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"The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise." -Starhawk (1979)

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James Baldwin (1956), "Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or..

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“To me, 'sovereignty ' means having authority over one's own life and culture. It is a right and something that should not have to be fought for. Terms such as 'self-determination' are not high enough, not good enough terms for this” -Patricia Grace (1999)

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Edwidge Danticat (2010) "The way the media cycle works here, and the way people’s attention span works, is that we only learn that people exist when there is crisis. That’s why I think it is important to reach people through other means, like the arts and literature, because then you establish a..

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Morris Schappes (1941) "Education is a war industry. Some teachers produce a direct war material. Their product is not the shell, the dive bomber, or the war ship. Theirs is even more basic: the target. Without the target-the soldier on land, sea, or air-no war could get to the shooting stage."

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"The traditional ways and rituals of all of Earth's peoples are kept in containers of poetry, song, and story. It is how we know who we are, where we are coming from and who we are becoming.” -'Catching the Light' by Joy Harjo (2022)

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"The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise." -Starhawk (1979)	23
James Baldwin (1956), "Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety. And at such a moment, unable to see and not daring to imagine what the future will now bring forth, one clings to what one knew, or..	18
“To me, 'sovereignty ' means having authority over one's own life and culture. It is a right and something that should not have to be fought for. Terms such as 'self-determination' are not high enough, not good enough terms for this” -Patricia Grace (1999)	9
Edwidge Danticat (2010) "The way the media cycle works here, and the way people’s attention span works, is that we only learn that people exist when there is crisis. That’s why I think it is important to reach people through other means, like the arts and literature, because then you establish a..	5
Morris Schappes (1941) "Education is a war industry. Some teachers produce a direct war material. Their product is not the shell, the dive bomber, or the war ship. Theirs is even more basic: the target. Without the target-the soldier on land, sea, or air-no war could get to the shooting stage."	3
"The traditional ways and rituals of all of Earth's peoples are kept in containers of poetry, song, and story. It is how we know who we are, where we are coming from and who we are becoming.” -'Catching the Light' by Joy Harjo (2022)	2