Acts of Courage and Acts of Kindness _ CLIP 16

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On Today's Show: A multi-media text set of childrenacirc;euro;trade;s books and audio that focus on acts of courage and acts of kindness. Save Our School by the Children of Selsted Primary Si Se Puede, Yes We Can The Streets are Free Selavi and Radyo Timoun. IndyKids BabagaNewz Kids Can Make A DifferenceAcirc;reg; (KIDS) Sage Tyrtle on Deamonte Love and schools in Louisiana who are still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Jeff Wood_What critical literacy means to me. Thank You To: Sage Tyrtle of Quirky Nomads, Pat Thompson, Karen,Sarah VZ, charles of Mostly News and Desperate Husbands Podcast, Fran Hughes from Queensland, Australia, jeff wood, from Sudbury Ontario in Canada, Carol Felderman, Laura Mayoral, Annika, Stephanie from Tokyo, and Shelley Peterson, for commenting on the show, contacting me regarding the show, or pinning my frappr map and Patrick and Catalina for todayacirc;euro;trade;s station ID. Podcasters/ Podcasts/ Websites Mentioned: Quirky Nomads, Mostly News, Desperate Husbands, BabagaNewz, IndyKids, Kids Can Make a Difference Participate in the show. With Halloween just around the corner, I'm wondering what your thoughts are regarding events and celebrations like Halloween,Thanksgiving,Christmas, Easter and Valentines as well as representations of such around the globe, along with the lack of representation of celebrations and events like Ramadan, Diwali,and other important cultural events. Subscribe and listen in iTunes XML Feed Location : feed://andybilodeau.com/clip/?feed=rss2 Let me know where you are: Click on 'Join the CLIP Frappr Map' in the menu bar. Post a comment: Click the comment button below or leave a voice mail by calling 206-350-6204 or e-mailing at clippodcast[at]gmail[dot]com Produced by: Andy Bilodeau Transcript for Acts of Courage and Acts of Kindness CLIP #16 Intro Welcome to CLIP 16 everyone. I'm going to play around with the order of things today so rather than doing acknowledgements and thank you's up front I'll wait till later and jump right into the show. Let me know what you think of this format. Before I get going though I want to extend a big hello to member of the Toronto Reading Council and folks from OISE with whom I had a wonderful time talking about critical literacy this past weekend. Today, I pick up on last week's show and the topic of taking action to change things that are problematic in our communities and beyond. I couldn't get the voices of the children from Selsted Primary out of my head and so spent a number of days imagining what other texts might work nicely with the Save Our School song. So, what I have done is to put together a multi-media text set of children's books and audio that focus on acts of courage and acts of kindness. I really do believe that in combination, the texts I will share work very well together to enrich and inform discussions and work on the issue of taking action to change inequitable ways of being. Station ID acirc;euro;ldquo; Patrick and Catalina Midtro Already, you know one piece I would include in today's multi-modal text set is the Save Our School song which as I mentioned is a terrific demonstration of the power of music to shape political and social experiencel. So imagine, then combining this song with a book like Si Se Puede, Yes We Can, a bilingual book about the justice for janitors strike in LA as told from the perspective of a young boy whose mother becomes a leader of the strike. Another book that would be a powerful addition would be The Streets are Free by Kurusa and Monika Doppert which is a story based on the experience of children in a low income neighborhood in Venezuela who fought for the right to turn an empty lot into a playground. So itacirc;euro;trade;s about organizing to defend your rights. Another book is Selavi, That's Life which is a true story of Selavi, a street child...

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