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July 10th, 2020 | Author: admin
“WAKE UP AMERICA!” Poetathon Part 2
with Black Arts Movement Historian / Poet Kim McMillon & Guest Poets
Sunday, July 12, 2020
2:00-4:30pm PST; 5:00-7:30pm EST
Dr. Kim McMillon - photo by Marlena McMillon
Tune in for Poetry that speaks to Freedom, Love, Peace, Equality for All !!!
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POETS:
Dr. Kim McMillon, creator and host of “Wake Up America!”
Paul Corman Roberts
Ayodele Nzinga
Avotcja
Michelle Allison
Safi wa Nairobi
Tarika Lewis
Briana Muñoz
Tureeda Mikell
Lucinda Clark
Kim Shuck
devorah major
Karla Brundage
Michael Young
Necola Adams
Rich Ferguson
Sponsored by Bird & Beckett Books & Music, San Francisco
Dear Dr. McMillon, all poets and guests,
See you on July 12th!
I wish you and everyone around you safety, kindness, excellent health, and sweet laughter!
Sincerely,
Your fan,
author Teresa Jade LeYung, mask by Emily O, July 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Teresa Jade LeYung
Teresa also encourages everyone to watch the recording of:
- James Baldwin’s arguments in the debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University (1965) “Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w
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- Jeffery Robinson’s lecture on August 24, 2017 “WHEN HERITAGE = HATE: The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States” (full version) – What was the American civil war really fought about? Men. Women. Children. Chattel. Slaves. White Supremacy was the reality/truth. Who have been and are writing history books? What we can do to learn from our past and combat systemic racism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOPGpE-sXh0
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June 20th, 2020 | Author: admin
Sunday, June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST
via ZOOM and via FACEBOOK LIVE!
KIM MCMILLON’s
“WAKE-UP AMERICA!” Part 1
POETATHON
Line-Up of POETS on June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST
Kim McMillon
John Curl
Rafael J. Gonzalez
Peggy Morrison
Raymond Nat Turner
Zigi Lowenberg
Wanda Sabir
Jose Hector Cadena
Eugene Redmond
Iris De Anda
Sonia Gutierrez
Genny Lim
Avotcja
Kathryn Takara
Kim McMillon, Ph.D. World Cultures emphasis on Black Arts Movement and African American Literature; President of the UC Merced African Diaspora Student Association
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2. Do you believe the individual can make a difference in a racist society?
3. Have you ever been confronted with racism and how did you handle it?
4. What do you tell your children about racism in the United States today?
5. Do you believe it is possible to understand racial oppression if you are not a person of color?
6. The title of the Poetathon is “Wake-Up America.” What do you see America needing to Wake-Up from?
On June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST, I, Teresa Jade LeYung, shall be in the audience listening to Kim McMillon, Ph.D. and her fellow poets.
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June 16th, 2020 | Author: admin
NARRATIVE PATHS JOURNAL Guest Column:
Wake-Up America! Part I
June 15, 2020
by Kim McMillon Ph.D.
Kim McMillon, Ph.D.
https://www.narrativepathsjournal.com/guest-column-wake-up-america-part-i-by-kim-mcmillon/
1. Why do you believe the issue of racism is important?
2. Do you believe the individual can make a difference in a racist society?
3. Have you ever been confronted with racism and how did you handle it?
4. What do you tell your children about racism in the United States today?
5. Do you believe it is possible to understand racial oppression if you are not a person of color?
6. The title of the Poetathon is “Wake-Up America.” What do you see America needing to Wake-Up from?
Have you ever been confronted with racism and how did you handle it?
Author Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I am a sixty-something-year-old female American naturalized citizen, of Chinese ancestry, who has been sleeping a lot since March 16, 2020 (hours before our county was to adhere to COVID-19 ‘Shelter-In-Place’ order) when I experienced racial harassment at the local supermarket. What happened? A fifty-something-year-old Caucasian man pushed his shopping cart into the right side of my body, and then walked away with his head held high. When I told friends, they gave support through resources… including www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/stop-aapi-hate/ to report the incident, and, www.ihollaback.org to sign-up for Bystander Intervention Training to STOP anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment. I kept sleeping. Until I followed through with both resources. Gaining knowledge and skills woke up my brain.
