Brave To Be Involved

Author : Yomna Mohamed Saber
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 3034305044

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Brave to be Involved by Yomna Mohamed Saber Pdf

Although Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2004) was the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, she occupies a curious position in the larger black canon. Despite her importance, with the exception of very few critical accounts of her work, she has been usually treated in critical isolation from her black peers, be they male or female. Brooks's earlier stages were discarded by many black critics as works directed to white audiences, whereas black critics who became interested in her nationalist phase limited her to the Black Aesthetic perspective. Such approaches to Brooks's opus fail to do justice to her work which stood on equal footing with other groundbreaking works in terms of her pioneering themes and techniques. This book examines all of Brooks's stages while tracing the changes that marked her voice throughout. By comparing and contrasting her work to Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez, it becomes possible to highlight the distinct poetic legacy of Brooks. The aim of this book is to assess the extent to which Brooks participated in the black canon and to examine how far her realistic settings and individualised characters resulted in a poetry capable of providing accurate reflections of black life in America throughout five very vibrant decades.

Author : E. Katherine Kottaras
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781466884670

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How to Be Brave by E. Katherine Kottaras Pdf

Chosen as one of the best YA Novels of November by Bustle.com A Buzzfeed YA Book To Watch Featured on School Library Journal's Size Acceptance YA List Georgia has always lived life on the sidelines: uncomfortable with her weight, awkward, never been kissed, terrified of failing. Then her mom dies and her world is turned upside down. But instead of getting lost in her pain, she decides to enjoy life while she still can by truly living for the first time. She makes a list of ways to be brave-all the things she's always wanted to do but has been too afraid to try: learn to draw, try out for cheerleading, cut class, ask him out, kiss him, see what happens from there. But she's about to discover that life doesn't always go according to plan. Sometimes friendships fall apart and love breaks your heart. But in the process, you realize you're stronger than you ever imagined... This fearless, big-hearted, deeply moving book will make you laugh, cry, and inspire you to be brave.

Author : United States. National Park Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : IND:30000038666669

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Soldier and Brave by United States. National Park Service Pdf

Author : Janyne McConnaughey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1945099054

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Brave by Janyne McConnaughey Pdf

Janyne's successful life was a cover for deep inner pain. Her first EMDR psychotherapy session revealed her three fractured adult parts. During three years of intensive therapy she fought to heal from sexual abuse that began at the age of three. Both pain and hope for healing are present on every page. Janyne is both vulnerable and triumphant.

Author : Brave Books,Dana Loesch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Conservatism
ISBN : 1955550050

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Paws Off My Cannon by Brave Books,Dana Loesch Pdf

When hyenas hit Mushroom Village, the animals want to ban all weapons. Bongo, however, believes his coconut cannons help the community stay safe and keep the hyenas away. Join Bongo as he explores the dangers and benefits of weapons, then lead your family through a lesson on Second Amendment rights with the activities included in the BRAVE Challenge at the end of the book.

Author : Amy Ford
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802499509

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Help Her Be Brave by Amy Ford Pdf

Discover your place in the pro-life movement. What if we lived in a world where every woman with an unplanned pregnancy always felt empowered to choose life for her unborn baby? To create that kind of change, it will take all of us. As the church, we can play a powerful role in making abortion unthinkable. With Help Her Be Brave, you can discover your part in saving lives and find your pro-life passion. This includes how to: Learn practical ways to get involved using your unique gifts and talents Find women with unexpected pregnancies and connect them to support Use your influence and be a voice for the voiceless Make your church a refuge for abortion vulnerable women If abortion became illegal today, the church isn’t ready to help women practically, spiritually and emotionally. It’s time to change that. We can’t look away any longer. This is our moment for us to stand up and help her be brave.

