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Book Safe Space

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christina B. Hanhardt
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2013-12-04
  • ISBN : 0822378868
  • Pages : 371 pages

Download or read book Safe Space written by Christina B. Hanhardt and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2014 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT Studies Since the 1970s, a key goal of lesbian and gay activists has been protection against street violence, especially in gay neighborhoods. During the same time, policymakers and private developers declared the containment of urban violence to be a top priority. In this important book, Christina B. Hanhardt examines how LGBT calls for "safe space" have been shaped by broader public safety initiatives that have sought solutions in policing and privatization and have had devastating effects along race and class lines. Drawing on extensive archival and ethnographic research in New York City and San Francisco, Hanhardt traces the entwined histories of LGBT activism, urban development, and U.S. policy in relation to poverty and crime over the past fifty years. She highlights the formation of a mainstream LGBT movement, as well as the very different trajectories followed by radical LGBT and queer grassroots organizations. Placing LGBT activism in the context of shifting liberal and neoliberal policies, Safe Space is a groundbreaking exploration of the contradictory legacies of the LGBT struggle for safety in the city.

Book Safe Enough Spaces

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  • Author : Michael S. Roth
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2019-08-20
  • ISBN : 0300248725
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book Safe Enough Spaces written by Michael S. Roth and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to carry out the mission of higher education. With great empathy, candor, subtlety, and insight, Roth offers a sane approach to the noisy debates surrounding affirmative action, political correctness, and free speech, urging us to envision college as a space in which students are empowered to engage with criticism and with a variety of ideas. Countering the increasing cynical dismissal—from both liberals and conservatives—of the traditional core values of higher education, this book champions the merits of different diversities, including intellectual diversity, with a timely call for universities to embrace boldness, rigor, and practical idealism.

Book Safe Spaces  Brave Spaces

Download or read book Safe Spaces Brave Spaces written by John Palfrey and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the essential democratic values of diversity and free expression can coexist on campus. Safe spaces, trigger warnings, microaggressions, the disinvitation of speakers, demands to rename campus landmarks—debate over these issues began in lecture halls and on college quads but ended up on op-ed pages in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, on cable news, and on social media. Some of these critiques had merit, but others took a series of cheap shots at “crybullies” who needed to be coddled and protected from the real world. Few questioned the assumption that colleges must choose between free expression and diversity. In Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces, John Palfrey argues that the essential democratic values of diversity and free expression can, and should, coexist on campus. Palfrey, currently Head of School at Phillips Academy, Andover, and formerly Professor and Vice Dean at Harvard Law School, writes that free expression and diversity are more compatible than opposed. Free expression can serve everyone—even if it has at times been dominated by white, male, Christian, heterosexual, able-bodied citizens. Diversity is about self-expression, learning from one another, and working together across differences; it can encompass academic freedom without condoning hate speech. Palfrey proposes an innovative way to support both diversity and free expression on campus: creating safe spaces and brave spaces. In safe spaces, students can explore ideas and express themselves with without feeling marginalized. In brave spaces—classrooms, lecture halls, public forums—the search for knowledge is paramount, even if some discussions may make certain students uncomfortable. The strength of our democracy, says Palfrey, depends on a commitment to upholding both diversity and free expression, especially when it is hardest to do so.

Book A Safe Place for Caleb

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  • Author : Kathleen A. Chara
  • Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 1843107996
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book A Safe Place for Caleb written by Kathleen A. Chara and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is aimed to help people who are dealing with attachment problems and aid understanding into such conditions. It follows the experience of a young boy, Caleb, as he encounters difficulties forming and sustaining healthy relationships and presents a summary of current scientific thought on attachment styles and disorders.

Book Not Light  but Fire

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  • Author : Matthew Kay
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2023-10-10
  • ISBN : 1003841813
  • Pages : 165 pages

Download or read book Not Light but Fire written by Matthew Kay and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know how to initiate and facilitate productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you prepared to handle complex topics while keeping your students engaged?Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, it is not light that is needed, but fire-, author Matthew Kay demonstrateshow to move beyond surface-level discussionsand lead students through the most difficult race conversations. In Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom, Kay recognizes we often never graduate to the harder conversations,so he offers a method for getting them right, providing candid guidance on: How torecognize the difference between meaningful and inconsequential race conversations.How tobuild conversational safe spaces,- not merely declare them.How toinfuse race conversations with urgency and purpose.How tothrive in the face of unexpected challenges.How administrators mightequip teachers to thoughtfully engage in these conversations.With the right blend of reflection and humility, Kay assertsteachers can make school one of the best venues for young people to discuss race.

