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Jul.12.2011
July 18, 2011 is Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday. A cause for celebration, this is a day to remember and honor the world-changing work of the former President of South Africa, who was a powerful political prisoner and freedom fighter.
In October 2006, I was part of a delegation of artists and...
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Jul.12.2011
I am drawn to the spiral shape, using it in my collage work, and noticing it in jewelry, in architecture, and in nature. The spiral symbolizes transformation through growth and change. I have always embraced change, and find that I flourish when I accept the flow of change in my life and open...
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Mar.09.2011
March 8th, 2011 marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day. Everyone can celebrate the amazing women who have shaped us, who have cared for our world, and who work with compassion and power for our future.
I have many sheroes of international fame and of...
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Feb.28.2011
It was my great pleasure to be in conversation with Bay Area phenomenal woman, Belva Davis, the West Coast’s first black female television journalist, at New York City’s Strand Bookstore on February 23, 2011.
Award-winning journalists joined Belva in celebration of her new memoir, Never In My...
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Feb.28.2011
I began researching my genealogy when my first child was born. I began with my father’s family because I had an aching desire to understand the origins of my black ancestors. How does my history blend with and inform my current sense of self? How did I get from Louisiana, where my father was born,...
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Feb.03.2011
I traveled to Kenya last year. Driving beyond bustling, chaotic Nairobi towards my destination: Nanyuki, the home of Daraja Academy, the sky was an infinite blue expanse overhead and I took in the vibrant landscape and scents of red dust and mangoes mixed with diesel fumes. I was visiting the all-...
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Nov.30.2007
I wrote myself into existence.
–Me, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, November 22nd, 2004
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About Deborah
In her memoir, Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart, Deborah Santana reflects back on the passage of time and experience that have forged her soul, spirit, and intellect, and looks forward with a vision of growth, renewal, and liberation. Mark...
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Daraja Academy, Kenya - www.Daraja-Academy.org
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