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Pride Month has arrived!

While every day is a time to be proud of your identity and orientation, June is that extra special time for boldly celebrating with and for the LGBTQIA+ community (yes, there are more than lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender folx in the queer community). June was chosen to honor the Stonewall Riots which happened in 1969. Like other celebratory months, LGBT Pride Month started as a weeklong series of events and expanded into a full month of festivities.

2021 is also the 5th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando where 49 members of our community were murdered on June 12, 2016. On the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library there will be display cases with items from the University Archives relating to Pulse memorials as well as a display wall honoring the lives lost. Both of these library memorials were created in partnership with UCF LGBTQ Services. UCF will also be hosting several events in June to help the community remember, grieve and grow stronger. Full listing of events is available on the Pulse Remembrance event calendar.

Additional Pulse memorial events will be hosted by the onePULSE Foundation.  An memorial archival collection from the first anniversary of the shooting can be found as part of the Resilience: Remembering Pulse in the STARS Citizen Curator collection.

In honor of Pride Month, UCF Library faculty and staff suggested books from the UCF collection that represent a wide array of queer authors and characters. Click on the read more link below to see the full list, descriptions, and catalog links. There is also an extensive physical display on the main floor of the John C. Hitt Library near the Research & Information Desk.

All Adults Here by Emma Straub Emma Straub's unique alchemy of wisdom, humor, and insight come together in a deeply satisfying story about adult siblings, aging parents, high school boyfriends, middle school mean girls, the lifelong effects of birth order, and all the other things that follow us into adulthood, whether we like them to or not. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

 All the Young Men: a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South by Ruth Coker Burks & Kevin Carr O'Leary A gripping and triumphant tale of human compassion, is the true story of Ruth Coker Burks, a young single mother in Hot Springs, Arkansas, who finds herself driven to the forefront of the AIDS crisis, and becoming a pivotal activist in America’s fight against AIDS. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 And the Band Played On: politics, people and the AIDS epidemic by Randy Shilts An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Suggested by Becky Hammond, Special Collections & University Archives

 Big Gay Adventures in Education: supporting LGBT+ visibility and inclusion in schools edited by Daniel Tomlinson-Gray A collection of true stories by 'out' teachers, and students of 'out' teachers, all about their experiences in schools. The book aims to empower LGBT+ teachers to be the role models they needed when they were in school and help all teachers and school leaders to promote LGBT+ visibility and inclusion. Each story is accompanied by an editor’s note reflecting on the contributor’s experience and the practical implications for schools and teachers in supporting LGBT+ young people and ensuring they feel safe and included in their school communities. Suggested by Terrie Sypolt, Research & Information Services

 Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman The sudden and powerful attraction between a teenage boy and a summer guest at his parents' house on the Italian Riviera has a profound and lasting influence that will mark them both for a lifetime. Suggested by Rebecca Hawk, Circulation

 Fun Home: a family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned 'fun home, ' as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive. Suggested by Michael Furlong, UCF Connect Libraries

 Gender Queer: a memoir by Maia Kobabe; colors by Phoebe Kobabe In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, this is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Heaven's Coast: a memoir by Mark Doty The harmonious partnership of two gay men is shattered when they learn that one has tested positive for the HIV virus. Suggested by Claudia Davidson, Downtown Library

 Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother. Suggested by Rebecca Hawk, Circulation

 Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. Suggested by Claudia Davidson, Downtown Library

 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her. The day they got together was the best one of Freddy's life, but nothing's made sense since. Laura Dean is popular, funny, and SO CUTE ... but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. Their on-again, off-again relationship has Freddy's head spinning - and Freddy's friends can't understand why she keeps going back. When Freddy consults the services of a local mystic, the mysterious Seek-Her, she isn't thrilled with the advice she receives. But something's got to give: Freddy's heart is breaking in slow motion, and she may be about to lose her very best friend as well as her last shred of self-respect. Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the heathy ones we need. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

 LGBT Health: meeting the needs of gender and sexual minorities edited by K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob C. Warren, K. Nikki Barefoot A first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of mental, medical, and public health conditions within the LGBT community. This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs. Drawing from leading scholars and practitioners of LGBT health, this holistic, centralized text synthesizes epidemiologic, medical, psychological, sociological, and public health research related to the origins of, current state of, and ways to improve LGBT health. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 Lived Experience: reflections on LGBTQ life by Delphine Diallo  A beautiful series of full-color portraits of LGBTQ people over the age of fifty, accompanied by interviews. Suggested by Jacqui Johnson, Cataloging

 Love is for Losers by Wibke Bruggemann When Phoebe's mother ditches her to work as a doctor for an international human rights organization, she is stuck living with her mom's best friend, Kate, and helping out at Kate's thrift shop. There she meet Emma. Phoebe tries to shield her head and her heart from experiencing love-- after all, love is for losers, right? Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Man Into Woman: an authentic record of a change of sex edited by Niels Hoyer This riveting account of the transformation of the Danish painter Einar Wegener into Lili Elbe is a remarkable journey from man to woman. Einar Wegener was a leading artist in late 1920's Paris. One day his wife Grete asked him to dress as a woman to model for a portrait. It was a shattering event which began a struggle between his public male persona and emergent female self, Lili. Einar was forced into living a double life; enjoying a secret hedonist life as Lili, with Grete and a few trusted friends, whilst suffering in public as Einar, driven to despair and almost to suicide. Doctors, unable to understand his condition, dismissed him as hysterical. Lili eventually forced Einar to face the truth of his being - he was, in fact, a woman. This bizarre situation took an extraordinary turn when it was discovered that his body contained primitive female sex organs. There followed a series of dangerous experimental operations and a confrontation with the conventions of the age until Lili was eventually liberated from Einar - a freedom that carried the ultimate price. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong This is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born -- a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam -- and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

 Queer Objects edited by Chris Brickell & Judith Collard Queer lives give rise to a vast array of objects: the things we fill our houses with, the gifts we share with our friends, the commodities we consume at work and at play, the clothes and accessories we wear, various reminders of state power, as well as the analogue and digital technologies we use to communicate with one another. But what makes an object queer? 63 chapters consider this question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures and space. In this unique international collaboration, well-known and newer writers traverse world history to write about items ranging from ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Roman artefacts to political placards, snapshots, sex toys and the smartphone. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

 Real Life by Brandon Taylor A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degree. For reasons of self-preservation, Wallace has enforced a wary distance even within his own circle of friends -- some dating each other, some dating women, some feigning straightness. But a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with a young straight man, conspire to fracture his defenses, while revealing hidden currents of resentment and desire that threaten the equilibrium of their community. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

 Riley Can’t Stop Crying by Stephanie Boulay While his sister tries everything to help, a young boy isn't sure why he can't stop crying in this transitional picture book. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Supporting Success for LGBTQ+ Students: tools for inclusive campus practice by Cindy Ann Kilgo This book aims to serve as a one-stop resource for faculty and staff in higher education settings who are seeking to enhance their campus climate and systems of support for LGBTQ+ student success. Included are theoretical frameworks and conceptual models that can be used in practice. Suggested by Terrie Sypolt, Research & Information Services

 The City and the Pillar: a novel by Gore Vidal Jim, a handsome, all-American athlete, has always been shy around girls. But when he and his best friend, Bob, partake in “awful kid stuff,” the experience forms Jim’s ideal of spiritual completion. Defying his parents’ expectations, Jim strikes out on his own, hoping to find Bob and rekindle their amorous friendship. Along the way he struggles with what he feels is his unique bond with Bob and with his persistent attraction to other men. Upon finally encountering Bob years later, the force of his hopes for a life together leads to a devastating climax. The first novel of its kind to appear on the American literary landscape, this remains a forthright and uncompromising portrayal of sexual relationships between men. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 The Invisible Orientation: an introduction to asexuality by Julie Sondra Decker Julie Sondra Decker outlines what asexuality is, counters misconceptions, provides resources, and puts asexual people's experiences in context as they move through a sexualized world. It includes information for asexual people to help understand their orientation and what it means for their relationships, as well as tips and facts for those who want to understand their asexual friends and loved ones. Suggested by Dawn Tripp, Research & Information Services

