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Battle in Heaven (2005) Carlos Reygadas 10-03-2019 Quite a strange story that builds to a shocking end

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Battle in Heaven | Carlos Reygadas | 2005

Anapola Mushkadiz, Marcos Hernández, David Bornstein

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A King's Betrayal (David Bornstein, 2014)

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David Bornstein: Solutions Journalism Explained

David Bornstein’s fact based opinions on framing solutions at the core of social issue journalism generated a storm of reflection on the stories and leads I need to resonate with in San Francisco covering urban area extreme poverty. The published pieces must balance the scale of holding people’s feet to the fire, against the pressing need for engagement by people on the sidelines, paved with the essence of journalism – fact based stories that intrigue the reader, the viewer, the listener.

This 10-minute radio interview isn’t just for journalists, it’s for anyone that is compelled to make a difference in our world by using techniques that move the social change needle in the direction of humanity and civil rights. It’s a thought provoking salvo against fear driven and entertainment focused standard media coverage.

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News We Need to Hear

News We Need to Hear

In keeping with our theme of goal-setting, I feel as though it’s also important to revisit one’s sense of purpose at the start of the New Year. Last week, my brilliant sister, Erin, sent me a New York Times article that perfectly encapsulates my Lady Collective goals for 2015.

In “News We Need to Hear,” columnist David Bornstein reflects on the five years he’s spent writing Fixes, an op-ed column…

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Where Does Moral Courage Come From?

By David Bornstein  |  DEC. 18, 2014

Strategies that work to effect social change and improve lives include a common and fundamental ingredient: the human ability to imagine that wrongs can be righted, and the belief that change can happen.

Read the article at http://nyti.ms/1wJjnhX

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Schools That Separate the Child From the Trauma

By DAVID BORNSTEIN

Recently, I reported on the damaging effects that prolonged stress can have on young children who lack adequate protection from adults. Over the past 15 years, researchers have learned that highly stressful — and potentially traumatic — childhood experiences are more prevalent than previously understood. Now scientists are shedding light on the mechanisms by which they change the brain and body. These insights have far-reaching implications for schools, where it’s still standard practice to punish children for misbehavior that they often do not know how to control. This is comparable to punishing a child for having a seizure; it adds to the suffering and makes matters worse.

What good are the best teachers or schools if the most vulnerable kids feel so unsafe that they are unavailable to learn?

Thankfully, some places are getting smarter. “The hot spots in education are Massachusetts and Washington State,” explains Jane Stevens, a health and science journalist who edits ACES Too High, an excellent website containing a wealth of information about “adverse childhood experiences” (ACEs) and the effects of stress and trauma on children. “Educators understand that the behavior of children who act out is not willful or defiant, but is in fact a normal response to toxic stress. And the way to help children is to create an environment in which they feel safe and can build resilience.” This is not a small issue in education. A great many students come to school with emotional and behavioral difficulties that pose serious barriers to their learning. In a study (pdf) of 2,100 elementary students in 10 schools in Spokane, Wash., for example, researchers from Washington State University found that more than 20 percent had two or more ACEs (experiences that include having been homeless, witnessing domestic violence or having a parent who uses drugs or is incarcerated). Compared with children with no known stresses, these kids are two to four times more likely to have problems with attendance, behavior, academics and health. As the number of ACEs increase, the students fare considerably worse on all counts...

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Identify the voice that inhibits you, familiarize yourself with it, call it Alfred, and tell it to shut up.

David Bornstein, writer for the New York Times Fixes column, founder of Dowser.org, and author of "How to Change the World" on how to overcome your own fears.