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    Homage to a Ukrainian Ancestor with a Hope for Peace

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 26, 2022
    Antique Map of Ukraine with inset portrait of American immigrant, Louis Lipsky ca 1910.

    My husband’s grandfather, Louis Lipsky, immigrated from Slavuta, Ukraine 117 years ago. He left his native land for the US to escape violent pogroms, poverty, and war. Forty years later, he lost his only son in the Second World War. I don’t know whether Louis Lipsky would feel solidarity with Ukraine today, but I’m certain that at his core he would know that war only brings destruction and heartbreak.

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    Tired of a Polarized Country? You Can Help Change It.

    by Jacqueline Jannotta January 31, 2022
    January 31, 2022

    When I started this blog, I promised myself I wouldn’t use any lightning-rod words that tend to send people scampering off to their narrow cultural corners. That included names of…

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    Yes, And…

    by Jacqueline Jannotta October 6, 2021
    October 6, 2021

    At the height of the 2020 BLM protests, I commented on a thread in an Italian-American Facebook group that sparked fury. Statues of Christopher Columbus had been vandalized across the…

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    Don’t Box Us In

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 14, 2021
    June 14, 2021

    Overheard at the doctor’s office recently: “Do you identify as Caucasian or non-Caucasian?” A secretary was screening a patient over the phone with what’s become a common question—one I hadn’t…

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    Becoming People Who Embrace Race

    by Jacqueline Jannotta June 14, 2021
    June 14, 2021

    In my recent post (Don’t Box Us In), I explored a subtle way our society perpetuates a sense of racial division, which had me wondering how we might accelerate systemic…

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    Becoming People Who Build Thriving Relationships

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 21, 2021
    February 21, 2021

    Last week’s post spoke to bridging cultural and philosophical divides, as told through the story of my own Jewish-Catholic marriage. This made finding a thematically connected nonprofit a bit challenging,…

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    Love Makes All Things Better

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 13, 2021
    February 13, 2021

    Picture the type of person you think represents society’s worst enemy today. Is it a Wall Street hedge fund manager? Proud Boy Q-Anon follower? Third-world refugee? A communist? Then fast-forward…

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    Becoming People Who Cultivate Women Leaders

    by Jacqueline Jannotta January 30, 2021
    January 30, 2021

    The Women’s March four years ago was a reflexive response by women who felt cheated by a system dominated by men since its inception. I’m grateful that the worldwide march…

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    Becoming People Who Build a Better Community

    by Jacqueline Jannotta August 14, 2020
    August 14, 2020

    The Black Lives Matter protests in Portland are nearing 80 nights of activism. And as described in last week’s post, Hogwarts Meets Portland, the protests have been relatively peaceful since…

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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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