 The New Testament by Jericho Brown The world of Jericho Brown's second book, disease runs through the body, violence runs through the neighborhood, memories run through the mind, trauma runs through generations. Almost eerily quiet in even the bluntest of poems, Brown gives us the ache of a throat that has yet to say the hardest thing-and the truth is coming on fast. Suggested by Claudia Davidson, Downtown Library

 The Prophets by Robert Jones With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries—of ancestors and future generations to come—culminates in a climactic reckoning, masterfully reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love. Suggested by Rachel Mulvihill, Downtown Library

 The Ship We Built by Lexie Bean A fifth-grader whose best friends walked away, whose mother is detached, and whose father does unspeakable things, copes with the help of friend Sofie and anonymous letters tied to balloons and released. Includes a list of resources related to abuse, gender, sexuality, and more. Suggested by Pam Jaggernauth, Curriculum Materials Center

 Tinderbox: the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation by Robert W. Fieseler Buried for decades, the Up Stairs Lounge tragedy has only recently emerged as a catalyzing event of the gay liberation movement. In revelatory detail, Robert W. Fieseler chronicles the tragic event that claimed the lives of thirty-one men and one woman on June 24, 1973, at a New Orleans bar, the largest mass murder of gays until 2016. Relying on unprecedented access to survivors and archives, Fieseler creates an indelible portrait of a closeted, blue- collar gay world that flourished before an arsonist ignited an inferno that destroyed an entire community. The aftermath was no less traumatic--families ashamed to claim loved ones, the Catholic Church refusing proper burial rights, the city impervious to the survivors' needs--revealing a world of toxic prejudice that thrived well past Stonewall. Yet the impassioned activism that followed proved essential to the emergence of a fledgling gay movement. Fieseler restores honor to a forgotten generation of civil-rights martyrs. Suggested by Andy Todd, UCF Connect Libraries

 Transgender: a reference handbook by Aaron Devor and Ardel Haefele-Thomas This book provides a crucial resource for readers who are investigating trans issues. It takes a diverse and historic approach, focusing on more than one idea or one experience of trans identity or trans history. The book takes contemporary as well as historic aspects into consideration. It looks at ancient indigenous cultures that honored third, fourth, and fifth gender identities as well as more contemporary ideas of what "transgender" means. Notably, it focuses not only on Western medical ideas of gender affirmation but on cultural diversity surrounding the topic. This book will primarily serve as a reference guide and jumping off point for further research for those seeking information about what it means to be transgender. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

 Transnational LGBT Activism: working for sexual rights worldwide by Ryan R. Thoreson Thoreson argues that the idea of LGBT human rights is not predetermined but instead is defined by international activists who establish what and who qualifies for protection. He shows how International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) formed and evolved, who is engaged in this work, how they conceptualize LGBT human rights, and how they have institutionalized their views at the United Nations and elsewhere. After a full year of in-depth research in New York City and Cape Town, South Africa, Thoreson is able to reconstruct IGLHRC’s early campaigns and highlight decisive shifts in the organization’s work from its founding to the present day. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

 Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda. The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing. Suggested by Sara Duff, Acquisitions & Collections

 Walt Whitman's Songs of Male Intimacy and Love: "Live oak, with moss" and "Calamus" edited by Betsy Erkkila This volume includes Whitman's handwritten manuscript version of the twelve "Live oak, with moss" poems along side with a print transcription of these poems on the opposite page, followed by a facsimile of the original version of the "Calamus" poems published in the 1860-61 edition of Leaves of grass, and a reprint of the final version of the "Calamus" poems in the 1881 edition of Leaves of grass. Suggested by Rebecca Hawk, Circulation

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Looking Around: On Moving; or, The Story of a Little Old House

Author’s Note: This article consisted of two weeks of intense research, involving scouring over fire insurance maps, tables of wages, census records, Sears catalogs, and atlases. Before I begin, I owe some mad thanks to those who helped provide their resources and advice: preservationist Jackson Gilman-Forlini, furniture history guru Susannah Wagner, the nice folks from the Maryland Historical Society, and the research library staff at the Johns Hopkins University.

Anyone who has made copious trips to U-Haul, rendered their fingertips numb after stringing along line after line of packing tape, or spent hours intimately acquainting ones lower back with an ice pack, knows – and loathes – moving.

Moving is stressful. It is a form of migration, itself an immense change. Despite the momentous effect moving has on us, there is little to be found regarding the history of, well, moving. Plenty has been said about techniques of migration, by boat, by horse and buggy, by rail, and by car. 

In novels and movies, from Harry Potter to Doctor Zhivago, there are scenes of train stations, carts with ornamented trunks, and porters donning funny cylindrical hats to haul them. In photographs of Ellis Island complete with their visual narratives of the American Dream, we see thousands of hopeful newcomers cheering gleefully, suitcases in hand. 

As time goes by, the railway porters are replaced with truck drivers; the journey implied by the ocean liner morphs into bucolic images of a smiling suburban family on the island-lawn of their poorly-shuttered idyll. 

Family Moving to their New Home. Washington State, 1935. via Library of Congress. 

Why am I writing about moving? Over the last two weeks or so, I, myself, moved. I moved from a dingy (yet immensely charming) self-constructed room in what used to be a Cork and Seal Factory, to a little 812 square-foot Baltimore rowhouse. 

Each of the times I’ve moved from apartment to apartment (and finally, on this move, to an actual, full-sized house), there have been great difficulties loading and unloading all of my crap – difficulties innate to the houses themselves. These were usually small hardships, involving the clever rotation of a sofa or armchair in order to wrestle it out the door. 

This time, however, I came to a horrifying revelation: None of my existing furniture would be able to A.) fit within the cramped dimensions of the narrow staircase or B.) make it around the corner in the shallow hallway to my room. 

I solved my problem the same way as any reasonable millennial:

Photo by Rainchill. (CC BY-3.0)

Yet, as I loaded up my cart with brown box after brown box, I couldn’t help but wonder: What did people do before Ikea? Why were the stairs so narrow, and more so, what went up them before my trendy flat-packed furniture?

The Little Rowhouse

According to two days of scouring archival newspapers and other primary sources, I could gleam a few interesting things about the little brown rowhouse into which I’m currently schlepping my stuff. 

The Little Brown Rowhouse (center). Via Google Maps.

The rowhouse was built sometime between 1900 and 1902. A Baltimore Sun record from 1898 shows the auction of parcels of land where the house would soon be built: 

EDIT: My colleague, Jackson, has found out that the house was built by a pair of builders named John S. Kidd & William A. Davidson. 

However, the first mention of any of the houses on the row (that is to say, even-numbered houses, as the houses on the opposite side of the street are of a different design), comes later, in 1902, in a divorce notice:

In 1905, the house next door to mine was for lease:

Unfortunately, no searches for C.W. Webb pulled up anything of note. 

I learned some other interesting things during my newspaper dig, (most notably that the folks who once lived a block south from me got busted during Prohibition) - but ultimately, came to a dead end on my original topic: what kind of person moved into my rowhouse first, and how they did it. 

The Process

In order to glean how working people moved back in the early 1900s, I decided to focus on a few key areas of research:

What kind of wages the family would make, what they would spend it on and what kind of local industry they might have participated in.

What kind of stuff was being moved; (AKA what kind of furniture these folks bought and how much it cost)

What the costs were of moving services during this time, and whether they were affordable for the family in question. 

Potential Jobs, Wages, and Expenditures

The best way to look for what kind of industry existed in a certain area at a certain time is through a series of maps by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. These maps were used for evaluating fire risk (and therefore how high the premiums should be for fire insurance.)

In the index of a Sanborn Map, there are two parts. First is the list of streets, with a number, corresponding to a plate number. The second is a list of industries along with larger businesses, schools, orphanages, and churches, along with their plate numbers. To find out what kind of industry was near the street you’re looking for, simply look for industries relatively close to the plate number of your street. 

It’s likely that the folks who lived in my house worked in one of two places: as a railworker (at the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; The United Railroad & Electric Company) or in the stone quarry (Sisson Marble Works, not shown in screenshot). Working class women often worked as well, most likely in the nearby textile mills lining the Jones Falls River.

There are a few smaller industries these folks could have worked in as well, such as the Columbia Motor & Manufacturing Co., The American Can Factory, J. Stack & Sons Lumber, or the Schier & Bros. Dairy. However, it’s most likely that the person who first lived in my house was a stone or rail worker, as the house used to be mere blocks from both the quarry and a massive rail yard:

Image from a 1905 Map. House is in top-right corner, in red. 