Book The One Safe Place

Download or read book The One Safe Place written by Tania Unsworth and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this near-future dystopia with echoes of The Giver and Among the Hidden, Tania Unsworth has created an unsettling page-turner—fast-paced, smooth, filled with dread—that’s wholly satisfying and startlingly original. Devin doesn’t remember life before the world got hot; he has grown up farming the scorched earth with his grandfather in their remote valley. When his grandfather dies, Devin heads for the city. Once there, among the stark glass buildings, he finds scores of children, just like him, living alone on the streets. They tell him rumors of a place for abandoned children, with unlimited food and toys and the hope of finding a new family. But only the luckiest get there. An act of kindness earns Devin an invitation to the home, but it’s soon clear that it’s no paradise. As Devin investigates the intimidating administrator and the zombie-like sickness that afflicts some children, he discovers the home’s horrific true mission. The only real hope is escape, but the place is as secure as a fortress. Fans of dystopian fiction and spine-chilling adventure will devour The One Safe Place; its haunting themes will resonate long after readers have turned the final page.

Book The Safe Space Kit

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  • Author : Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009-10
  • ISBN : 9781934092071
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Safe Space Kit written by Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network and published by . This book was released on 2009-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book No Safe Place

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  • Author : Phil Brown
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 0520212487
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book No Safe Place written by Phil Brown and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An excellent and readable account of the toxic waste crisis in Woburn, Massachusetts, and the courageous efforts by local citizens to protect their community. The Woburn story is an inspiring lesson for citizens across the country struggling to protect the environment from polluters and unresponsive government officials."—Senator Edward Kennedy

Book My Safe and Cozy Space

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  • Author : Angela Conroy
  • Publisher : Nightingale Books
  • Release : 2022-01-27
  • ISBN : 9781838754310
  • Pages : 38 pages

Download or read book My Safe and Cozy Space written by Angela Conroy and published by Nightingale Books. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just WHERE is my safe and cozy space? Is it here? This is a tale of empowerment for all children who need to feel safe and that they belong. It is told from a child's point of view based on hundreds of children who have navigated similar spaces. It is a heartwarming story for children, parents, caregivers and mental health professionals. Angela Conroy is a former foster parent and adoptive mother of one resilient, funny teenager. She is a mental health occupational therapist who has worked with hundreds of children who have overcome very difficult experiences. This book is designed to help children feel empowered and safe to share hurtful stories knowing thre is always a safe and cozy space for them.

Book No Safe Place

Download or read book No Safe Place written by Christina Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: Christina Crawford's devastating memoir Mommie Dearest (over 5,000,000 sold), first as book and later as Hollywood film, made the American public aware of violence in the family. In No Safe Place, drawing further on her personal story, but adding sociological research and case histories, the author shows how family violence is responsible for addictive behavior, depression, sleep disorders, chronic illness, suicide, delinquency, homelessness, and apparently "mindless" violent crime. A call to action, this impassioned book offers the hope that in facing the truth about our families we can save our society and ourselves.

Book Calling My Spirit Back

Download or read book Calling My Spirit Back written by Elaine Alec and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous Peoples have always carried the knowledge necessary to heal. When our people heal, our families heal, our communities heal and our land will heal. You cannot have one without the other. These stories are teachings, prophecy and protocols shared throughout the years by elders, language speakers, medicine people and helpers. They have been the foundation to individual healing and learning self-love. They teach us how to make good decisions for ourselves and for all other aspects in our lives. When our people were young, they were sent on the land to gather as much experience and knowledge as they could, and when they returned, they would contribute what they learned. I am Syilx and Secwepemc and although many of my teachings come from this place, they also intertwine with indigenous knowledge shared through ceremony from many other nations. People from all backgrounds have embraced concepts from other parts of the world that promote self-love, healing and well-being through practices of discipline and meditation. Very little has been shared about indigenous systems and how it promotes self-love and approach to healing.

Book Safe Space

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  • Author : Francesco Lombardo
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9780973106145
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Safe Space written by Francesco Lombardo and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Creating Safe Space

Download or read book Creating Safe Space written by Tomoko Kuribayashi and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of literary essays focusing on the ways in which sexual, emotional, physical, racial, and other forms of violence have affected women artists' imaginations.

Book Safe Space Rhetoric and Race in the Academy

Download or read book Safe Space Rhetoric and Race in the Academy written by James Gerard Noel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safe Space Rhetoric and Race in the Academy: A Reckoning complicates discussions about safe space rhetoric and race in academia by providing provocative explorations of physical and intellectual safety and by examining the ways that the political landscape can reflect definitions of safety in America's school system.

