Every summer, thousands of people assemble to live together to celebrate the Annual Gathering of the Rainbow Family. Participants establish temporary systems of water distribution and filtration, sanitation, health care, and meals provided freely to all who gather, and they develop sharing and trading systems, recreational opportunities, and educational experiences distinct to this creative social world. The Rainbow Family has invented itself as a unique modern culture without formal organization, providing the necessities of life freely to all who attend. The Annual Gathering of the Rainbow Family has been operating for more than forty years as an experiment in liberty that demonstrates how material organization, participation, and cultural connection can reshape social relationships and transform individual lives. Grounded in sociological theory and research, the book considers what kind of culture the material systems of Babylon reinforce and how society could facilitate the kind of social world and human welfare humans desire."
In the study of sound waves and optics, the term transmission loss refers to how a signal grows weaker as it travels across distance and between objects. In this book, Chelsea Jennings reimagines the term in poems that register attenuated signals, mark presence and loss, and treat the body as an instrument sensitive to the weather of immediate experience. Threading together landscapes, abstract paintings, family heirlooms, maps, manuscripts, and photographs, these poems follow the seasons and traverse the spectrum of visible light. Vivid and precise, Transmission Loss brings us to the boundary between inside and outside, ""As if what the hand knows / could be held in the hand.
In thirteen slick, innovative, and gut-wrenching flashes, the young women and girls in Breaking Points, the debut chapbook from Chelsea Stickle, hit the walls around them— walls constructed by family, friends, significant others, and insidious cultural perils. “ Stranger danger doesn’ t disappear when you start wearing a push-up bra,” notes one of Stickle’ s pre-teen narrators when confronted by a leering threat that will forever sever her path from that of her best friend. In “ How to Make Stock with Thanksgiving Leftovers,” a queer young woman takes us through a wry recipe for boiling turkey stock and raging against small-minded relatives and the traumas they inflict.
The Rules are simple: No light.Stay Awake and keep moving.Don't Provoke The Midnight Man.In the Midnight Game, Players confront their greatest fears and ugliest sins, with only the purest surviving.Get your candles ready, it's going to be a long night.Do you believe
Energise. Uplift. Comfort. Calm. Empower. Express. The road to happiness is paved with good emotions. In fact, a happy home is infused with these six actions and this cheerful book will help you create a space you love and that loves you back. Lovely Indeed creator Chelsea Foy offers up more than 50 creative ideas to engage all the senses to brighten your mood throughout your home. This book sits at the intersection of HGTV home improvements and design, thoughtful Marie Kondo practices, and a cheery colour palette fans of the Home Edit will love. Kicking off with a foreword by Joy Cho, creator of Oh Joy!, the book guides you through questions to consider so you can customise your home to your own mood-lifting needs, be it a calming bedroom, a chill den, or an energising kitchen. Easy projects and ideas help you tweak the rooms of your house so they engage the senses in all the right ways. Each chapter focuses on a feeling and includes: Guided prompts: Questions to consider about what a happy space might look and feel like for youQuick Tricks: Creative hacks and ideas to freshen up your spaceAfternoon Projects: Doable projects and inspo for your home and décor to amp up the joyBig Ideas: Step-by-step projects that you can complete in a day or weekend that are inexpensive but go a long way to creating a home tailored to your tastes and happiness needs With this handy and cheery book, you'll quickly find ways to customise all the rooms in your house for maximum bliss.
Chelsea Jones is an esteemed graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, the highest-ranked public HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) according to U.S News & World Report 2021. She is an educator in the Metro Atlanta area where she exudes her passion of transforming and motivating young minds. She is also the curator of an inspirational Podcast titled Come On In where topics such as faith, love, and wellness are explored emphatically. While best known for her competition adoring poem "What Goes on in this House," Chelsea Jones has written and performed original poetry since 2010 and continues to write. Ms. Jones - a former member of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), current executive board member of YOUth Can Incorporated, and active GirlTrek member, pours her love of community, liberty, affection, complexity, and simplicity in every poem. Although a West Winter Park, Florida native, Chelsea Jones currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
Poppy is turning 8 and you are invited to the celebration Journey into a lighthearted world of fun, joy, and family as Poppy takes you along for memorable adventures and a life that leaps from the pages.
