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Written Conversation with Queen Sugar star Tina LiffordNov 23, 5-7pm Auburn Avenue Research LibraryAn inspiring and illuminating guide to true self care, from the sage teacher and breakout star of the critically acclaimed drama, Queen Sugar, from Executive Producers Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay for OWN.
In all your years of schooling, did you ever take a single class that explained how to navigate the hurt, drama, and fear that come with living? Tina Lifford sure didn’t. She learned the hard way—through experience as both a Hollywood actress and as the founder of the personal development network The Inner Fitness Project. Now, she brings together her own hard-won insights as well as those of her clients in this helpful and transformative guide. A blend of personal anecdotes and meaningful, practical—and most important, actionable—advice, The Little Book of Big Lies is the life skills class you need to nurture the inner you and move beyond the past. In fourteen raw, personal stories, Tina teaches you how to change your self-perception—to see yourself in the best possible light, to love and honor what you see, and to forge a new sense of what’s possible in every aspect of your life. But make no mistake, The Little Book of Big Lies is not a “rah-rah” quick fix for fear and pain. Like physical fitness, building and maintaining emotional strength requires continued effort. This invaluable book is the foundation you need to start building inner health and well-being so you can thrive. Tina guides you on a journey of self-discovery that will help you turn shame into self-acceptance, self-rejection into self-love, blame into freedom, and old hurt into power. Wise and powerful, The Little Book of Big Lies will completely change how you think and live. Written Magazine, Hammonds House Museum, and Auburn Avenue Research Library
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tags that exceed $60,000, the American classic was a monument of pride and achievement. Now the sound of the classic motors is muted from the bass, treble and subwoofer from Kia and Mercedes Benz newly imported cars which are available to the elite in an economy that is Socialist in its design, yet almost caste like in its execution. The Socialist economy of pre-President Obama Cuba was one of slow, often stifling innovation. Now, Cubans are able to apply for permits for AirBNB rentals, neighborhood cafes and independent cab drivers. The hybrid government partner entrepreneurship allows for an emerging elite and middle class Cubans who will want amenities to accompany their new found economic status, that more closely resembles Capitalism than its Socialist enemy. And when you speak to Cubans the generation that remembers the good and not so good of Fidel’s regime, you hear the pride of a country that fought for freedom, combined with the longing of a Cuba that continues to be free of the trappings of other societies that are often purchased and traded for corporate or government desire. “Cuba is Communist,” our guide Earnesto commented. “The people are not,” The biggest change that most Cubans say that has challenged the country the most is the arrival of the Americans. Once considered the enemy of Cuba and everything it valued, the tourist Visas are flying through Cuba’s custom department, which requires different resources - more schools to teach English to Cubans in all industries as the non-Spanish speaking foreigners infiltrate a land, that was once only one language. And as the language barrier dissipates, so do the misconceptions from decades of distrust between the two countries. “Americans are smart and nice,” said Ernesto. “Not like in the movie where there is a lot of drunk people and fighting.” Ernesto, has a sister, who married an American and was now living in Miami. He was hoping to visit Florida to see her and his nephew soon. His English was helping him with that process and making his cab business a lucrative occupation. “Cuba has to change,” said Ernesto. “I want us to stay independent, but we have to change. This system is not working.” The struggle of change and independence will be a difficult one for Cuba. Only time will tale if both are possible. Don’t miss this wonderful event! |
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