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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

Have Fun - Do Good

I think that in an age where what we're facing often seems very vast and faceless - huge institutions, corporations, or undemocratic governments - I think that the real answers don't so much lie in, they can, but not always, big ticket solutions. In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa.

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Sheroes You Should Know: Inspiring Stories for #WomensHistoryMonth

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Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too. Artemisia Gentileschi, a shero of the ancient times, was an Italian painter and is considered one of the greatest and most progressive artists of her generation. Fund their work! Sheroes in the Arts.

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Balancing People, Profit & Planet: An Interview with Reem Rahim of Numi Tea

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I am an artist and I was getting my Masters of Fine Arts at the time from John F. Kennedy University. Another garden, also in India, has put money into either retirement funds, because the government doesn't give that to them, and funds for parents with disabled children. Britt: Your training is as a fine artist.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. I sort of started my journey wanting to be an artist, and my mother told me I was too smart for art. Kennedy [University], which is pretty much a transformative art program.

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