Bridges
My Words and Hers on Memorial Day, by Nate Bixby (Cohort 17)
Run along dumb beasts / Lest we become attuned to your patters / Begin to know your speech / To love you too much / And wish your home / Were not in the way of our commerce. -Joanne W. Bixby (November 16, 1931 – April 1, 2018)
April Showers Bring May Flowers, but are they Sustainable? by Alice Forrester (Cohort 4)
"At the very least, spring budget planning is complicated. At its very best, it is a thoughtful exercise in creativity and courage. Like gardening, it is often not a pretty process..."
Fighting for Equity in Elementary School: Kia Levey-Burden (Cohort 8) on The Table Underground with Tagan Engel (Cohort 12)
"...in the most recent episode, it’s become extremely easy to call 911 and to have him handcuffed and police escort him out of the school. And so it just becomes this practice of what’s easier versus what’s best.”
Thomas Robert Ficklin, Jr. (Cohort 13)
...The neo-liberal trap of believing that “our issue” is urgent and not equal to all others is one of the major errors of this era of umpteen flavors of ice cream and infinite download menus of distraction...
Janis Astor del Valle – Writer, Performer, Educator (Cohort 10)
"...I also impart to my students that they’re leaders, too... living the notion 'everyone leads.'"
It’s a sign. And it believes in you.
Public art that inspires and loves.