During this season, when we have just celebrated Christmas and Hanukkah, and honored the continuation days of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr., I would like to recognize and honor the children who have done nothing to deserve the dehumanizing treatment they continue to endure. Under the new regime, my recurring nightmare has been imagining children whose deepest fears come true when they return home to find a parent deported. One of my most direct encounters with t

What Little Girls Need: Gifts from Avalokiteshvarya, and goddesses, animals, trees and flowers to protect them and make them feel safe. Inspired by Sister Aya Yashey’s work with untouchable girls in India, whom I describe below, I painted this cosmos where every girl receives a precious gift and is protected by divine figures. Beginning with the one at the top and moving clockwise, the protectors include Quan Âm, Demeter, the Virgin of Guadalupe, White Tara, Yemayá, the White

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Some of the 150+ Ladies of Honor and Some of their Mentors At Falls Church High School - My Last Year at Falls Church High School...

In "ENGAGED MINDFULNESS: WHAT I HAVE LEARNED FROM MY BEST TEACHERS & HOW IT APPLIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE" (From my book Walking on...