Okay, so we know where the head of the household likely worked. How much did they make doing it? 

Were the head of household a worker in the nearby marble quarry, he (women did not work in the quarry in 1900) would have made around $813 a year.

Source: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008319974

Were they a railworker of some sort (the average workweek of railway workers in nearby Pennsylvania was around 62 hours/week in 1901) they would have made somewhere between $420/year as a day laborer and $1350/year as a senior engineer. Source. 

What would these folks spend these wages on? Here are some more statistics (average expenditures) from Pennsylvania (a neighboring state with similar industries.)

Source.

Now that we know what these folks might have made (on average), let’s see what kind of goods they possibly purchased.

Furniture

It’s difficult to know what kind of furniture most working class folks had in their houses. According to my sister (Hi Suz!), who studies furniture history at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, it’s possible that a family working in 1900 bought some pieces of mass-produced furniture, like that sold by Sears Roebuck & Co.

Page from a Sears catalog c. 1900.

The truth is more difficult, because much of the mass-produced, inexpensive furniture of the time was made out of cheap materials such as basswood and has not survived. It’s also possible that the family had some pieces passed down from generation to generation, which wouldn’t be accounted for in primary sources from the time. What is true, is that there is a certain amount of furniture most folks need for their homes.

Fortunately for us, there are photographs in the Library of Congress of tenement and other working class interiors, enabling us to get a better picture of what folks had in their homes:

Kitchen of a Railway Worker. New York, 1911. Library of Congress.

Living area of a NYC Tenement. 1912. Library of Congress.

Small interior bedroom of a tenement. NYC, 1912. Library of Congress. 

Descriptions of working class housing from the book Working Class Life: The “American Standard” in Comparative Perspective, show some common similarities between how working class homes were furnished; the most important being that average expenditure on furniture rose when folks were paid more. Often, according to the book, almost $13 per year was spent simply replacing cheap linens, curtains, and cutlery alone, so there was little room left over for additional pieces. (204)

Typically, there was a shared living and dining room, centered around a table, surrounded by Windsor or ladder backed chairs, perhaps a sofa and chest-of-drawers, a few trinkets and photographs, and perhaps a rug.

Most of the time, upstairs rooms were almost unfurnished, having only an iron bed frame and felt mattress. 

Those who made a little extra had more frills: a rocking chair and china cabinet in the front room, and in the bedrooms, mirrors, and bathroom fixtures like chamberpots and washbasins. (203)

This description perfectly coincides with the Baltimore rowhouse, which has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room, and a basement (likely unfinished until much later). The bathroom, like most bathrooms in dwellings built before 1910, was a more recent addition. Therefore, It’s likely that the folks who first lived in the little rowhouse had furniture and rooms like those described above. 

Which brings us back to...

Moving

As far as the answer to the initial question of “how stuff got up the stairs”, the answer is that, frankly, not that much had to go up the stairs in the first place. 

Most mass-produced iron beds could be dismantled and taken upstairs in parts. Felt mattresses were extraordinarily thin by todays standards, and, because they’re stuffed and pliable, the family would have little trouble navigating the tricky corner at the top of the stairs. As for the more luxurious items, mirrors, basins, and chamberpots, all are also easily portable.

The answer to the second question, which was how would a family move from one home to another is, sadly, we’re still not sure. What is certain is that, if they came from another city, they probably didn’t take much with them, as shipping or transferring things by train was extraordinarily expensive by working class standards: the Pennsylvania railroad charged 75¢ per piece (not counting oversized items) - to move one item alone was about a full day’s work for a common day laborer. 

If the family were moving within the city, it’s highly unlikely they used a moving company, as the prices for such were hefty as well at 25¢/piece, as advertised in 1898 by this local furniture mover:

A local anonymous opinion from 1904 corroborates this price range, bemoaning the techniques the moving company used to transfer items:

What’s more likely is that the family either had some way of bringing what existing furniture they had to the new house (usually by horse & buggy in 1900) or they bought furniture either by local/national catalog, secondhand or from one of the myriad small dealers or manufacturers in the city itself, seen here in the 1905-1906 edition of Polk’s Business Directory:

As it turns out, the folks who first moved into this house did so in a way not that different from me. They probably called up some folks to help haul what they could (if they were moving within the city) and what they couldn’t, they bought. 

Besides, what’s Sears if not the Ikea of the past?

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The Day Jobs of 10 Famous Writers

by Nicholas Parker, for the New York Public Library

Any successful author will tell you that before they hit the literary bigtime, they had to do a whole lot of hustling to support their writing habit. On July 5, 1880, playwright George Bernard Shaw was able to quit his day job, but some of these authors continued to work at their 9-to-5’s even after they were published. Here are the day jobs of ten of our favorite writers:

George Bernard Shaw: Telephone company employee

George Bernard Shaw took his last day job at the Edison Telephone Company in his early 20’s, where he worked in a basement in London and performed “demonstrations” for visitors of how telephones worked. As he humorously commented in his preface for The Irrational Knot, he said his audience was typically uncertain “as to whether they ought to tip me or not: a question they either decided in the negative or never decided at all; for I never got anything.”

Frank O’Hara: Museum clerk

The famous poet of the New York School of the 1950s and 60s got his paychecks from the Museum of Modern Art, where he worked as a clerk at the information desk, a shop employee, and eventually as an associate curator, a position he held even as his literary career flourished with the publication of Lunch Poems in 1965; in fact, many of his poems were written in his MoMA office or on his daily lunch break.

Arthur Conan Doyle: Surgeon

The creator of Sherlock Holmes was, like Holmes’ sidekick, a physician by trade before he became a famous writer. He served as a surgeon in South Africa during the Boer War and on a ship during a seven-month Arctic expedition. In fact, the inspiration for his deductive detective came from a surgeon he met while he was a student at Edinburgh University, who could determine information about a patient’s job, activities, and habits just by observing them.

William Carlos Williams: Physician

Another doctor-cum-author, Williams was a pediatrician and obstetrician who practiced in Rutherford, New Jersey. However, unlike Doyle, Williams never gave up his medical career; he held a private practice for 40 years, writing poems on prescription pads between house calls. Due to Williams’ relative obscurity in his lifetime, most of his patients had no idea that their physician was also a poet.

Kurt Vonnegut: Car salesman

Kurt Vonnegut, who previously worked as a police reporter and a public relations writer for General Electric, had a short stint as a manager of a Saab dealership in Cape Cod to support his family, an experience he wrote about in his essay “Have I Got a Car for You!” which was collected in A Man Without a Country.

William S. Burroughs: Exterminator

In addition to being, at various points in his life, a robber, drug dealer, bartender, and private detective, William S. Burroughs was a door-to-door exterminator in Chicago in his youth, despite (or perhaps because of) his apparent hatred of insects; Burroughs wrote a short story, Exterminator!, based on his experience with the job.

Wallace Stevens: Insurance lawyer

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Wallace Stevens spent years of his life working in insurance, first as a lawyer and then as a vice president of the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company in Connecticut, where he worked from 1916 until his death in 1955. Throughout his life, he managed to balance his family with successful careers in business and literature; in fact, he even took an eight year hiatus from poetry after the birth of his daughter to focus on his insurance work and parenting.

Margaret Atwood: Barista

As Margaret Atwood wrote in her essay Ka-Ching!, her first job was at a coffee shop in Toronto in 1962, where she worked for a summer to help pay for her education. Even though she had little experience, the job proved not too difficult, except for a broken cash register that frustrated the soon-to-be Governor General’s Award winner so much that she had to quit.

Charlotte Brontë: Governess

The author of Jane Eyre drew on personal experience to create the title character of her most famous novel, as Bronte herself was a governess for several years, traveling between multiple families and eventually also taking a stint as an English teacher in Brussels in 1842.

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Elevator operator

The talented poet Paul Laurence Dunbar originally wanted to study law, but couldn’t afford the necessary education; however, finding work in his local Dayton, Ohio was a struggle due to racial discrimination. He finally secured a job as an elevator operator, where he found time to write poetry and eventually launch his literary career.

If you want to learn more about the day jobs of famous writers, check out NYPL’s digital resources, including Biography in Context, American National Biography, and the Literature Resource Center.

