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	Be a part of Migritude's journey. No contribution is too small - or too large. $2 buys coffee for a volunteer. $15 rents a rehearsal studio for an hour. $100 covers 2 hours of lighting / tech / set design. $500 helps fly Shailja to international festivals!! You can also make a tax-deductible donation by check. Please email shailja@shailja.com for details.		my blog Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Joy and Courage "To be alive: a small victory. To be alive, that is: to be capable of joy, despite the goodbyes and the crimes, so that exile will be a testimony to another, possible country.... Joy takes more courage than grief. In the end, we are accustomed to grief." - - Eduardo Galeano, Days And Nights of Love and War (1978) posted by shailja at 12:41 PM 2 Comments: claire said... it was a joy to have you in the bay area briefly, and will be joy to get you back again. it's a joy seeing your candles on my bedside because they're light from a friend. be well, stay sane and healthy, have a good trip, and be joyful! 3/13/2009 12:56 AM shailja said... Thank you, Claire! Makes me happy to know my candles are lighting night-time revels and reflections. Keep the brilliance flowing........ 3/16/2009 7:37 AM Post a Comment Links to this post: <$BlogBacklinkTitle$> <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link << Home Previous Posts Assassinations of Kenyan Human Rights Defenders Apartheid in America we did it! Sky on a stormy Sunday Hands linked first apple blossoms From Blossoms sugar snap peas Live Poetry Moves Books Pambazuka Guest Editor

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