“I didn’t know that I had to stay awake. While heroes from all walks of life were helping communities cope with daily needs during this pandemic, others continued to commit racial injustices. Details of the murders of three Americans – Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd – woke up people from all parts of the world.
”Wake-Up America!” Part 1, by Kim McMillon, Ph.D.,
Guest Columnist for NARRATIVE PATHS JOURNAL GROUP( “NPJ”) – international literary journal
In Part II of Guest Column: Wake-Up America! by Kim McMillon, we shall answer:
7. How do you become an ally to those experiencing racial oppression?
8. The public has not protested the atrocities that have been taking place in our country, but yet during a pandemic, people are taking to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, why?
9. How do you believe we can change the world for the better?
10. As a poet, how would you like to be remembered?
11. What line or stanza of poetry best describes you?
“Thank you, Dr. Kim McMillon, for giving us this forum to wake up in unity.”
author Teresa Jade LeYung, mask by Emily O., June 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Bio: Teresa Jade LeYung, American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a manuscript-theme consultant, author of Love Made Of Heart (archived at the San Francisco History Center), Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days, and Talking To My Dead Mom monologues, and, an advocate for public libraries and public schools. http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/
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May 17th, 2020 | Author: admin
Bystander Intervention Training to STOP anti-Asian/American and Xenophobic Harassment
June 3, 10, 18, 25, 2020
“This training gave me new tools to support someone experiencing discrimination. I had always thought my only option was to directly engage with the aggressor, which was terrifying to me. To know I have a lot of other tools I can use will be very helpful.” EM, Oregon State University
“I appreciate having clear and effective strategies that can be utilized immediately.” HNN, Bates Center for Purposeful Work
“Before this training, I doubt I would’ve intervened for fear of making things worse, but now I’m confident that I’m equipped with the skills necessary to diffuse any situation I may encounter.” BBB
- Wednesday, June 3rd at 2:00pm ET / 1:00pm CT / 12:00pm MT / 11:00am PT / 8:00am HST.
- Thursday, June 18th at 7:00pm ET / 6:00pm CT / 5:00pm MT / 4:00pm PT / 1:00pm HST.
- Thursday, June 25th at 4:00pm ET / 3:00pm CT / 2:00pm MT / 1:00pm PT / 10:00am HST.
Report a Hate Crime at:
- Stand Against Hate https://www.standagainsthatred.org/
- Stop AAPI Hate https://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/stop-aapi-hate/
- New Yorkers can email civil.rights@ag.ny.gov or the calling the hotline 1-800-771-7755
- New York City: If you believe you have been the victim of discrimination based on membership in a protected category, please call 311 and say, “human rights” or visit www.NYC.gov/HumanRights to report your experience. If you have been the victim of or witness to a hate crime call 911.
- You can contact Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for assistance with legal and social services at (1-844-966-4283)
I wish you and everyone around you safety, kindness, excellent health, clear water, blue sky, delicious eats, and sweet laughter! Bonne journée!
author Teresa Jade LeYung, Paris 2019, photo by author Mary E. Knippel
As a story theme consultant, award-winning writer, and platform-building coach for pre-published and published authors, Teresa Jade LeYung helps her clients identify their core themes and transform their manuscripts into novels, biographies and memoirs. http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog
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April 13th, 2020 | Author: admin
Stay safe and healthy !!
Stay helpful and kind !!
60 Minutes Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWK1tun2UJg
USA
How COVID-19 Spreads, Coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Fauci, California Governor Newsom
Dr. Anthony Fauci Answers Trevor Noah’s Questions About Coronavirus
The Daily Social Distancing Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3jiM2FNR8
Please share this Youtube link with everyone you care about on this planet. If only this interview would be translated into all languages.
Infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci shares what makes COVID-19 so insidious, busts myths about the virus and breaks down why adhering to public health guidelines is paramount.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California
Governor Gavin Newsom
https://covid19.ca.gov/
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How to Protect Yourself & Others
this page offers information in 5 languages
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
How COVID-19 Spreads
this page offers information in 5 languages
April 7, 2020 “Fauci once dismissed concerns about ‘silent carriers’ of coronavirus. Not anymore.”