Book A Safe Space

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  • Author : E.M. Tippetts
  • Publisher : WorkHorse Productions, Inc.
  • Release : 2014-12-17
  • ISBN : 0984896589
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book A Safe Space written by E.M. Tippetts and published by WorkHorse Productions, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has characters in common with the Someone Else's Fairytale series. Everyone needs a safe space. For Lizzie Warner, that space has always been in front of the camera on her hit show, or on stage before a sold out concert arena. Since before she can remember, she’s been a star, but that may be about to change. She’s nineteen. Her show has been cancelled and now she’s going to play the lead in a new prime time drama series, but is the world ready to take her seriously, or will she be typecast as the cute tween queen forever? Her network has decided to be aggressive and has invested millions of dollars in an ad campaign for her show, money she’s not sure she can earn back. Her co-star can’t stand her, and the writing for the show turns out to be poor at best. The only reason Lizzie didn’t walk away from the job offer to begin with is because she’s broke, the victim of a decade of bad money management. Then there’s Devon, the personal trainer at her gym. Arrogant and abrasive, he’s the last guy she should ever find attractive, but she has a hopeless crush on him anyway, and he doesn’t seem entirely disinterested either. In fact, sometimes he’s downright sweet to her. If only he weren’t an untamable bad boy who uses and dumps women like they’re nothing. Though Lizzie’s friends warn her to stay away, he’s the only person who can create what she needs: a safe space. But is there any way she can break him of his years' long habit of being a user? Order of the Someone Else's Fairytale Series: Someone Else's Fairytale Nobody's Damsel Break It Up (spinoff) A Safe Space (spinoff) The Hunt for the Big Bad Wolf

Book Soul Sanctuary  Cultivating a Safe Space for Healing and Renewal

Download or read book Soul Sanctuary Cultivating a Safe Space for Healing and Renewal written by Holly Arin and published by Holly Arin and Ava Arin. This book was released on with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soul Sanctuary: Cultivating a Safe Space for Healing and Renewal Create a haven of peace and rejuvenation within yourself. In the midst of life's challenges and demands, it's easy to lose sight of our inner sanctuary, the place of peace, healing, and renewal that resides within each of us. Soul Sanctuary is your guide to cultivating this sacred space, where you can nurture your well-being, connect with your true self, and find solace amidst life's storms. This book offers: Practical guidance on creating a physical and emotional sanctuary in your life. Mindful exercises for cultivating inner peace, self-compassion, and emotional well-being. Effective techniques for releasing stress, anxiety, and negative emotions. Discover how to: Transform your home or a special place into a sanctuary of peace. Develop a personalized self-care practice that nourishes your mind, body, and spirit. Find solace and renewal amidst life's challenges. Connect with your inner wisdom and guidance. Soul Sanctuary is an invitation to embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing. With its supportive guidance and practical tools, you'll create a safe haven within yourself, a place where you can truly rest, rejuvenate, and rediscover your inner strength and resilience. Nurture your soul, find your sanctuary, and embrace a life of peace and well-being. Start your journey today. Authors: Holly and Ava Arin: Sisters, Guides, and Authors of The Inner Compass to Solace Series Holly and Ava Arin are sisters, passionate advocates for personal growth, and the co-authors of the acclaimed The Inner Compass to Solace series. Their combined expertise and personal journeys have led them to create a collection of books that empower individuals to navigate life's challenges with resilience, self-compassion, and inner peace. Holly Arin, through her background in personal development and insightful reflections, offers readers hope and encouragement during difficult times. Holly's writing emphasizes the importance of self-discovery and finding meaning and purpose in life's challenges. Ava Arin brings a wealth of experience in the field of psychology and mindfulness practices. Her insights and practical tools guide readers in cultivating emotional well-being and managing stress effectively. Through her writing, Ava encourages readers to connect with their inner selves and discover the strength and wisdom that lies within. Together, Ava and Holly's unique perspectives and collaborative spirit have resulted in The Inner Compass to Solace series, a comprehensive and supportive resource for anyone seeking to overcome adversity and find solace within themselves. Their books offer practical guidance, inspiring stories, and a deep understanding of the human experience, making them invaluable companions on the journey towards personal growth and inner peace.

Book Microaggressions  Safe Spaces  and Trigger Warnings

Download or read book Microaggressions Safe Spaces and Trigger Warnings written by Gary Wiener and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the name, trigger warnings have nothing to do with gun control, and safe spaces don't necessarily mean state-of-the-art panic rooms. Instead, these terms and the phrase "microaggressions" relate to preserving and protecting one's emotional safety. In this volume, readers will learn about the increased demand for sensitivity in social settings, in literature and media, and on the Internet. They will also encounter the opposing view, that we, as a society, are becoming too fragile and don't need figurative bulletproof vests for every occasion.