Every day, write down a list of 10 ideas. It could be 10 book ideas business ideas, things you learned, ways to help an industry. Creativity is a muscle. If you don’t exercise it, it atrophies.
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Open Hand
I open my hands and heart to release what is ready to go and receive what is for me.
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
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Come Together
It always takes just one person to be like, Eff it, I’m going to go and I’m going to say this,’ and then all of the people who feel the same way [say], “I’m going to stand with them”
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
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The Fashion Significance of Juneteenth
Both women are united in using their personal style as a mode of thoughtful expression. “I want to show myself as authentically as I can, so wearing my hair naturally in locs and having a nose ring are things that I like to do,” says McKinley. And Jean-Baptiste will opt for certain pieces when the time calls for it. “I wear one thing from a Black-owned or underrepresented business for every big meeting. It’s been fun expanding the designers that I know,” she says. And if she needs a bit more oomph? “I power pose in the bathroom!” – Instyle
Positively Purging–I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
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Police reform: Crisis Assistance a Proven Model
Rather than trying to defund police departments, a smarter approach would be to decrease confrontations in the first place using a combined medical/behavioral team.
In 2019, Olympia started sending crisis responders to nonviolent incidents instead of police. This approach is based on the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) model created 30 years ago by the Whitebird Clinic in Eugene, Oregon. CAHOOTS offers 24/7 help, dispatched through the Eugene police-fire-ambulance communication centers. The team utilizes the power of three: medical specialist, mental-health specialist and the police as an unseen resource/backup for the mobile team. Almost 20% of 911 calls, CAHOOTS uses less than 3% of the police annual budget.
Similar programs in Oakland, California, and Denver, Colorado, have shown that the CAHOOTS model works, can be used in many different city settings and costs a fraction of the police budget. Finally, the CAHOOTS model has gained federal support as Section No. 9813 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
Does your city have such a team? If not, why not? Like all great ideas, it’s simple but so powerful.
JoAnn Ten Brinke, Redmond