This post originally appeared on the New York Public Library website

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“Where is my Portion?”

Scripture Text: Psalm 16

We find ourselves in the midst of the season of gratitude and generosity. November triumphantly carries these two notions as its major themes. For most churches the Sunday before Thanksgiving represents another season of stewardship coming to an end. And for most of us, this Sunday brings some sort of excitement.  We prepare ourselves to travel or get our things in order to host loved ones in the upcoming week. But this Sunday also gives us to opportunity to reflect once more on the things that we are grateful for as we approach Thanksgiving day.

So, have you thought about what are you grateful for this morning, this last month, this last year?

And has your gratitude for such things transformed into acts of generosity?

As part of our training as Lake Fellow residents, we are required to attend and participate in a weekly seminar. The various topics of these seminars change every couple of weeks or so. During the month of October our topic was generosity - specifically addressing the question: how do people become generous people?

One of the resources that we used was a presentation from a study at the University of Notre Dame from its current project called the Science of Generosity. This study establishes that there is an equation composed of seven factors that can measure how likely a person chooses to be generous. Out of these seven factors, there are three that act as the core of the equation: learning generosity from parents or family of origin; belonging to a church or faith community; and having a positive personal identity. Each of these must be positive so that a person may choose generosity. The study claims that if you take away one of the core factors, a person will most likely give less; and if you take away all three m then that person will definitely choose to not act with generosity.  

As I reflected on this understanding presented by the study, the story of my grandfather kept coming back to my mind.

My grandfather, a now retired Presbyterian Pastor, comes from a humble background despite the fact that his father owned a significant amount of land in south Mexico City. They were well known farmers in the area - they provided quality crops and quality meat. My grandfather’s role growing up was that of a shepherd boy. He spent long days outside watching sheep and having conversations with nature rather than people. His siblings, on the other hand, helped in the farm doing more glamorous duties.

As my grandfather and his siblings decided to leave home to study college and become something else, his father decided to sell the land and give each son and daughter some inheritance/resources for their future endeavors. However, my grandfather decided to go to seminary to become a pastor at the expense of abandoning the catholic roots of his parents at that time. And that carried some tremendous consequences - no land, no resources, no help, and the hardest one being that he was no longer welcomed at home.

Clearly a quite awful situation. Losing everything - including people whom you loved - must be one of the most traumatic and painful experiences.

Yet, despite the adversity of the situation, my grandfather did not ask: “where is my portion, Dad?” or “where is my portion, Mom?” or “where is my portion, God?”

He embraced his journey forward and reminded himself that the “Lord always provides.” And that very statement became his portion - his inheritance. He moved forward to become a Presbyterian pastor and served the church for more than 50 years including roles at the national level. The Lord had indeed provided - God looked upon my grandfather with favor and blessed him in so many beautiful ways.

But it was only through God’s providence shown by the faithful witness of the church that my grandfather encountered the transforming power of generosity. The church gave him shelter when he was without a home. The church fed him and clothed him during his time at seminary. The church provided him with everything he and his family ever needed. My grandfather did not have the opportunity to learn from his family what it takes to be generous, but because of his trust in the Lord’s providence is that the church filled in that void and showed him that we must always be generous because we have a generous God.

Trusting God’s providence in such a way like my grandfather is something that - if I dare to be honest - is extremely difficult for me. And perhaps it also difficult for you. Being able to get up in the morning and say “the Lord always provides” requires more than simply accepting such statement. It is more than just a prayer or an expectation.

Saying “the Lord will provide” requires embracing the harshness and sometimes unfairness of life. When there is no food on the table, when there is a huge bill that we cannot afford, when a loved one is at the hospital, when there is an eviction notice, when everything we own is consumed by fire or wiped away by water; how can we still say “the Lord will provide”. During those moment of life, aren’t we allowed to firmly ask God “where is my portion?” “where are your blessings?” “where is your providence and protection?”

And since sometimes such questions do not find quick answers or any answers at all often times, it may seem easier to choose misery, anger, and ungratefulness. It is easier to demand answers and act irrationally than paying close attention to the tiny glimpses of goodness that may found right in front of us. Therefore, it is true that when there is chaos and scarcity, those tiny glimpses of goodness appear so irrelevant. So, how can we act in generosity and be grateful when perhaps our experience tells us that there is nothing to be grateful for?  

That is the controversy of gratitude and therefore a concern for generosity. Not choosing either of those because of the idea that we have nothing, and there’s nothing that can change that.

Choosing to see the tiny glimpses of goodness in our lives is not easy, and most certainly cannot happen if we continue to ask: “where’s my portion, oh God?” So, what if we try to embrace the fullness of this journey we call life - all the ups and downs - and rather echo the words of King David on psalm 16: “Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; apart from you I have no good thing.”

This poetic statement from David may not seem like much considering the fact that he was king and his life was filled with richness and comfort. But the veracity of these words is found when we take a look at David’s story before becoming king. According to the ancient customs of the people of Israel, the youngest son - which on this case was David - did not receive any inheritance from his father. He was supposed to stay home and care for his parents and maybe try to marry if allowed. David was also the shepherd boy of the family - nothing fancy or of great honor. If David had not been chosen to be king over Israel, most likely, his life would have remained rather ordinary with many difficulties.

Therefore, when King David writes this poetic psalm, he is acknowledging that everything he has and the person he has now become is not because of who he is, but because God chose David to partake in God’s abundant grace.  

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we have been chosen to partake in God’s abundant grace as well. It is through God’s grace that we encounter those tiny glimpses of goodness in our daily lives - even during the moments that make it almost impossible for us to see them. Through this abundant grace, God reminds us that God is our portion and our inheritance above all things.

And this reminder was also given to the Levites as they entered the promised land. God tells Aaron to communicate to the Levites: “I am your share and your possession among the Israelites”. While they did not have a physical share of God’s blessings, they still received abundant grace by being called to devote their lives to the service of God. The Levites were the people in charge of the temple and all the duties related to the worship of God.

The center of their gratitude and the seed of their generosity was their calling to serve God and God’s people. They did not ask “Where is my portion, oh God?” but rather expressed with words and actions that God’s abundant grace and God’s ever present providence was their inheritance and their portion.

As people chosen to partake in God’s abundant grace and God’s ever present providence, we are also invited to give thanks and share such grace and providence with others. Perhaps we did not encounter generosity or gratitude through our families, but I am quite sure that most of us, if not all of us, have actually experienced some form of generosity through the church.

And if the church is the one positive factor of the equation - even if everything else is negative or absurd - that should be more than enough for us to give thanks and therefore act with generosity.

But generosity goes beyond financial giving, it also includes time and relationships. Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson in their book “the paradox of generosity” express that people who find themselves genuinely grateful engage in various forms of generosity. If money is perhaps going through a time of scarcity, then a person may choose to still be generous by volunteering his or her time, by being fully present with other people and providing time when others may most need it, or by showing radical hospitality to people seeking shelter, food, love, and kindness.

God’s abundant grace and providence is our inheritance and our portion and because this grace and providence is so vast and so transforming we are called to fully trust on God, to see God’s glimpses of goodness in our everyday lives and say “the Lord always provides” – and say “thank you, God”.

Let us always give thanks and act with generosity because we have a generous God. Amen.    

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Helen Taylor never considered herself an activist. But in 2015, she learned that an open plot of land in her city of Fort Collins, Colorado was slated for development. 700 prairie dogs called this patch of grass home. “I had been watching and enjoying this colony for many years,” says Taylor, a content manager at a marketing company. “I knew something terrible was going to happen.”

Without any intervention, the prairie dogs would likely have been poisoned or bulldozed, both common and legal practices. So Taylor wrote to the developer, talked to city officials, and started an organization—the Northern Colorado Prairie Dog Advocates—to push for relocating the rodents. She spent roughly a year searching for a suitable site within the city to move them, and wrestled with a complex permitting process. Taylor and a group of volunteers identified the family units within the colony, trapped the animals, and carried them to their new grounds, complete with artificial burrows constructed with plastic tubing. The volunteers made sure the families stayed together, and kept the same neighbors. “We basically are lifting up the colony and placing it intact in a new location,” Taylor says.

