Dawn's Blog: A place for Open Minds, Revolutionary Thinking, and Real Talk, all B.S. aside. It's time to be a Voice, not an Echo. You must Speak your Truth even if your voice shakes…
We all have our own individual, personal “truths” but keep in mind that we’re all human and sometimes we all, at one time or another have taken our beliefs in something, someone, or even a situation and have tried to make it fit into our personal “version of reality”. But thinking something doesn’t make it …
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When the issue of diversity has come up I've noticed that the concept has different meanings for people, depending on your ethnicity, your culture, your sexual orientation, your level of education, financial status, employment status, political affiliation, the community you live in, and how you've been raised among a myriad of other factors. Diversity: The quality or …
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"The function of government is to represent the middle income and working people rather than just the wealthy and the powerful. [We have come to] worship greed." ~Representative Bernie Sanders Capitalism is defined as an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; by investments that are determined by private decision; and …
For those of you who identify as a person of color, are part of the working class and lower middle class who voted for Trump...let me just say Congratulations and allow me to extend a heart-felt WTF?! Do you not know that you have been Bamboozled? Led Astray? Run Amok? And for those of you …
Activism has always been the driving force of change...
So... for some of us, the interview that Lil Wayne gave showcasing just how trifling, ignorant, shameful and offensive he can be may not have come as too much of a surprise. But still... I don't even have the words to truly express the disgust I felt as I watched him in that interview! As …
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Politics-- a subject that has the most significant impact on each and every one of us, yet is possibly the least understood at its core. Here are a few bullet points that in my humble opinion, sum up what Politics is all about: Republicans and Democrats both play to the rich 1% and to the …
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Oppression: The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. Oppression in essence is the experience of repeated, widespread, systemic injustice. At times it's extreme and violent and other times it's subtle and if you have not experienced it or prefer to walk through life with blinders on, you may miss …
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A big thank you to Nishita 13 for the acknowledgment and nomination of the Premio Dardos Award!! It's so important that we all take the time to acknowledge and give praise to one another in the hopes of uplifting and inspiring each other. I enjoy speaking up and out on social and political issues that effect …
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