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Out of Discrimination: A Generous Gift

Last fall, Seth Stambaugh was dismissed from his student teaching position in the Beaverton school district for following interaction: The class had been working on a journal activity when a student asked Stambaugh if he was married. Stambaugh replied that he wasn’t, and when the student asked him why, he replied that…

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Without p:ear…

A snippet from our February newsletter. Are you signed up? Youth were asked to respond to the prompt “Without p:ear…” Here are some youth responses: “Without p:ear, I would not have a great place to read, make art and generally socialize with great, like-minded artists.”…

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Courage and Compassion

A few days ago, a friend passed along this TED Talks clip along with speaker Brene Brown discussing shame, vulnerability and love, we were was struck by how many of her themes fit in with the work we do at p:ear. A few hours later,…

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