to say I even searched for four leaf clovers, never finding any I used to think life was just misery because that’s what my life was; I claimed Depression and Depres…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Why do bad things happen to Good people? Love is the answer✨💝 In the words of Alexei Navalni; “Never give up” I won’t.. I won’t give up or give in, as You fought till your dying breath I will also I will Sow and I will put in to GROW all over the World💫💞 Fly High Beautiful Spirit …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom A SuperBowl of Love.. Through it all and in spite of it all God is Greater than any problem Big or small On this Highway of Life Destination Up Ahead; Greatness Always do the Right thing Be the Best You you Can Be Keepers of the Dream The eyes of God are on the Sparrow and I know …
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Send us a text In this episode, we hear from Ayn Reyes Frazee and Mai Takahashi, co-chairs of the newly formed EDI Committee of ALSC (Association of Library Services to Children, a division of ALA). Frazee, who serves as current president of the Oregon Association of School Libraries, is a high school librarian in Portland and was a 2019 ALSC Equit…
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What do feelings and emotions have to do with anti-oppression work? Join me as I welcome longtime VISIONS consultant and counselor Felipe Garcia, who specializes in Transactional Analysis, the liberatory psychology framework at the core of our model. Felipe is the author of several articles, including one you may have read if you’ve been part of a …
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom Say, Say, Say We all have a say but I Say Rule the World in Love Welcome to your Life and Life more Abundantly✨💝 Acting on your Best behavior, there’s no turning back; even while you sleep, God got You! GROW and watch your Dreams come True Can you imagine willing to risk Life and …
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Send us a text A Mountain rises to Reach its Greatness It can’t get any Greater, so what does it do? Spread to create other Mountains Rise Great Mountain! Soldier of God✨💝 The battle is not yours, it’s the Lord’s cause the craving don’t never go away; You will have to Live with it: Mind over Anything ✨💝 The Will Power to Quit is stronger than the c…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the Good people” -Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I celebrate this Legend each and Everyday Being the Change to Change Tomorrow Today Sow Love to yourselves and one another…
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Send us a text GROW Greatness Reached over Oppression through Wisdom God Bless you Beautiful You as You GROW Be the Change to Change the World, to Lift the World Change begins within and Spreads outward, like in the water a pebble going in, it happens; The Ripple Effect✨💝 Love we shall Sow Love we Shall Reap It’s up to us to Save us It’s our World,…
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