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About reginadma

Hybrid Socialist dedicated to helping the community.

Ancestral → Modern

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. — Audre Lorde  Sherry As part of my compensation package at Food Recovery Network, the Board of Directors said FRN would pay for … Continue reading

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Joy → Black

What didn’t you do to bury me / but you forgot that I was a seed. —Dinos Christianopolous What do you think? Have you noticed an increase in the frequency of discussions about Black joy? I certainly have and I … Continue reading

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Boss → Boss

We cannot know how far we can soar until we are tested.” —Coretta Scott King Willfully moving toward difficulty Being a nonprofit executive director is a notably difficult role. The number of skills one must possess is astonishingly long. The … Continue reading

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Stars → Inheritance

God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot changethe courage to change the things I canand the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time.Accepting hardships as the pathway to … Continue reading

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Mud → Lotus

“Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus flower of happiness grow. There can be no lotus flower without the mud.” —Thich Nhat Hahn No mud,  no lotus I don’t remember … Continue reading

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Grounded

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.” —Marcus Garvey A memory: I was grounded. I was maybe in 5th grade? I was young. The infraction I don’t remember because it wasn’t memorable. It wasn’t anything … Continue reading

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Reading

“And a month after this, James Blouis, our landlord’s son was attending High School, and was very fond of grandmother, so she asked him to give me a few lessons, which he did until the middle of 1861, when the … Continue reading

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Control

“The body is a sacred garment.” —Martha Graham While working a part-time job at a country store, I enrolled at the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA), same as my sister. We would both become the first in our family … Continue reading

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$9/hour

“Never forget, people DIED for the eight hour workday.” –Rebecca Gordon Calculating how many hours it will take to survive In college I worked several jobs at once. I meticulously tracked and logged how many hours I worked across all … Continue reading

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Hardship

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” —Harriet Tubman … Continue reading

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