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Chicago Journalist, Author Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk, Explores How Dominican Literary Center Taught Immigrant Women Freedom, Confidence Through English Lessons
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Since 1993, the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora has been a trusted resource offering one-to-one tutoring to immigrants wanting to learn English and to help them become citizens in their new homeland. Led by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, the center has become a place offering inspiration, hope, confidence, comfort and safety for those escaping the many stressful and dangerous situations that many immigrants, especially women, face.
Chicago-based author and journalist Anna Marie Kukec Tomczyk debuts her new book “We Are Eagles: Inspiring Stories of Immigrant Women Who Took Bold Steps in Life Through Literacy.”
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Reserve today for multiple best-selling author Judi Hollis, Ph.D., who will visit the IWOSC Westside Satellite, on March 20, 12:30 Pacific on Zoom. And fasten your seatbelt, as she ll share her insights candidly â gleaned from a writer s journey that has lasted decades.
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From Bagels to Buddha, a memoir by best-selling author Judi Hollis PhD, you may notice essential qualities that help fuel author success â grit, tenacity and egotism. The fun part is that she shares these aspects of herself in the book with humor and self-awareness. Â
What else leads to long-term author success? You ve got to be a tiger mom about your book, she advises, Because nobody cares about it as much as you do.
Krishnan writes (I’ve condensed for clarity):
I didn’t want my very first issue to be about this, but here we are. As per usual, instead of listening to actual experts, my friends keep asking if they should be worried about Covid-19. To remind everyone, to the sadness of my parents I am not a doctor or public health person, just a thinkboi. But I figured I would just put this down in a newsletter.
Things I know:
I am not an expert on this.
You should listen to actual experts on this and not vigilante epidemiologists on Twitter. Spreading misinformation is exactly how sh t is going to hit the fan and makes it difficult to organize a coordinated response. In fact I would say it’s a history of fear mongering and misinformation around public health issues that’s made the public extremely confused about when they should be very seriously preparing. A true “boy who cried wolf” scenario taking place.