MICROKOZMOS - A Little Change From Here
This is where I keep a track of my inspirations to see the different colors in this beautiful world.
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Alabama is one of 33 states that mandates HIV education in high schools. Among those states, students receive an average of 2.2 hours of education,...
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Film school opens in Kenya’s biggest slum
Life isn’t easy in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums. About one million people...
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Join NPR’s Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep as he travels this month to Tunisia, Libya and Egypt to tell the stories of North Africans one year...
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(via Early week options: World music and more | Salt Lake Magazine)
“Down at The State Room, acclaimed African musicians Tinariwen brings their...
Do children always make a good decision in governing when they take control? Do they always know what’s best for them? Is it better to give them authority in decision making for their own learning environment?
“When she came into the school five years ago, Malia (a student, age 15) was scared to say what was on her mind. Over the years, she’s learned to speak up, and she’s seen that lead to change. She admits the meetings can be boring and frustrating, but she takes the authority she’s given by the school very seriously. All the kids do.Malia feels bad for adults, she said, because they can’t just call a meeting and take a vote at their jobs, or wherever, to fix something that bothers them. I get that. Once you’re grown up, democracy is not so pure.”
