Tiny is Powerful
by Jean-Marie Mauclet Something monstrously tragic happened in Uvalde Texas on May 24th, 2022. The latest school mass shooting (at the time), which claimed the death of yet an other 21 Americans: two adults and 19 children. Ten days earlier, 10 daily shoppers were massacred in Buffalo, the city where I landed when I first […]
Read MoreThis vote against WOMEN and its very timing, right when we are reaching to the heart of the January 6th total moral corruption, is an insult to the people of Charleston, America and the world. Along with the vote on gun violence, this attempt to consolidate MALE DOMINANCE, at a time when Mother Earth and […]
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November 13, 2019 essay published in the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Community Development Innovation Review documenting some of the lessons learned during the Strategic Planning art work performed by Significant Developments for the Jackson Medical Mall as part of their ArtPlace Community Development Investments program… Arts and Culture from the Inside, Not Just […]
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Learning for Justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/ Social Justice Standards Facilitator Guide PDF: https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/TT-Social-Justice-Standards-Facilitator-Guide-WEB_0.pdf CCSD Cultural Competency Policy – https://www.tinyispowerful.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cultural-Competency-Policy-ACE-1.pdf artEquity Anti-racist Practices for Everyday Life – Approaches to Differences – (pg 22-23 of “Everyday Justice: Antiracism as a Daily Practice”) Prindle Institute “Let’s Talk About Race” by Julius Lester Book Anyalsis https://www.prindleinstitute.org/books/lets-talk-about-race/ Resources for parents on how […]
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“Property matters. It’s more than just a parcel of land. It’s also window to the past that tells the story of a family, a community, a way of life. Knowing your family’s history and culture creates a sense of place and belonging. The loss of heirs’ property has impact on the entire community, not just […]
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l would just like to uplift the name of Reverend Clementa Pinckney I heard him give a speech about the first Memorial Day in Charleston for the first time in May of that year but by June he was dead. We also lift up the names of Cynthia Hurd, Reverend Sharonda Coleman -Singleton, Ethel Lance, […]
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In-person space is limited so please RSVP to TINYisPOWERFUL@gmail.com TINYisPOWERFUL at its core is process-oriented and prioritizes a journey toward an unknown destination or series of destinations we can create together. Thus we are edge dwellers who utilize and develop art tools, curate collaboration and treat conversation as a currency in its own right. We […]
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Who are YOU ALL named or not?… Guess!!! YOU, my co-workers, my mentors, my friends, elders, fellow travelers and family; YOU, who influenced me and whom I may have influenced; YOU in pain, or who have passed away too early or at least before we could converse further; YOU, the Charleston Rhizome Collective, Alternate ROOTS, […]
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The diary of TINYisPOWERFUL was started on 10-19-2017. Not a chronological history of the Charleston Rhizome Collective’s work. More like a personal view of what it brought to me and what I contributed to it: thoughts, references, background, sometimes the experiences and shortcomings which come with age. There are references to mostly members of the […]
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