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Language, Culture and the Search for Summer Camps

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“What camps are your kids doing this summer?”

It’s the question that comes up during any mom conversation at this time of year. As soon as the Christmas decorations come down, the brochures start arriving in the mail

Wine and cupcakes for Japan

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No, not together! But this will be a busy weekend for fundraising to help the survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan.

Paper Cranes for Japan

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In Japanese culture, origami paper cranes symbolize hope and wishes granted. Legend has it that if a person folds one thousand cranes, their wishes would be fulfilled.

March Madness, Adventure Guides Pinewood Derby

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The third of month of the year, I know to give my husband some space. It’s the time of year when men engage in the weeks-long attempt to prove their manhood in primitive feats of strength. Especially if it involves beer, swearing, and power tools.

It’s Pinewood Derby time.

A Mama’s view of the offensive UCLA video

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My earliest memory of racism occured when I was only about four years old. I was sitting on a slide at a park in the Midwestern town where my parents were graduate students. My mother and father must have been across a field at the picnic tables, when a group of young men — probably in their teens or twenties — came by and made “ching chong” noises at me.

International Women’s Day

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Did you know March 8 is International Women’s Day? The event has been celebrated for more than 100 years to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women.