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Tweet! Awakening to Twitter

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Aprilart Studios

Woohoo! Day Two of my Blog-a-Day rhythm. So here’s something hopefully very useful: my learning from a learning session about using Twitter for social change I attended earlier this week. Ironically, the reason this blog is happening is because of … Continue reading →

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The Season for Waiting is Over

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Aprilart Studios

  Well, Happy New Year, friends! In February? Yeah…a bit late, but better late than never. Late as it may be to do it, I want to open this year of blogging/writing by trying to put into words the big, clanging, stinging-yet-freeing … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Meal? (pt.1)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Aprilart Studios

What’s in a meal? Well, there’s the obvious:  Food…  togetherness (potentially)…  conversation.  What else? A recent meal I had the fortune to attend gave me a glimpse into that answer. On a warm summer day about a month ago here … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Summer Job… Broadway Roving Youth Corps

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Aprilart Studios

Last month, I took part in a series of interviews held with young neighbors in the Mapleton Fall Creek neighborhood here in Indianapolis as part of Broadway United Methodist Church‘s JSP Roving Youth summer program.  I also made my first collaborative … Continue reading →

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