Extermination—by farmers, ranchers, developers, and government officials—and habitat loss have wiped prairie dogs from about 98 percent of their historic 368 million acre range. In 11 states from Texas to Montana, prairie dogs once lived in vast underground towns, some teeming with millions of the critters. Since the late 1800s, they’ve been largely treated as a nuisance and poisoned in large-scale eradication efforts. To this day, the U.S. Department of Agriculture considers prairie dogs an “agricultural pest.” In recent decades, whole colonies have perished after catching plague from fleas carrying Yersinia pestis, the same bacterium responsible for the Black Death pandemic, because the rodents have few defenses against the disease.

Saving small, isolated groups of these creatures, like Taylor’s advocacy group did, won’t restore the massive colonies that once thrived in the West. But these smaller patches of city-dwelling prairie dogs could play an important role in raising public consciousness and helping maintain resiliency of larger populations.

Prairie dog at Prairie Dog Town, Abilene, Kansas, 447 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.

After 150 years of poisoning and shooting them, humans are slowly recognizing prairie dogs as more than a pest. The public started to change its perspective in the 1990s, says Ana Davidson, a conservation scientist with Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Around the same time, biologists asserted their status as a “keystone” species that links plants and animals together in a vast grassland food web. Coyotes, badgers, raptors, and black-footed ferrets (a species at the brink of extinction) all eat prairie dogs. Digging burrows also moves the soil around, helping cycle nutrients, which has been linked to healthier, more nutritious grasses for grazers like bison and cattle. And their burrows create habitats for burrowing owls, tiger salamanders, spiders, and insects. All in all, ecologists estimate that more than 150 species interact with prairie dogs in some way. That means these little rodents and their burrows form the foundation of North America’s greater grassland ecosystem—one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world.

Now, in the growing cities of Colorado’s Front Range (an area east of the Rockies that includes Denver) officials are trying to balance the interests of farmers and ranchers with residents newly-enamored of the prairie dog. Since January in the City of Longmont, developers with more than 25 prairie dogs on their property must post the location and number of the animals on the city’s website when planning to build. That gives advocates, including nonprofits and informal volunteer groups, a chance to call around and see if there’s room on city or county public lands or a welcoming private tract to move the rodents. In October 2018, the nearby city of Lafayette enacted an emergency moratorium on killing prairie dogs to buy time as it comes up with a plan of its own. “As the urban population has grown and more people become familiar with prairie dogs, that message of them being a keystone species is something people talk about,” says David Bell, natural resources manager for Longmont’s public works and natural resources department. Prairie dogs have long been a polarizing force, but “on both sides, we’re seeing more interest in how we resolve these issues.” Advocates are increasingly vocal about protection, and those in agriculture tend to argue for pest removal.

In urban areas, where the rodents’ habitat is hemmed in, their numbers can become so dense that their burrowing leads to erosion and loss of native vegetation, says Therese Glowacki, resource management manager with Boulder County. It’s made having to do something to control populations adjacent to people inevitable, though what that something should be is fiercely argued at city and county meetings. “Prairie dogs are kind of a flash point in land use discussions in the West, in Colorado and other places where we have lost most of their habitat,” says Glowacki.

In more rural areas outside cities, the rodents aren’t welcomed either. Prairie dogs dig holes and feed on plants, and thus don’t share the land well with crops. Many ranchers think of them as a nuisance because they compete with cattle by grazing grass. Ranchers also claim the rodent’s burrows can pose a leg-breaking hazard to animals hoofing it around the prairie.

Scientists think that the ranchers’ concerns are exaggerated. Prairie dogs do compete with cows for forage, according to John Hoogland, a University of Maryland behavioral ecologist who has studied prairie dogs for 45 years. “But it’s been vastly overrated, and there are some circumstances where cows prefer to feed on [the land occupied by] prairie dog colonies because the vegetation there is more nutritious.” As for leg-breaking, Hoogland says it’s probably happened at some point, but remains rare. Despite this, beliefs around prairie dogs are deeply ingrained and continue to hold sway with management: In South Dakota, for example, government officials are required to poison a one-mile buffer zone of burrows on public lands adjacent to a property if the landowner complains about the rodents.

The mayor of Prairie Dog Town.

To try to strike a compromise, since 1999 Boulder County has managed prairie dogs under a plan that affirms their unique role in the ecosystem—but also recognizes that, sometimes, they’re simply incompatible with humans. It designates areas for habitat conservation, where it actively protects prairie dogs by doing things like spraying burrows with insecticide to kill plague-spreading fleas. When the rodents do begin to creep onto agricultural lands, officials usually trap them and take them to wildlife recovery centers, where they’re fed to ferrets and hawks. Sending them off to get eaten seems like something straight out of a dark comedy, but black-tailed ferrets are the most endangered mammal in North America, and prairie dogs are their main food source, making the county’s facility a grassland trophic chart in miniature.

Glowacki estimates the acres and location of prairie dog towns in the county each year to see if they’re living where intended—the large, contiguous grassland areas they’ve historically called home. Indeed, their numbers are growing in these natural areas, but there’s also many smaller colonies scattered throughout the county. Managing these habitats is challenging because the animals tend to move into nearby properties, Glowacki says, where they tear up landscaping and gardens. Still, protecting even the small populations is important, because they can help repopulate larger habitats devastated by plague.

Lindsey Sterling Krank, director of the Humane Society’s Prairie Dog Coalition, agrees. “Because these [smaller] colonies are fragmented, maybe they aren’t as susceptible to disease.” The urban colonies are physically isolated from the larger habitats hopping with plague-carrying fleas. These prairie dog islands could also help humans. Even a few acres of open land creates an urban wildlife hotspot. Coyotes, hawks, and badgers move in to prey on the prairie dogs. Having a natural food source also diverts these predators from chasing down neighborhood cats and dogs, Krank says.

The Humane Society and WildEarth Guardians recently released a guide for citizens and local governments looking to create their own conservation plans. Krank gets a lot of calls from Front Range residents worried about impending development on their local prairie dog town, and she hopes the guide will help provide tools for people to assess what options are available. Relocation is an option, but if it’s possible to conserve them in place that might actually be ideal. “There’s not an endless supply of receiving sites,” Krank says.

Prairie dog in hole at Prairie Dog Town.

As cities continue to grow and fill in once-vacant lands, relocations may become more difficult. The City of Boulder is struggling with that now. For years, the city has required that developers try to find relocation sites. Since 2013, they’ve relocated a few hundred animals every year. But now, the city has more prairie dogs than it has room for on the “receiving sites,” says Valerie Matheson, Boulder’s urban wildlife conservation coordinator. Prairie dog towns are covering up to 50 percent of some ranching properties in the city, in what was recently deemed a “crisis” that might require killing them on agricultural lands. When a site goes over 30 percent occupation by prairie dogs, the animals start eating more plants and digging up more soil than the area can sustain, Glowacki says. Even the larger county conservation areas that Glowacki manages are close to capacity, with the highest density of prairie dogs seen in 20 years.

In an ideal scenario, prairie dogs are moved from where they conflict with humans to grasslands where they can play their crucial role in those ecosystems, Davidson says. In New Mexico, she helped efforts to capture prairie dogs around Santa Fe and Albuquerque and move them to the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge. But in Colorado, it’s illegal to move prairie dogs across county lines without approval from county agricultural officials, impeding large-scale recovery. “Not being able to do relocation across county lines is political and not based on an ecological reason,” Davidson says.

Hoogland thinks that officials need to focus on creating more large sanctuaries. “I love these animals dearly,” he says. “But I don’t want to see anybody get so obsessed with saving these urban prairie dogs that we miss the bigger picture.”

An urban prairie dog’s value goes beyond its ecological role or potential ability to seed larger populations. “In another sense,” Hoogland says, the animals are “extremely important because this is the only way some people see prairie dogs.” There’s a lot to said for the fuzzy feeling of watching the round, animated creatures stand atop their burrows and call out to each other. Their characteristic yipping—which is why they’re called prairie dogs—is part of one of the most sophisticated animal languages out there. In one analysis, they could even tell their family and neighbors if a tall human wearing blue, or a short human in yellow, was approaching. And, Glowacki adds, “They’re cute!”

