by Nicole Civita | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
This used to be my favorite holiday. As a child who always bristled at and bucked against her Catholic upbringing, I really appreciated the coziest of the secular holidays. I enjoyed the shared preparation, the days of good smells coming from the kitchen, the...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today Veterans Day is observed in the United States. In between calling for a #ceasefire, educating on colonial and imperial oppression, and holding space to radically imagine worlds where peace is precious and always treated as such, it wasn’t easy to find the...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” — Mariame Kaba THIS. And this. And this. And that. And that. Oh, and that, too. Fill in the blank as many ways as your heart has been hurt. Swap in everything about the world that you cannot...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
As long as we are living, we are learning.Learning how to learn is the work of a lifetime.Never stop learning.Conventional wisdom encourages us to keep learning, but we are also conditioned to end our education (if we are privileged to pursue post-secondary...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
FrontLine Farming (FLF) enhances equity and resilience in Colorado’s urban Front Range by elevating the leadership of womxn and people of color. FLF does so by growing food, educating, honoring land and ancestors, engaging in research and data activism, policy...