c/o Ellen Sirleaf
A few notes:
- I’ve known GOLES for years now, and they do great work empowering the Lower East Side. Please consider donating to them. [GOLES]
- John Steinbeck offers advice and non-advice for writers. You’ll love it. [BrainPicker]
- Something to pay attention to: Puerto Rico seeks to define its relationship with the United States. [AP]
- Students learn how to make college affordable. [Santa Maria Times]
- Which state has the best public schools? Mitt Romney better check himself. [Washington Post]
Quotable:
Headline I’d love to see: Courageous New Yorkers Remove Sandbags from Goldman Sachs, Bring Them to the Projects pic.twitter.com/RuGizEZo
- @kade_ellis
Headline I’d love to see: Courageous New Yorkers Remove Sandbags from Goldman Sachs, Bring Them to the Projects twitter.com/DailyIntel/sta…
— kade ellis (@onekade) October 29, 2012
Jose, who reaches 1,000 posts on this blog tomorrow …
My name is Jose Luis Vilson, teacher, writer, public speaker, activist, Syracuse University and City College grad, poet, hip-hop enthusiast, and (certainly not least) father. I've been featured at CNN, Huffington Post, Education Week, Scholastic, TEDx, and GOOD Magazine. For more, 
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Some know me as Jose. Others as Mr. V. Educator, writer, activist, and father. Here I'll be posting thoughts in all those voices. 
Jose Vilson
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