Author: Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson

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Decolonizing the Mind: Healing Through Neurodecolonization and Mindfulness

 

“Decolonizing the Mind: Healing Through Neurodecolonization and Mindfulness –

Author, educator, medical social worker and citizen of the Arikara (Sahnish) and Hidatsa Nations in North Dakota, Michael Yellow Bird, MSW, Ph.D. works with indigenous communities, teaching about healing the trauma of colonialism.

 

On January 24, 2014 he spoke about his experiences at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, sharing his ideas about how to go about doing this through techniques of mindfulness, thought and behavior which he refers to as neurodecolonization. ”

 
See on unsettlingamerica.wordpress.com

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“That Awkward Moment When You Run Away from Your Home Country Due to Discrimination For Being Queer, To Be Locked Up in the Land of the Free…”

 

““That awkward moment when you run away from your home country due to discrimination for being queer…Only to be locked up in the land of the free with a lot of machista, and sexist, homophobic, transphobic ICE officers.” – Alejandro Aldana”

 
See on prernalal.com

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How U.S. is lagging on quality of life

Fareed speaks with Michael Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, about a groundbreaking new Social Progress Index – and how the United States is lagging on many indicators. Watch the video for the full interview or on GPS this Sunday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

U.S. is number 70 in Health and Wellness

 

When a country has the money and then refuses to spend it on the basic health and wellness of it’s citizens, that is criminal and oppressive.

See on globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com

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Princeton Scientific Study: America is No Longer a Democracy; It’s Now an Oligarchy

 

“A scientific study done at Princeton University indicates that the United States is no longer a Democracy. The country has now morphed into an Oligarchy.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Has the U.S. every been ruled by ‘the people’?

 

The U.S. has never been a democracy. The U.S. is a republic with democratic ideals.

 

Dr. Cornel West has been saying that the U.S. is a plutocracy and an oligarchy ever since I started listening to him on Smiley & West.

 

See on thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

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SPLC report: Users of leading white supremacist web forum responsible for many deadly hate crimes, mass killings

wade_page_web_storyNearly 100 people in the last five years have been murdered by active users of the leading racist website, Stormfront, according to a report released today by the SPLC’s Intelligence Project.

See on www.splcenter.org

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What I Learned From Tweeting With A Black Woman’s Avatar For #RaceSwapExp

 

“3. The level of hateful tweets went from zero to off the charts. With many of these trolls, I would respond once and then block them, or just block them. One such troll, @vincentBrook666, tweeted the following to me in all caps.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

See on thoughtcatalog.com