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I am a resident of the San Lorenzo Valley/Scotts Valley area since 1983. I am biracial Mexican and Japanese, light-skinned presenting, and was often one of the few POC in my classrooms growing up. I note light-skinned because a huge part of my journey is to fully embrace my cultures and overcome the feeling of not belonging. My desire to work for social justice and humanity has been a lifelong dream and led me to teach 17 years ago.  I spent 10 years in PVUSD teaching migrant students and more recently moved to the schools that I attended growing up. For anyone who doesn't know, the Valley is a predominantly White community. Racism and White Privilege dominate the communities and do not provide safe spaces for POC or even LGBTQ community members. I currently am the bilingual liaison for the district and work to advocate for all students but especially my POC students and families.  In light of recent events this past Spring, it has become more and more apparent that there is much work to do in our community to abolish racism and,  take a deeper look at the privileges that White community members are accustomed to.  As a Coalition, we mentor High School students and young people who are politically active and organizing open mics and marches to continue to raise awareness only to be met with hate speech and even threats to their person and property.  As an educator, I feel it is my duty to ensure better access to the Social Justice curriculum AND Racial Bias Training for all staff members in our schools. For this reason, I have joined and help to admin the SLV/SV Coalition Against Racism where we have teaching resources, discourse, and action events to execute change.  Our next course of action is to work with the school districts to create a task force of POC, Parents, and Community Stakeholders who wish to be a part of the conversation about overhauling the curriculum and creating meaningful changes in our community.

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Find Rabbi Paula here:

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Rabbi Paula Marcus received her BA in Judaic Studies from SUNY Binghamton. She received her rabbinic ordination and her masters from the Academy of Jewish Religion in 2004. Rabbi Marcus sees activism and social justice as an important part of Jewish values. She served on the National Board of T'ruah:  The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and has facilitated workshops for Jewish Funds for Justice, Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action, (the local Industrial Areas Foundation affiliate), and the National Religious Action Center. She is one of the co-founders of Out in Our Faith (an interfaith LGBTQ network) and a leader in the Santa Cruz Tent of Abraham Project.

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Man in The Arena Quote

Teddy Roosevelt 

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

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Today on Thomas Talks we talk about why it is important to have a personal commitment day and How you can start your own personal commitment!

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Donald is the Creator of inspiration by Don YouTube page. The mission of Inspiration with Don youtube channel is to create a healthy mindset by diving deep into who you are as a person and understanding your superpower. The things that Donald talks about on his channel are things that he had to overcome growing up in  Chicago and his two deployments to Iraq.

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Find Julia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-greenspan-heil-9b7214143/    PROFILE

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/surgical-technologists-struggling-what-you-need-know-julia/    ARTICLE

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19-medical-device-company-dilemmas-rep-julia-greenspan-heil-/     ARTICLE

About Julia

Worked as Sterile Processing Tech through high school (Woodland, CA)

Worked as Surgical Tech through college (woodland, CA)

Got approached by Synthes Trauma (#1 ortho trauma company worldwide)

Worked for Synthes Trauma in Oakland ~10 years

Went back to Surgical Tech for 2-3 years

Went to Stryker Trauma (another top trauma company) as trauma rep again

Promoted within Stryker to West Area Education Manager (overseeing educational strategy for Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona)

Consistently do two mission trips a year with Operation Rainbow as a scrub tech to do orthopaedic mission work in South America (Bolivia, Honduras...Ecuador got cx this fall).

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Thomas Talks is a new series created by me(Thomas)to chat about ideas, issues and new things I have learned from these interviews and life. Hope you enjoy!

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Everything is connected. Project Pollinate is a not-for-profit organization offering hands-on opportunities to work with pollinators and the earth, and build community. Though various programming centered around education, sustainability, and community building, they strive to foster a sense of connection between people and the world around them. Donate today and support this awesome organization. FInd Drew:www.projectpollinate.orgBorn and raised in Santa Cruz, CA Drew Glover is a former City Councilmember and activist. At 34 years old, Drew has spent the last 10 years of his life implementing projects and programs geared towards nonviolence education, environmental sustainability, and addressing social inequity around issues of race and systemic oppression. He is certified as a trainer in Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation, learning first hand from historic civil rights leader Dr. Bernard Lafayette. Drew’s life path has taught him how to cultivate a climate of connection, responsiveness, and care in communities traditionally marginalized or neglected by those in power in the United States. Named one of Santa Cruz County’s “Community Game Changers” by The Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Drew is also the recipient of the 2014-2015 Rosemary Grainger Peace Activism Award for his work in community organizing.   Drew is the Founder and Executive Director of Project Pollinate, a past Commissioner on the Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women, and is the former President of the United Nations Association of the United States of America Santa Cruz Chapter. He is a member of SCCCCOR (The Santa Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism), the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), The Coalition to Save the Beach Flats Garden, SCRAM (Santa Cruz Resistance Against Militarization) and The People’s Democratic Club. Drew served as a City Councilmember in the City of Santa Cruz as one of the strongest voices advocating for renters protections, anti-racism, and the protection of unhoused individuals from 2018 until 2020, when he was targeted by a real estate backed campaign that ultimately removed him from office.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: 

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Lauren aka coach Laur's from London UK. I'm a actress/Performer and also a health, fitness and mindset coach. I help people achieve their goals and overcome the day to day challenges of life.

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