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View of Road and Fall Trees

This Thanksgiving, Noticing the Good

November 30, 2017 Marita Anderson Essays

Many of us, who dedicate our lives to non-profit work and social entrepreneurship, have spent the past year in a perpetual state of frustration. Our country’s deeply divisive political climate and the innumerable losses progressives have suffered can make the practice of gratitude during Thanksgiving

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Seeing Thanksgiving as a Sanctuary in Time

November 27, 2016 Marita Anderson Essays

As we prepare to gather in our homes for Thanksgiving, I have heard from several friends who are filled with anxiety about their time with family members who hold a different version of what is best for our country. This year, the holiday stress is

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Thanksgiving

What’s my name? Thanksgiving

November 24, 2014 Marita Anderson Essays

I was born in Soviet Ukraine at a time when people were stripped of their spiritual rights and forced to conform to a colorless mass that was communism. How did I know that I was Jewish? It was written in the passports and legal documents of

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