Author : David Mixner,Dennis Bailey
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307788696

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Brave Journeys by David Mixner,Dennis Bailey Pdf

In Stranger Among Friends, renowned activist, political adviser, and White House insider David Mixner offered a compelling account of his decades-long fight for human rights and the challenges he faced as a gay man in Washington. Now, in this new book written with collaborator Dennis Bailey, Mixner presents moving, candid, and inspiring portraits of other extraordinary men and women engaged in the struggle for equality. Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage From a top-gun pilot in the U.S. Navy to an authority on antigay violence, from a member of the president's administration to a leading Shakespearean actor, Brave Journeys tells the stirring stories of seven intrepid men and women who effectively challenged the status quo and thereby altered the political and societal landscape of the world we live in. In these pages we meet Hispanic-American Dianne Hardy-Garcia, executive director of the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas and a passionate crusader against hate crimes; Elaine Noble, the feisty veteran of Boston's busing wars who became the first openly gay person to be elected to a state office in the United States-the Massachusetts State Legislature; brilliant British actor Sir Ian McKellen, who came out as a gay man and an activist in one very public moment on the BBC; Roberta Achtenberg, who braved the venomous homophobia of Jesse Helms in Senate confirmation hearings for her appointment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lieutenant Tracy Thorne, a Navy fighter pilot living his lifelong dream of flight who outed himself on Nightline to challenge the U.S. military's policy against gays and lesbians, fully aware that this would mean the end of his Navy career; and San Franciscans Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, founders of the first national lesbian organization, the Daughters of Bilitis, who have celebrated fifty years together as a couple. Powerful and eloquent, Brave Journeys is David Mixner's tribute to gay men and lesbians who have made a difference. Rich in private bravery and public risk, these profiles comprise a vivid map of the gay rights movement over the last fifty years-and individually they testify to the power of courage to force change against profoundly overwhelming odds.

Author : Thabitha Mathabatha
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781728351896

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The Brave Little African Girl by Thabitha Mathabatha Pdf

Fofo, a brave, little African girl, lives with her brothers and her strict aunt in the jungle. Fofo is tired of following her brothers around, and one day she decides to venture off by herself to swim in the natural pool at the foot of the mountain. As Fofo enjoys the refreshing spring water, she doesn’t realize she’s in danger. And then, on the bank, she hears the cry of an animal. She saves a baby lion being born, names him Angel, and carries the cub home. However, Fofo must give up the animal so it can be returned to the wild. That makes her sad and depressed. Her schoolwork suffers, and her grades drop. But her teachers help her get her spark back. This picture book for children delivers that message that it takes a village to raise a child. Through the love of Fofo’s family and friends, and especially her teachers, she’s able to find joy in her life again.

Author : Brenda Salter McNeil
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493423996

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Becoming Brave by Brenda Salter McNeil Pdf

Foreword INDIES 2020 Book of the Year Award (BRONZE Winner for Religion) "[A] powerful work. . . . Provides a road map for any Christian seeking greater racial justice."--Publishers Weekly Reconciliation is not true reconciliation without justice! Brenda Salter McNeil has come to this conviction as she has led the church in pursuing reconciliation efforts over the past three decades. McNeil calls the church to repair the old reconciliation paradigm by moving beyond individual racism to address systemic injustice, both historical and present. It's time for the church to go beyond individual reconciliation and "heart change" and to boldly mature in its response to racial division. Looking through the lens of the biblical narrative of Esther, McNeil challenges Christian reconcilers to recognize the particular pain in our world so they can work together to repair what is broken while maintaining a deep hope in God's ongoing work for justice. This book provides education and prophetic inspiration for every person who wants to take reconciliation seriously. Becoming Brave offers a distinctly Christian framework for addressing systemic injustice. It challenges Christians to be everyday activists who become brave enough to break the silence and work with others to dismantle systems of injustice and inequality.

Author : Derek H. Burney,Fen Osler Hampson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773596214

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Brave New Canada by Derek H. Burney,Fen Osler Hampson Pdf

A policy wake-up call for a complacent Canada.

Author : James Blackwell
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Sports
ISBN : UVA:X004048241

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On, Brave Old Army Team by James Blackwell Pdf

This provocative book tells the amazing story of how winning at all costs became a way of life in intercollegiate football as played by West Point; how cheating to maintain academic proficiency for football players was seen as desirable to further the academy's winning tradition. With the utmost candor, West Point graduate and CNN military analyst James Blackwell relates this compelling true story. 20 photos. Map.

