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Perspective

Posts that look to the past for a better perspective
    PerspectiveVisioning

    What a Difference a Year Makes

    by Jacqueline Jannotta March 21, 2021
    chrysalis, caterpillar and butterfly

    So, how has your life been after a year of pandemic standstill? While our family is managing okay and feeling fortunate in the grand scheme, it’s our daughters’ experience that pains me the most. One is a senior in high school, missing the activities that bring her the most joy—theatre, singing in the choir, hanging out regularly with her friends. And our younger daughter entered a new high school where most of the kids already know each other, and where online school makes it difficult to build any meaningful connections or friendships. It pretty much sucks for them, yet we know it could be much worse. We also know we will look back at this strange, highly charged time as pivotal in the ongoing quest to change the world for the better.

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  • EmpowermentPerspective

    And the March Goes On

    by Jacqueline Jannotta January 20, 2021
    January 20, 2021

    One could say that America was born from rage and grows from rage. I learned that firsthand at the Women’s March four years ago, when my country was mired in…

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    Reframing the Apocalypse

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 12, 2020
    September 12, 2020

    Earlier this week, an intense windstorm knocked out our power for several hours. Today is the third day of an orange sky casting an eerie pall over Portland, as wildfire…

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    Hogwarts Meets Portland

    by Jacqueline Jannotta August 6, 2020
    August 6, 2020

    Funny how fiction and reality often merge. Each reflects the other, no matter how much time passes between when a story was written and when a person interprets it. Such…

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  • PerspectiveVisioning

    The Seeds of My Sexism

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 21, 2020
    February 21, 2020

    A vicious catch-22 frustrates the hell out of me, particularly as a mother of daughters: we need more leaders who are women and people of color, but this doesn’t happen…

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    What’s the Scoop with Schools These Days?

    by Jacqueline Jannotta January 26, 2020
    January 26, 2020

    Raise your hand if you think the main purpose of school is to get a good job. Okay, now raise your hand if you think the main purpose of school…

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  • Bridge-buildingPerspective

    The Day a Window on Immigrant Life Opened Wide

    by Jacqueline Jannotta November 23, 2019
    November 23, 2019

    The heavy Florida humidity filtered through the air conditioner outside Sister Margaret Mary’s office. My labored asthmatic breath left me in a position to simply observe the goings-on of the…

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    My Top Three Lessons from “School” in Italy

    by Jacqueline Jannotta October 30, 2019
    October 30, 2019

    The cheers in the stairway reverberated off the walls, giving us goosebumps as we waited to ascend into Scuola Mazzini in Genoa, Italy. It wasn’t easy to have all eyes…

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    The What of Becoming Better People

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 19, 2019
    September 19, 2019

    What is Becoming Better People? I’ve previously shared the motive behind this blog and how I intend to use it. Here’s a recap: Becoming Better People is a platform for personal…

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    The Why Behind Becoming Better People

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 15, 2019
    September 15, 2019

    Becoming Better as a New National Narrative Deep down I’ve always been an optimist. Despite plenty of reasons to focus on the negative, the gradual trajectory toward “better” in my…

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