Campfire Stories of Resistance & Resilience

The Tale of 'The Passionate One,' Emma Zepeda Tenayuca

Brilliant and pioneering Latina labor organizer; relentless fighter for Mexican Americans' civil, social and economic rights; fiery Tejano orator and…

Feb 4 • 

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January 2025

The Resilience and Resistance Tale of George Takei, and the Takei Family

George Takei: World-famous Star Trek actor (helmsman of the USS Enterprise); author; producer; and social justice, civil rights & human rights advocate…

Jan 6 • 

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December 2024

The Tale of the Badass Kids from Birmingham Who Marched the Civil Rights Act Right Up to the Finish Line

The Children's Crusade of Birmingham (May 2-10, 1963)

Dec 17, 2024 • 

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The Story of Virginia Hall, the Legendary "Limping Lady" from Baltimore

Fearless counterintelligence agent & organizer of resistance networks in Nazi-occupied France, considered by the Gestapo to be "one of the most…

Dec 4, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Story* of the Life of a "Strangely" Un-Killable Resistance Song: 'Strange Fruit'

'Strange Fruit,' first published by Abel Meeropol as 'Bitter Fruit,' 1937-present

Nov 15, 2024 • 

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The Story of María Ylagan Orosa

Pioneering Chemist, Food Technologist, Home Economist, Nutritionist, Rural Agricultural Programs Organizer, and WWII Resistance Leader (1893-1945)

Nov 13, 2024 • 

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Why I started this blog...

I’m starting this blog primarily to help those in America who feel scared, lost, disoriented—among many other things!—in the wake of the ground-shifting…

Nov 13, 2024 • 

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Coming soon

This is Campfire Stories of Resistance & Resilience.

Nov 11, 2024 • 

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