Caroline E. Heller PROLOGUE IT TURNED INTO SOMETHING TRUE TO YOU I lived an ordinary life among down-to-earth routines. And yet I felt two things very strongly: I felt, however ordinary those routines, that I stood at the Iyric center of my experience, and that I wished to make a visionary claim for that experience.… Continue reading Until We Are Strong Together: Women Writers in the Tenderloin
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Not by Bread Alone
By Jess Clarke A Perspective on the Tenderloin Reflection Education Center In 1981, a group of activists associated with the Franciscan peace and justice movement came together in San Francisco’s Tenderloin to create a reflection and education center that would “take into account the perspectives of the underside of history, the experiences and struggles of… Continue reading Not by Bread Alone
About the Tenderloin Reflection and Education Center
TREC was established in 1982 as a center for creative arts and reflective thought to empower homeless and economically disenfranchised people. The program operated under the umbrella of the St. Anthony Foundation until it spun off and was established as a separate non-profit in 1990. TREC uses the arts to help transform participants’ lives, to… Continue reading About the Tenderloin Reflection and Education Center
Muslim American Writers at Home
STORIES, ESSAYS AND POEMS OF IDENTITY, DIVERSITY AND BELONGING $22.50 USD This timely collection allows us to hear firsthand the amazingly diverse voices of North American Muslim writers speaking for themselves. Stereotypes are overturned on every page. Shaped by an impressive interweaving of cultures, languages and ethnicities, these writers reflect on what it means to find… Continue reading Muslim American Writers at Home