Poppy has planted a garden It's time to put on your gardening gloves and boots and join her on this continued journey of family, fun, and memories as life leaps out from the pages of Poppy's adventures.
Poppy has planted a garden It's time to put on your gardening gloves and boots and join her on this continued journey of family, fun, and memories as life leaps out from the pages of Poppy's adventures.
Learn to use colored pencils and watercolor pencils to create vibrant, exciting works of art Modern Colored Pencil delves into all the basic techniques and concepts required to create fresh, colorful works of colored pencil art. The talented artist/author takes you on a lively, easy-to-follow exploration of colored pencils in this book, which is packed with creative exercises and projects designed to show you how to work with the versatile, approachable colored pencil medium. The Modern series of books offers a fun, contemporary approach to working with traditional art media, demonstrating that with the right type of instruction, encouragement, and tips, drawing and painting success can be achieved by any artist or creative type. Modern Colored Pencil begins with a brief introduction to various tools, such as pencils (including colored pencils, graphite pencils, and watercolor pencils), papers, and other tools. This handy book also demonstrates often-complicated concepts, such as color mixing, shading, texture, and more, in an easy, approachable manner. Once you have a handle on the basics, explore how to create dynamic color palettes, use basic shapes and techniques to render a range of subjects, and create various marks and textures. From beautiful florals and nature motifs to animals and everyday items, Modern Colored Pencil provides a fresh, contemporary, and enjoyable approach to learning how to create vivid artwork in colored pencil.
Students come to universities with identities, knowledge, and lived experiences that contribute to their success. They offer unique viewpoints and enrich the spaces they inhabit through their differences. However, educators often default to deficit thinking, an unintentionally harmful mindset that aims to support students by attempting to "fix" their perceived shortcomings. Dismantling Deficit Thinking in Academic Libraries weaves theory, practice, and reflection to introduce deficit thinking and provide alternative strategies and educational principles that have the power to transform our work with students.In this book, readers will explore the history of deficit thinking in higher education and how it has negatively impacted student learning, particularly for marginalized students. A discussion of pedagogical models that recognize students' prior knowledge and experiences, such as funds of knowledge, culturally relevant pedagogy, and open pedagogy, culminates in a series of principles for anti-deficit teaching. This is followed by an exploration of practical application of these principles in various academic library environments. Additionally, between sections or weaved within them, we have included reflections from critical information literacy educators who are actively engaged in anti-deficit education. Complementing each section of the book are reflective exercises that encourage readers to consider how their own experiences, privileges, and perspectives influence their positionality. This reflective work will unearth internalized deficit thinking and inspire ideas for applying alternative pedagogical models.Dismantling Deficit Thinking in Academic Libraries serves as a guide for librarians interested in the challenging but crucial work of reconceptualizing the academic library to honor the knowledge, experiences, and strengths students bring to the university community.BiosChelsea Heinbach is a teaching and learning librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she works to create meaningful learning experiences for undergraduate students. Chelsea is a co-founder and editor of The Librarian Parlor (#libparlor), a community for librarians interested in conducting research. Her research interests include dismantling deficit approaches to students, critical pedagogy, and the intersection between civic engagement and information literacy education.Rosan Mitola is the interim head of Educational Initiatives for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she leads the library instruction program and provides leadership for the Libraries' educational role on campus. Rosan also designs co-curricular learning experiences for students and oversees the Mason Undergraduate Peer Research Coach program. Her research interests include peer learning, student employment as a high-impact practice, and dismantling deficit thinking in academic libraries.Erin Rinto is the learning and research librarian at the University of Cincinnati. She received an MLS and an MA in History from Indiana University Bloomington and a BA in History from Wittenberg University. Her primary research interests include information literacy instruction and assessment in first year writing courses, peer-assisted learning, and the integration of high impact practices into library services.
