Category: Education

• What We’ve Been Up To

  I recently got to write a post for Dusted Magazine‘s Listed series about ten records & books I’m fond of.  It’s not a Top 10 of All Time, for reasons stated in the opener, more like what I wanted to write about on that occasion: Art Melody, Kari Ka Kian Fô Baaba Maal & Mansour…

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  August 19, 2018

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Education, John Davis and The Cicadas, Music, New Releases, Work In Progress

  #InThisTogether, Art Melody, Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck, Dusted Magazine, Else Marie Pade, Faust, Fela Kuti, Franco & l”Orchestre OK Jazz, Gary Stewart, Global Fracture, Hossein Alizadeh, I.T.T., Jacob Kirkegaard, Jacobin magazine, Kayhan Kalhor, Kristin Beller, May 16th, Michael Denning, michael hudson, NCAE, Noise Uprising, North Carolina, Organize2020, Rumba on the River, Secret Museum of Mankind, Susumu Yakota, Todd Warren, Tony Allen, Unions, Valerie Warren, Yazoo Records, Zombie

• NC Shows and Thank You Midwest

    We had a lot of fun playing in Columbus Ohio, Chicago Illinois, and Bloomington Indiana last week.  Thanks to The Owl, The Big Room Bar, and Landlocked Music for hosting us.   If you are local to or visiting NC, there are some intermittent local shows coming up:  first a solo acoustic show at…

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  April 7, 2016

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Education, John Davis and The Cicadas, Music, Politics, Shows and Events, Site News, Uncategorized

  Allen Callaci, Arcana Bar Durham, Big Room Bar, E, John Davis and The Cicadas, Landlocked Music, Local 506 Chapel Hill, Marshawn McCarrell, Shows and Events, Simon Joyner, The Pinhook

• Support Alerta Migratoria NC

  As a follow up to my last post about ICE raids in North Carolina in general, I’d like to post a link to a GoFundMe campaign to support Alerta Migratoria NC.  We at the Durham Association of Educators have been meeting with them to look for advice on how to respond to the recent case…

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  February 27, 2016

  Education, Migration, Politics, Uncategorized

  Alerta Migratoria NC, Durham Association of Educators, education, El Centro Hispano, ICE

• Please Call ICE to Stop NC Deportations

  ICE has recently kidnapped 5 high school students in North Carolina for deportation, one of them at Riverside High School here in Durham.  Please consider calling them in Washington to urge them to release these students, who are now being held in a jail in Georgia.  They could be deported at any time.  MoveOn.org also…

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  February 14, 2016

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Education, Mental Health, Migration, Politics, Uncategorized

  Alexander Cockburn, Anabel Hernandez, Anxiety Disorders, Barack Obama, Brian Hoffmann, CAFTA, CARA Pro Bono Project, Deportation, Drug Policy, Durham, Durham Association of Educators, Durham Public Schools, Greg Grandin, Honduras, ICE, Los Angeles Unified School District, Migration, NAFTA, Peter Dale Scott, PTSD, Wilden David Guillen Acosta

• Support GLBTQ Staff & Students in DPS

  I’ll be participating in a roundtable discussion on supporting GLBTQ staff and students in Durham Public Schools at Bull McCabe’s at 427 West Main Street in downtown Durham next Tuesday, February 2nd, from 6 – 7:30 pm.  The event is sponsored by the Education Team of the Durham People’s Alliance, whose board I’ve just started…

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  January 27, 2016

  Current Events, Education, Mental Health, Uncategorized

  Anti-Homophobia, Durham Association of Educators, Durham People’s Alliance, LGBTQ Issues, Safe Schools North Carolina

• Organize 2020 and Durham’s Tipping Point

  I’m posting today to ask folks to consider supporting an Indie Go Go campaign currently heading into its final week by Organize 2020, the social justice caucus of the North Carolina Association of Educators.  As an active member of this group, I have been impressed by the commitment, vision and integrity of people involved in this…

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  July 28, 2015

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Current Events, Economics, Education, Politics

  Bryan Proffitt, Durham, Durham Association of Educators, Economics, Eddie Conway, education, Jillian Johnson, Organize2020, Politics, Race

• Monsanto in the Classroom?

  I spent the weekend editing vocals after reading an article that bore close relation to the subject matter of one of the songs I was working on.  The track is called Contamination in the Grass and it deals with Monsanto and other similar agribiz corporations such as Dow Chemical and Syngenta.  The lyrics takes many…

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  January 12, 2015

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Disability, Education, Music, Work In Progress

  ADHD, Anthony Samsel, Autism Spectrum Disorders, EPA, Fidelitorium, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Rachel Carson, Reuters, Silent Spring, Stephanie Seneff, Syngenta, Wire

• Coca-Cola loses one in India

  One of the songs on my forthcoming record is called simply “Coca-Cola.”  Mark Pendergrast’s book For God, For Country and For Coca-Cola reveals that this is the most widely recognized group of syllables on the planet, except for OK, which holds onto the top spot for now, but perhaps not for long.  Back in 1971,…

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  September 7, 2014

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Education, Music, Politics, Work In Progress

  Coca-Cola, diabetes, El Pulpo, India, India Resource Center, KillerCoke.org, obesity, Soy Aqui, Upcoming Releases, water

• Algebra: The Root of All Evil?

  As the deadline for my current Kickstarter campaign draws near, math is on my mind.  We’ve got until noon on Tuesday to raise another $650.  Math has also been on my mind as the school year has started up in my work as a teacher. Two weeks ago, I attended a workshop for teachers who…

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  August 31, 2014

  Anti-Neoliberalism, Crowdfunding, Economics, Education, Politics

  algebra, education, God Bows to Math, Kickstarter, Minutemen, profit margins, TERC, Upcoming Projects