To read entire article https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-once-dismissed-concerns-about-silent-carriers-of-coronavirus-not-anymore-161718057.html
Scientists Probe How Coronavirus Might Travel Through The Air
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April 3rd, 2020 | Author: admin
2020 April 3, 18:30 California time
Hello, Everyone,
Remember when American TV gave us PSAs? Public Service Announcements.
Perhaps if Charley & Humphrey (Mr. Pat McCormick) were on television and social media now, they’d be showing us what societal, moral responsibility is – to protect other people.
Even though I may not get seriously ill from COVID-19 also known as Coronavirus , I can get infected, with few or no symptoms, but then, I can infect another person who would then infect a vulnerable person who will then die. What I learned in biology class decades ago and what I’m learning from Dr. Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) help me do my part.
Be safe! Stay healthy! Be kind!
KTVU Charley and Humphrey "Think for yourself."
Scientists Probe How Coronavirus Might Travel Through The Air
How to Protect Yourself & Others
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
How COVID-19 Spreads
Person-to-person spread
Spread from contact with contaminated surfaces or objects
How easily the virus spreads
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html
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Charley and Humphrey “Think for Yourself”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKowhEtpCbo
and
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
https://www.cdc.gov/
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“If Charley & Humphrey (Mr. Pat McCormick) were here to show us”, says Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung
Teresa Jade LeYung
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March 30th, 2020 | Author: admin
Trevor Noah’s questions about Coronavirus COVID-19 Disease
Dr. Anthony Fauci gives answers that everyone on this planet needs to know, deserves to know.
2020 March 30, 03:22 California time
Bonjour, Everyone!
Please share this Youtube link with everyone you care about on this planet. Merci beaucoup!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3jiM2FNR8
If only this interview would be translated into all languages.
Dr. Fauci Answers Trevor’s Questions About Coronavirus | The Daily Social Distancing Show
At around four-and-a-half minutes into the interview, Trevor Noah asks Dr. Fauci about mortality rate and how people have misconstrued the numbers….
Dr. Fauci answers: “… Two things that are important. Even though you are young, you are not absolutely invulnerable for sure because we are seeing cases… most of them have some underlying disease, but, several don’t.
… young people, in their thirties, forties, who are getting sick, getting into the hospital, requiring intensive care. Still, the overwhelming proportion are the elderly with underlying disease, but every once in a while, you’re going to get a young person, so, if you think you’re completely invulnerable, you are incorrect.
Second issue that is important – that even though you may not get seriously ill, you can get infected, with relatively few symptoms, either asymptomatic or mild, relatively trivial symptoms, but then, you can infect another person who would then infect a vulnerable person who will then die.
A typical example – I’m young, I’m healthy, but you go home, you infect grandma, grandpa, a sick uncle, so, you have a responsibility not only to protect yourself but you also have a societal, a moral responsibility to protect other people…”
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Thank you to Ms. Tang of SolutionsBAC for finding this resource: Questions and Answers section at:
March 26, 2020 Coronavirus unemployment benefits. Here’s who qualifies and how much they get.
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March 16, 2020 Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Assemblymembers Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) issued the following joint statement on the six-county Bay Area Stay-at-Home order:
“During these unprecedented times, it is important that we take care of one another and make decisions that are in the best interest of public health.
“Today’s Order covering six Bay Area counties is a difficult, yet appropriate step to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect our families, friends, and communities. It is the right thing to do. This temporary step to stay at home unless absolutely necessary must be followed to reduce the harmful impact of this pandemic. Our County Health leaders are experts in their fields, and they have our best interests in mind.
Freelancers, Independent Contractors, Artists, Non-Profits – we are eligible to receive benefits during the Coronavirus COVID-19 crisis.
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These symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure (based on the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses).
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
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Please, everyone…
Stay healthy
Stay safe
Stay vibrant
Sincerely,
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Teresa Jade LeYung
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