French Fridays, In Jail for No Crime, and Adulting Education

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The common good, or the general welfare does not include Body Attachments, despite their continued use.  On-going legal & financial pro-bono education (aka Adulting Education), must become more fully inclusive for all of us.  The urgency for those most vulnerable in our society is…

Update of Libraries and Learning About Debt…

Originally posted on Context, Critical Thinking, Continuous Learning: Project Do Better:
The role of public libraries in upholding the health of any local community is indisputable.  Too many people are pulled into debt by the wide variety of offers, products, and scams out there.  Then, many do not know how to escape.  That is what,…

Writing Wednesdays Review of T. Gordon’s Fancy Maids Research For This Novel

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       Last week I mentioned stories that have gone untold, like those of the “Fancy Maids”, the Quadroons and other light skinned Black women, which have been ignored.  This week I want to mention a 2015 Master’s Thesis (The Fancy Trade and…

pretrial diversion is Phase I

project do better suggest strongly that communities begin working to change laws and policies in their state and county related to pretrial interventions starting now, in Phase 1. Communities are of course welcome to edit their own local editions of the project do better manual if they wish.

Harry Belafonte and Novel Ideas — Context: Project Do Better

The death of this important activist, actor, and singer, should be noted and remembered.  His work, his music, and his life were a large part of  what we stand upon.    An idea came to me earlier today, and  I wonder how he would have liked it:     Since France has self-cleaning, yes, […] Harry

Repost for 12023 HE: Free Manual For Umbrella Project Do Better, Willing Hands Needed — Critical Thinking & Community via Book Reviews, GED Plans, & Story

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The Project Do Better manifesto is a manual for community organizers which proposes? a long term plan that they can modify for their own communities, and use to work together with other projects and communities to help build a unified movement for the Common…

#LanguageLearning for Building Modified Descriptions of A Kinder World?

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With only one type of adverb ending for every word in this language, language learning and community building around the world is faster and easier (the word in red cut off just at the extreme right is zarflar, or adverbs, in Turkish): Every adverb…

Learn a language, lose yourself in someone’s love, like little Çilek

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A lack of affection in our lives can be both an emotional and physical health risk, especially for people who come from traumatic families of origin. But, until that adoptive family or “intentional family” comes along, maybe even a bit of imaginary parental love…

Do You Know What an SoL Is?

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No, not that SoL. -The Statutes of Limitations for your state or District…    If not, read thispost. …        This is part of what Serving Adults are supposed to help do, starting in Phase II (or sooner, if your community chooses)…

updated Review of a Library Book Worth Buying: Separate and Unequal, by S. Gillon

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        Project Do Better strongly urges the supporting of our library systems, which is where I discovered this book, but some books are also worth buying as references. Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism, by…