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Welcome to Let Kids Be Kids advocacy blog. Our goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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Tag: USA

Hunting Bears in their Dens!!!!!!!

I won’t share what I’m actually thinking as I am too angry to be civil. C’mon America, We Deserve Better. … More

Alaska, Bears, Conservation NW, endangered species, environment, Friends, Nature, Research, Sierra Club, USA

‘A Strange Feeling’: Owner Of Seattle’s Bop Street Records Reflects On Closing Shop After 30 Years

I wasn’t paying attention when this story ran on CBS news the other night. Half way through the broadcast I … More

Bop Street Records, Coronavirus, Dave Voorhees, Economics, entertainment, Friends, life, loss, Seattle stories, USA

During the Vietnam War, the women who served on special Pan AM flights flew into a war zone to transport soldiers. Have they been forgotten?

So much history about this war is fading away. We hear how the coronavirus has killed more than those killed … More

compassion, Courage, history, life, Pan Am airlines, Politics, USA, Viet Nam war

Travels with John Conway, in 258 Septillion Dimensions

The Princeton mathemagician, who died in April, left an engaging legacy of numerical gamesmanship. Dots and Boxes, invented in the … More

art, Education, Essay, gamesmanship, genius, history, John Conway, Princeton, Research, Science, Scientific American, training, USA

President Obama’s Speech to HBCU Grads

On 16 May 2020 President Obama delivered the following to graduating HBCU students. **** “Hi, everybody. Congratulations to H.B.C.U. class … More

Economics, Education, environment, Friends, health, history, HS Graduates of 2020, life, Politics, President Obama, truth, USA

The New England Vampire Panic Was Very Real and Very Deadly

Nathan Chandler     Apr 16, 2020   History & Myth “It was a scene only Dracula and his blood-spattered ilk could … More

Consumption, fear, health, history, lore, New England, Politics, Research, Tuberculosis, USA, Vampires

6 Things We Still Thank Teddy Roosevelt for Today

If you’ve been fortunate enough to have traveled around the country, I’ll guess, at times, you’re amazed by the foresight … More

adventure, Conservation, environment, history, life, national parks, Teddy Roosevelt, US Forest Service, USA, Yellowstone

“Smallpox 2020” Blackfeet Nation fears impact of COVID-19 in Montana

As coronavirus edges closer to Browning, Blackfeet tribal members dread its inevitable infiltration. Nora Mabie – Great Falls Tribune – … More

Blackfeet, Browning Montana, Coronavirus, Economics, environment, Great Falls Tribune, health, history, Indian Health Service, life, Montana Department of Publi Health, Science, testing, USA

A Life on and Off the Navajo Nation

The reservation has more coronavirus cases per capita than any state in the country. By Wahleah Johns – 13 May … More

Economics, environment, Essay, health, history, life, Navajo Nation, Opinion, Politics, truth, USA, viruses

She dreamed of leading the Navajo Nation ‘with respect and dignity.’ Then she caught covid-19.

So many stories of loss from all over the country. Marisa Iati  – May 9, 2020 – Washington Post “An … More

Covid19, Diné College, Friends, history, life, loss, Native Americans, Navajo Nation, survival, USA, Valentina Blackhorse

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