Ultimately, advocates believe prairie dogs are worth saving no matter their value to humans or to the grassland food web. Helen Taylor, who started Northern Colorado Prairie Dog Advocates to protect the animals in her own backyard, says, “They still have their own inherent value as communal, smart, interesting animals.” And protecting even small colonies could be an important tool in changing their public image. “Every time we do a relocation we have this amazing opportunity to educate the public and help chip away at these myths that have played such a huge role in people feeling like they can say [prairie dogs] don’t matter.”

Written By Ula Chrobak

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Unions And Management

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Domestic battery in the city of Las Vegas as well as in the rest of the U.S i9000. can have got long enduring effects on the whole family members. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that in the previous yr as many as 1 billion children around the globe have got experienced physical, intimate, or psychological assault. Hossain M, Zimmerman C, Hug M, Watts C: LSHTM Gender Assault & Wellness Survey Instrument for Post-Conflict Configurations. educated, mobile advocacy; flexible financial assistance; and community engagement.

Home or passionate partner assault (IPV) is normally a common social and behavioral concern with adverse results on wellness. Randomized controlled trial of 6,500 family members medicine sufferers in Canada. Children http://www.emgraf.pl/ residing in households with IPV are at increased risk of maltreatment and lifelong poor health. And, the actions council offers created many resources that explain the current policy environment and federal government purchases in youth violence prevention.

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G4P's function facilitates the UN's Lasting Advancement Objective to achieve gender equality and empowerment of all ladies and ladies by 2030. While the battle offers officially finished and the island provides become an autonomous area that is certainly now partially self-governed, Bougainville's violent former and unequal gender norms condoning violence against women continue to impact its residents.

The treatment significantly impacted men's reported behaviours related to hostility and struggle management and gender equitable behaviours. DeKalb State Police Department and Grady Memorial service Hospital wish to employ with more community groups, open public wellness companies, local governments, and others interested in violence avoidance to scale-up and sustain implementation of the Cardiff Model in the Atlanta city region.

Youngsters violence and crime have an effect on a community's financial wellness, as well as individuals' physical and mental health and wellbeing. Citation: Alvarez CP, Davidson Evening, Fleming C, Cup NE (2016) Elements of Effective Surgery for Dealing with Romantic Partner Violence in Latina Ladies: A Organized Review. There are many devoted people in South west Missouri functioning to improve our neighborhoods through prevention efforts.

The objective in researching the articles was to recognize components of promising or best procedures for interventions that concentrated on avoidance or response to IPV among Latina females. Atlanta, Ga: Dept of Wellness and Individual Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State Middle for Injury Prevention and Control; 2003. The utilization of theoretical frameworks can help researchers approach a issue with a even more extensive perspective and very best identify factors of intervention.

Kimmel also argues that CTS methods excludes the significance of the injury, sexual assaults and abuse from old flame partners or spouses. UNICEF encourages the privileges and well being of every kid, in everything we perform. Together with our partners, we function in 190 countries and areas to convert that commitment into useful actions, concentrating particular work on achieving the most susceptible and excluded children, to the advantage of all kids, just about everywhere.

The event aligns with a developing global demand to shift the political and general public discourse from recognizing the range to solving this problem. The youthful individuals are outfitted with gender equitable attitudes and romantic relationship abilities, establishing fresh norms, and eventually assisting prevent assault against females and ladies for future decades. The analysis also discovered high prices of reported depression, suicide, substance abuse and post-traumatic stress among respondents.

Having less of a support network, such as when close friends retire and move away. There are many initiatives in lifetime to shield kids - Jointly for Women, Ladies Not Brides, the motion to end female genital mutilation/reducing, and the Global Alliance for Kids, to name but a few. The intervention areas received a 16-week IPV avoidance treatment using a in a number of discussion group structure.

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Artist News | August Part II

NYFA is proud to celebrate the achievements and perseverance of artists in NYC and beyond. 

From new releases, to opening parties and extended shows, Artist News is a go-to guide about the happenings of NYSCA/NYFA Fellows and NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship projects. Share your experiences on social media tagging @nyfacurrent on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Things to do & see in NYC:

Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ‘01/Performance ‘05/Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) A copy of Scott’s powerful and topical piece, A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday, has recently been acquired by the Whitney Museum, and is on display in the exhibition, An Incomplete History of Protests. When: August 18, 2017 - April 2018 Where: Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, New York, New York 10014

Donna Henes (Fellow in Conceptual/Performance Art ‘86/Nonfiction ‘91) Mama Donna Henes invites participants to bring a candle to light or incense to burn for the Eclipse Fascism Purification Ritual she will be leading. When: 7:00 PM, August 21, 2017 Where: Grand Army Plaza Fountain, Brooklyn, New York

Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong (Finalist in Architecture/Environmental Structures/Design ‘16) Pinch, Fold, Cut, Line, is a new collaborative project by Henna-Riikka Halonen and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, and will be on view for one-day-only during the Triangle Summer Open Studios. When: August 24, 2017, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Where: Triangle Arts Association, 20 Jay Street, Suites 317/318, Brooklyn, New York 11201

Marie Poncé (Fellow in Choreography ‘16) Poncé will be leading the seminar Arts Business Tools for Thriving Artists and NonProfits, giving guidance for finding the tools and resources for building creativity into a business. RSVP here. When: August 25, 2017, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Where: Norwood Pharmacy Annex (enter on 133 St), 2490 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, New York, New York 10030

Andre Degas (Sponsored Project) Andre Degas’s House of Charity is a hyper realistic, racially and sexually charged drama set in a fast-paced working environment. The dark comedy addresses issue of addiction and recovery. Buy tickets. Running time: 90 minutes. Andre Degas’s film, Crossing the Line, is a NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship project. When: August 27, 2017 - September 13, 2017; See Showtimes. Where: Theater for the New City, Community Space Theater, 155 First Avenue, New York, New York 10003

caribBEING (Sponsored Organization) Visit caribBEING House at its month-long residency with the Brooklyn Museum and see the exhibition “Life with Basquiat” by Alexis Adler. When: Now through August 28, 2017 Where: Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor, Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238

Mary Mattingly (Sponsored Project) Visit Swale, an edible public food forest built atop a barge. When: Now through August 31, 2017, Fridays - Sundays, 1:00 - 7:00PM Where: Concrete Plant Park, Bronx, New York, 10472 (Bronx River bet. Westchester Ave. and Bruckner Blvd)

Sanford Biggers (Fellow in Performance ‘05) Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ‘01/Performance ‘05/Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) Clarissa T. Sligh (Fellow in Photography ‘88/’00/Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ‘05) There are a few weeks remaining to see the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition, The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America, which uses work from the Museum’s collection to spark conversation about the legacy of racial injustice in America today. When: Now through September 3, 2017 Where: Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor, Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238

Steed Taylor (Fellow in Painting ‘02/Sculpture ‘07) Sew and Sew is a 400-foot long road tattoo, stretching across two blocks of Broadway. It was commissioned by the Garment District Alliance with support from the NYC DOT Art Program. This section of Broadway will be vehicle-free, but viewers are invited to walk and bike over the work. When: Now through September 4, 2017 Where: Garment District Plaza, Broadway, between 41st Street & 36th Street, New York

Sanford Biggers (Fellow in Performance ‘05) LoVid (Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts ‘09) The Children’s Museum of the Arts presents Maker, Maker, a group exhibition that explores the recent explosion of D.I.Y. Maker culture and the expanding relationship between fine art and craft. When: Now - September 10, 2017 Where: Children’s Museum of the Arts, 103 Charlton Street, New York 10014

Lesley Dill (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ‘95) Mimi Gross (Fellow in Painting ‘85) Julie Heffernan (Fellow in Painting ‘96) Faith Ringgold (Fellow in Painting ‘88) Alison Saar (Fellow in Sculpture ‘85) Forum Gallery Inc. presents, Seeing With Our Own Eyes, a group exhibition of 24 paintings, drawings and sculptures representing works by progressive women artists. When: Now through September 29, 2017 Where: Forum Gallery, 475 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022

14 Sculptors Gallery (Sponsored Organization) 14 Sculptors Gallery joins the Rockaway art scene with their new exhibition, 14 Sculptures on the Rock. When: Now through October 9, 2017 Where: Rockaway Beach, 94th Street, Far Rockaway, New York 11693

Get out of town to see:

Marla Mossman (Sponsored Project) Marla Mossman will be giving a multimedia presentation at the Praxis Conference DC incorporating photographs and video footage from the Peace Caravan Project. The conference’s theme is Peacebuilding Among Youth in Conflict. Register for the event. When: Friday, August 18 - Saturday, August 19, 2017 Where: George Mason University, 3351 N. Fairfax Drive MSN 4D3 Arlington, VA 22201

Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ‘01/Performance ‘05/Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) I, Too, Am American, features artworks that tackle issues including the Civil Rights Movement, feminism, and LGBT rights, respectively, reminding us of how artists have responded to turbulent times throughout American history. When: August 18 - November 26, 2017 Where: John Brady Print Gallery, Des Moines Art Center, 4700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312

Chad Weckler (Sponsored Project) Hudson Summer Fest will be a day filled with festivities, live music, and food for the whole family. Buy tickets here. When: August 19, 2017 from 11:00AM - 7:00PM Where: Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, Hudson, New York

Liliana Porter (Fellow in Graphics ‘85/Film ‘99) Sicardi Gallery presents Liliana Porter: The Order of Things and Other Works, which includes a selection of installations, photographs, and mixed media work. This show coincides with Porter’s exhibition at the Arsenale in the 57th Venice Biennale. When: Extended through August 24, 2017 Where: Sicardi Gallery, 1506 West Alabama Street, Houston, Texas 77006

Kathleen Foster (Sponsored Project) See a screening of PROFILED, a timely documentary on racial profiling and police brutality. Panel discussion to follow. When: August 26, 2017 from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Where: The Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

Linda Mary Montano (Fellow in Conceptual/Performance Art ‘86) Oracle is a performance comprised of artists exploring themes of truth and spirituality during a time of anxiety, globalism, and absurdity. Buy Tickets Here. When: August 26, 2017, 8:30 PM Where: The Broad, 221 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90012

Boora Yoon (Fellow in Music/Sound ‘10) The 14th annual Carlsbad Music Festival is a 3-day summer celebration of adventurous music by the beach. Yoon will be performing as part of the Mainstage Concerts. When: August 25 - August 27, 2017 Where: Saint Michael’s by the Sea, 2775 Carlsbad Boulevard, Carlsbad, California 92008

Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ‘01/Performance ‘05/Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) Lenin Lives is a group show exploring the afterlife of the first Soviet leader, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyano-Lenin. The artists exhibited experiment with canonical images of Lenin, altering meaning and interpretation through different mediums.  When: August 17 - October 8, 2017; Opening reception: August 31, 2017, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Where: The Van Every/Smith Galleries, 315 North Main Street, Davidson, North Carolina 28035

Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ‘01/Performance ‘05/Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) Bold Disobedience is a group exhibition of artists demonstrating myriad social issues that matter to youths today. When: Now through September 1, 2017 Where: Weinberg/Newton Gallery, 300 West Superior Street, Suite 203, Chicago, Illinois 60654

Chang-Jin Lee (Sponsored Project) Chang-Jin Lee’s Comfort Women Wanted is a part of the exhibition, “Do the Right Thing: (dis)comfort women”. The exhibition reflects on the silence and dialogue by and about the women who were forced to become sex slaves by the Japanese Imperial Army before and during World War II. When: Now through September 3, 2017 Where: ReflectSpace, Downtown Central Library, 222 East Harvard Street, Glendale, California 91205

Andres Serrano (Fellow in Photography ‘87) Revealing Reality is the first large Dutch exhibition of Serrano’s work in twenty years, showcasing photographs drawn from his early series. When: Now through September 3, 2017 Where: Huis Marseille, Keizersgracht 401, 1016 EK Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dulce Pinzón (Fellow in Photography ‘06) Dioramas is a group exhibition that explores the diorama as an unexpected source of inspiration for contemporary art. When: Now through September 10, 2017 Where: Palais de Tokyo, 13 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris, France

New Releases to Enjoy at home:

Michael Placek (Sponsored Project) A short film, “A Walking History” is now available as premiered on Nowness. The film highlights artist Julian Schnabel as he reveals his new exhibition, “Paintings That I Hope Philip and David Would Like.” Placek is fiscally sponsored for his project Portrait of Yoko Ono. Where: Available on demand from Nowness.com

Jodi Savitz (Sponsored Project) Girl on Girl is a feature-length documentary that follows the stories of feminine lesbians who, even after coming out, feel invisible and stigmatized. A staff pick on Vimeo, this film delves into the stories and experiences of a diverse cast. When: Available now on demand. Where: Rent or purchase here.

Dread Scott (Fellow in Sculpture ‘01/Performance ‘05/Interdisciplinary Work ‘12) Scott is featured in a recent Newsweek article titled, “What It Means To Be Black In America: ‘Slavery Didn’t End in 1865. It Evolved,’” which discusses The Brooklyn Museum’s current exhibition, The Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America. When: Published July 29, 2017 Where: Online: Newsweek

Samira Abbassy (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ‘07) Kwesi Abbensetts (Fellow in Photography ‘16) Geoffrey Chadsey (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books ‘11) Sean Fader (Fellow in Photography ‘13) Michael Ferris Jr. (Fellow in Sculpture ‘09) Kymia Nawabi (Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts ‘09/’17) Oliver Wasow (Fellow in Photography ‘89/’00) Quiet Lunch Magazine highlights the current group show, Facial Profiling, curated by David C. Terry in collaboration with NYFA at C24 Gallery. Where: Online: “Facial Profiling. | Group Show at C24 Gallery,” Quiet Lunch

Kwesi Abbensetts (Fellow in Photography ‘16) Quiet Lunch Magazine spotlights Abbensetts’ recent first solo exhibition, Water Me, at Brilliant Champions Gallery. Where: Online: “Water Me. | Kwesi Abbensetts at Brilliant Champions Gallery,” Quiet Lunch

Patricia Horvath (Fellow in Nonfiction ‘07/Fiction ‘15) Published by Etruscan Press, Horvath’s memoir, All the Difference, follows her personal experiences, intertwined with the literature of physical transformation and how folk and fairy tales shape our attitudes towards the disabled.  Where: Etruscan Press and other retailers

Terry Berkowitz (Fellow in Photography ‘10) Francesc Torres (Fellow in Conceptual/Performance Art ‘86/Performance ‘01) Berkowitz and Torres are featured in La Voz de Galicia article, “Abundancia e parábola,” written by Francisco X. Fernández Naval. Where: Online; La Voz de Galicia

Martha Wilson (Fellow in Performance Art/Multidisciplinary Work ‘01) Wilson is featured in The Village Voice article “Leo Fitzpatrick: The Kid Stayed in the Picture,” written by Mallika Rao. Where: Online; The Village Voice

Fran Antmann (Sponsored Project) Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams was recently published by Nirala Publications. It is a unique book of photographs and writing that explores the power and mystery of indigenous healing practices among the Maya people of Guatemala. When: Available Now Where: Purchase here.

The NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship Program awards $7,000 grants to individual artists living and working in New York State, and NYFA’s Fiscal Sponsorship program enhances the fundraising capabilities of individual artists and emerging arts organizations.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for more events with NYFA affiliated artists. Also, don’t forget to like us on Facebook to see what current fiscally sponsored projects are up to! To receive more artist news updates, sign up for our biweekly newsletter, NYFA News.

Images, from top: courtesy of Kathleen Foster, project director of PROFILED (Sponsored Project). From film still and panel discussion for PROFILED in Brooklyn, NY 2016.  