Author : Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull,Patricia Bell-Scott,Barbara Smith
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781558618992

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But Some of Us Are Brave by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull,Patricia Bell-Scott,Barbara Smith Pdf

Originally published in 1982, All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies is the first comprehensive collection of black feminist scholarship. Featuring contributions from Alice Walker and the Combahee River Collective, this book is vital to today's conversation on race and gender in America. With an afterword from Salon columnist Brittney Cooper. Coeditors Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith are authors and former women's studies professors. Brittney Cooper is an assistant professor of women and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University and a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective.

Author : Mariann Edgar Budde
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780593539224

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How We Learn to Be Brave by Mariann Edgar Budde Pdf

An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. The decisive moments in life are those pivot points when we’re called on to push past our fears and act with strength. With How We Learn to Be Brave, Bishop Mariann Budde teaches us to respond with clarity and grace even in the toughest times. Being brave is not a singular occurrence; it’s a journey that we can choose to undertake every day. Here, Bishop Budde explores the full range of decisive moments, from the most visible and dramatic (the decision to go), to the internal and personal (the decision to stay), to brave choices made with an eye toward the future (the decision to start), those born of suffering (the decision to accept that which we did not choose), and those that come unexpectedly (the decision to step up to the plate). Drawing on examples ranging from Harry Potter to the Gospel According to Luke, she seamlessly weaves together personal experiences with stories from scripture, history, and pop culture to underscore both the universality of these moments and the particular call each one of us must heed when they arrive. With Bishop Budde’s wisdom, readers will learn to live and to respond according to their true beliefs and in ways that align with their best selves. How We Learn to Be Brave will provide much-needed fortitude and insight to anyone searching for answers in uncertain times.

Author : Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338255737

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We Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport (Scholastic Focus) by Deborah Hopkinson Pdf

Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson illuminates the true stories of Jewish children who fled Nazi Germany, risking everything to escape to safety on the Kindertransport. An NCTE Orbis Pictus recommended book and a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Title. Scholastic Focus is the premier home of thoroughly researched, beautifully written, and thoughtfully designed works of narrative nonfiction aimed at middle-grade and young adult readers. These books help readers learn about the world in which they live and develop their critical thinking skills so that they may become dynamic citizens who are able to analyze and understand our past, participate in essential discussions about our present, and work to grow and build our future. Ruth David was growing up in a small village in Germany when Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s. Under the Nazi Party, Jewish families like Ruth's experienced rising anti-Semitic restrictions and attacks. Just going to school became dangerous. By November 1938, anti-Semitism erupted into Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, and unleashed a wave of violence and forced arrests. Days later, desperate volunteers sprang into action to organize the Kindertransport, a rescue effort to bring Jewish children to England. Young people like Ruth David had to say good-bye to their families, unsure if they'd ever be reunited. Miles from home, the Kindertransport refugees entered unrecognizable lives, where food, clothes -- and, for many of them, language and religion -- were startlingly new. Meanwhile, the onset of war and the Holocaust visited unimaginable horrors on loved ones left behind. Somehow, these rescued children had to learn to look forward, to hope. Through the moving and often heart-wrenching personal accounts of Kindertransport survivors, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson paints the timely and devastating story of how the rise of Hitler and the Nazis tore apart the lives of so many families and what they were forced to give up in order to save these children.

Author : Dave Harris
Publisher : Crown House Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781781350584

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Brave Heads by Dave Harris Pdf

All too often now schools are under immense pressure to demonstrate outstanding practice that can be documented on paper, which can often lead to schools that are genuinely improving their teaching standards long term and investing in pupils to fall short of the government's criteria for 'success'. As the Principal of a brand new high profile academy, Dave Harris knows first-hand the frustrations of providing genuine education for children while maintaining high standards according to the guidelines set out by authorities. Dave has stuck by his principles, stating that 'it is a marathon - not a sprint' and while acknowledging the necessity for great results, has maintained a focus of providing young people with the education they deserve. The key to this, he believes, is bravery!