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Sanctuary for Families
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 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
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!
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: 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
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).
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 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
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
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 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!
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...