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calendar of events: week of July 12, 2017

#ndn-video-player-1.ndn_embedded .ndn_floatContainer { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }#ndn-video-player-2.ndn_embedded .ndn_floatContainer { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; }Wednesday through Friday, July 12-17New Highland Baptist Church will explore God’s good gifts from 9 a.m. to noon through Vacation Bible School. Registration for children and volunteers ends Saturday, June 17. You can register on the church website at www.newhighlandbaptist.org. Registration ends early so that enough t-shirts for all pre-registered children and volunteers can be purchased. Make sure to sign-up early. Walk-up registrations will not include a t-shirt.Wednesday, July 12A Genealogy Research Trip to Washington, D.C., is scheduled with arrangements having been made to visit the National Archives, Library of Congress, Daughters of the American Revolution, and other sites. Those interested in making the bus trip may contact Anne Price at 804-874-2613 or anprice23@gmail.com for additional details.Friday, July 14Anthem Lemonade Stand is being hosted by LOH at Richmond Harley-Davidson at 12200 Harley Club Drive in Ashland from noon to 6 p.m. in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.Saturday, July 15Kickstart to Cure Cancer Benefit will raise money for the American Cancer Society at Richmond Harley-Davidson at 12200 Harley Club Drive in Ashland. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. for a Motorcycle Benefit Ride through Hanover County. Fees are $ 20 for the rider and $ 10 for the passenger. A Benefit Concert begins at 2 p.m and ends at 8 p.m. The concert admission fee is a minimum donation of $ 5.A Large Yard Sale, Bake Sale and Car Wash will be held from 7:30 a.m. to noon at Rural Point Baptist Church at 6548 Studley Rd. in Mechanicsville. All proceeds and donations will go to the Teen Prayer Advance Trip Fund. Rain date will be July 22. For more information, go to www.ruralpointbaptist.com.Sunday, July 16Anthem Lemonade Stand is being hosted by LOH at Richmond Harley-Davidson at 12200 Harley Club Drive in Ashland from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.Saturday, July 22American Legion Post 175 will sponsor a Community Breakfast from 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the Main Hall of the Post located at 8700 Bell Creek Drive in Mechanicsville. Diners may choose from a hearty buffet, which will include scrambled eggs, plain or blueberry pancakes, biscuits, sausage gravy, bacon, breakfast potatoes, grits, fried apples, coffee, tea and juice. The cost is $ 8 per person. Proceeds will go toward the many projects American Legion has for veterans and the youth of the community. Youth programs include Boy’s State, Girl’s State, American Legion Baseball, JROTC sponsorships, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Oratorical Contests, Essay Contests, and Junior Law Cadet Program.Sunday, July 30to Thursday, Aug. 3Vacation Bible School will be held from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. at the Mechanicsville Baptist Church.Saturday, Aug. 11The John Marshall High School Class of 1957 will hold its 60th Reunion from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Virginia Historical Society’s Bluford Room at 428 N. Blvd. in Richmond. Those interested in attending are encouraged to call Steven Pugh at 804-240-3443 or Judy Morris at 804-740-3030.Saturday and Sunday,Aug. 25-27Members of the 1977 Class of Lee-Davis High School will gather at the Omni Hotel in Richmond to celebrate their 40th reunion. Old friends and classmates are invited to attend. Also invited are the classes of 1975 and 1976. To register, go to Facebook Lee-Dais High School Class of 77. For more information, contact Mary Leber DeAtley at 804-524-0480 or marydeatley@yahoo.com or Elaine Wrenn at 804-387-6390.Families Anonymous Support Group meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Monday at the Episcopal Church of the Creator at 7159 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Mechanicsville. The group is a self-help fellowship for the friends and family members of addicts who are in need of understanding and healing themselves. For details, call Sandy at 804-730-4812 or email sandy.leigh@verizon.net.Overcomers Outreach and Women’s Codependency, a Christ-centered anonymous support program offering hope and healing for recovering alcoholics, addicts and their families meet every Monday at 7 p.m., at the Mechanicsville Christian Center at 8061 Shady Grove Road in Mechanicsville. For more information, call 804-366-9645 or email kjfaith1@gmail.com.Civil War re-enactors are wanted for the 12th Va. Inf. Reg’t, Co B. Members said they are “a family-oriented unit dedicated to providing a high degree of authenticity while honoring our ancestors. The group does small and large re-enactments, living history, and have a period dance group. For more information, call 804-512-2621.All Souls Episcopal Church celebrates Holy Eucharist, Rite II at 9:15 a.m. with Christian Education at 10:45 a.m. All Souls worships at Messiah Lutheran Church at 8154 Atlee Rd. in Mechanicsville. A nursery will be available for infants and toddlers. The Rev. Amelie Wilmer Minor is the Vicar. For more information, visit www.allsoulsva.org.A Healing and Recovery SS Class meets at 9 a.m. at the Walnut Grove Baptist Church at 7046 Cold Harbor Rd. in Mechanicsville. The class is for adults 18 and over and is an extension of the NorthStar community that also meets at 6 p.m. Fridays at the church. The Christian 12 Steps and Biblical wisdom are the basis of study and discussion to learn about God’s place in our lives. All are welcome. For more information, call 804-746-5081 or contact Craig Simpson at craigwgbc@gmail.com.The Hanover Concert Band rehearses from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday, mid-January through mid December, at the Hanover Arts and Activities Center at 500 S. Railroad Ave. in Ashland, just south of U.S. 54. Membership is open to anyone who can read music and play a non-string instrument. High school students are welcome with parents’ permission. For more information, visit www.hanoverconcertband.org or call 804-789-0536.The Rotary Club of Ashland meets at noon for lunch at the Henry Clay Inn at 114 N. Railroad Ave. in Ashland. For more information, contact Jennifer Fox at 804-314-2834 or jfox@barnesfamilylaw.com.Second MondaysThe WEB of Hope meets from 10 a.m. to noon at the Black Creek Baptist Church at 6289 McClellan Road in Mechanicsville. The WEB of Hope group meets to knit, crochet, sew and quilt for those that need assistance. For more information, Laurie Wagner at 804-781-0338.Third MondaysAlzheimer’s/Dementia support group for caregivers and others who want to help and encourage those who have loved ones with dementia illnesses meets at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of each month in Room E106 at Shady Grove United Methodist Church at 8209 Shady Grove Rd. in Mechanicsville. For more information, contact Jennifer Bean at 804-559-2805, Mark Elliott at 804-746-8288 or the church office at 804-746-9073.Second TuesdaysHanover Family Support Group, a support group for family members of a loved one with a mental illness, meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday evening of each month at the Ashland office of Hanover Community Services located at 12300 Washington Highway in Ashland. Attendees support one another, share experiences, challenges and resources and to advocate for their loved ones. For more information, contact Jennifer K. Edelman, LCSW, at 804-365-4145.The Hanover County Historical Society will be conducting free tours of the Old Hanover Courthouse on the Historic Courthouse Green from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every second Tuesday through December. The address is 13182 Hanover Courthouse Road in Hanover. For more information, visit http://www.hanoverhistorical.org/index.html.Second WednesdayThe Greater Richmond Alzheimer’s Association and the Hanover Adult Center will host a caregiver support group from 9:30 to 11 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Hanover Adult Center at 7231 Stonewall Parkway in Mechanicsville. The meetings will provide an opportunity for caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s to exchange coping skills and give mutual support. Co-facilitators are Vivian Bagby and Barbara Allen. For more information, call the Greater Richmond Alzheimer’s Association chapter at 804-967-2580.Third WednesdayThe Mechanicsville Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. at Calabash and the first Wednesday of the month as a volunteer opportunity to help with a bingo game for the veterans at McGuire Medical Center. For more information, contact Pam Bartle at 804-730-0427 or Rick Starling at 804-550-1112..First ThursdayHillcrest Baptist Church will host First Thursday Hymn Sing at 10 a.m. on the corner of U.S. 301 and Hillcrest Road. The morning will include the singing of old hymns and a snack lunch. For more information, call 804-730-1500.Second ThursdayIf gardening is your passion or hobby, consider attending the Hanover Towne Gardening Club. The Hanover Towne Garden Club meets the second Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Hanover Evangelical Friends Church at 6420 Mechanicsville Tpk. (back entrance) in Mechanicsville. Educational programs on a variety of gardening topics are presented monthly. Guests are welcome to attend. For more information, contact hanovertownegc2@gmail.com.Third ThursdayMOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) meets monthly for mutual support, networking and social events at 6:30 p.m. at the Walnut Grove Baptist Church. There are topical discussions, snacks and crafts, and childcare is provided. They also plan Moms’ Night Out, kids play time and other fun activities. MOPS is an international organization, created for mothers with children age 0 to 5. The WGBC chapter meets in the evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in order to accommodate working moms. For more information, contact the church office at 804-746-5081.First SaturdayA buffet breakfast including salt fish, bacon, eggs, grits, sausage gravy, hash browns and apples will be held from 8 to 9:30 a.m. (October through March) at the Enon UMC at 6156 Studley Rd. in Mechanicsville. The cost is $ 8 for adults. There is no fee for children 12 and under. 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