Quote from The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich — “Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won’t either.”
Lessons in the news
The continuing tragedies assault our comfortable lives. Although occurring among adults, they illustrate the lasting importance of our work.
Action Alerts — December 2023
This month we’re asking you to help congress project children and families, and work with EDCAN to reduce climate risks for children.
Adventures Toward Peace: One Step at a Time
A children’s light and shadow studio becomes a sensory studio at the Child Development & Educational Studies Lab School, Fullerton College
Podcast Recommendation — December 2023
Navajo woman Bessie Smith, an Indian Boarding School survivor, shares her story of losing everything on the podcast Complexified
In Loving Memory — Dik Cool
Book Recommendation — December 2023
This month’s book recommendations are Peaceful Pieces, peace poems and quilts, and The Bravest Man in the World, the Titanic’s violinist.
December 2023 Days of the Month
December 2023 we celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Soyal, as well as international days for prisoners and people with disabilities.