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  • Sanctuary for Families

    Sanctuary for Families

    June 2019

    Sanctuary for Families This week, we hosted Alexi and Rebecca from Sanctuary for Families - the largest legal service provider for survivors of gender-based violence including sex trafficking in NY state....

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  • Tiny Pricks Project

    Tiny Pricks Project

    June 2019

    Tiny Pricks Project In case you missed it, our Bleecker store got a new summer lewk and we are super excited about it!  We welcomed the Tiny Pricks Project - a public...

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  • Rachelle's Reading List

    Rachelle's Reading List

    June 2019

    The things I'm into this week, here goes: Today is World Refugee Day and, at a time when the number of children, women and men uprooted by wars and persecution has...

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  • What The World Needs Now, Is Joy And Resistance!

    What The World Needs Now, Is Joy And Resistance!

    June 2019

    Diana and I last night, in front of the Tiny Pricks pieces which have overtaken our store! Photo by @youngwomeninthearts. A Common Thread Last night, at our store on Bleecker...

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  • You're Invited June 17th: Sanctuary for Families Discussion

    You're Invited June 17th: Sanctuary for Families Discussion

    June 2019

    You're Invited: Sanctuary for Families with Alexi Ashe Meyers and Rebecca Dince Zipkin Join us Monday, June 17th for a discussion with Alexi Ashe Meyers and Rebecca Dince Zipkin on their...

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  • Rachelle's Reading List

    Rachelle's Reading List

    June 2019

    I try to keep this part of my emails free of Presidential news - my attempt to offer up a little, hopefully regenerative break from #45 and the never-ending barrage...

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  • The Best Thing You Will See All Summer (And Maybe Ever).

    The Best Thing You Will See All Summer (And Maybe Ever).

    June 2019

    Stitching Together I have a fun story for you. The above is one of over 700 hand-embroidered textiles pieces that make up the incredible Tiny Pricks Project.  My friend, Diana Weymar,...

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  • You're Invited: NYPL + Stonewall Uprising

    You're Invited: NYPL + Stonewall Uprising

    June 2019

    You're Invited: NYPL + Stonewall Uprising Join us next Wednesday when we'll host the New York Public Library's Jason Baumann, and Eric Marcus of the podcast "Making Gay History" for a...

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  • Surfing In Cashmere

    June 2019

      Honoring the history of surfing in cashmere... Janet MacPherson, my mother-in-law and muse, is a trailblazer for female surfers and is still surfing in her 80s (!). She tells stories...

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  • Rachelle's Reading List

    Rachelle's Reading List

    May 2019

    Here are some of the things I've been into this week. Yesterday I welcomed authors and former Obama White House staffers Andrea R. Flores, Eleanor Celeste, and Molly Dillon into...

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  • Love is Love

    Love is Love

    May 2019

    Love is Love June marks the start of Pride month, and it's particularly exciting this year, especially as a New Yorker. Our city is playing host to the largest Pride...

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  • Yes She Can Invitation!

    Yes She Can Invitation!

    May 2019

    I'm so excited to host the authors of the book YES SHE CAN - an intimate look at Obama's presidency through the eyes of some of the young women who...

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