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“As long as light shines” by Lemn Sissay

Posted on June 7, 2024 by agogo22

  The poem “As long as light shines” is an original poem written by Lemn Sissay commissioned by the BBC. To watch D-Day 80 – Tribute to the Fallen in full, go to BBC iplayer. #DDay80 […]

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Pope recalls Shoah, condemns nationalism

Posted on January 27, 2021 by agogo22

The Holocaust Wikipedia The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds … Continue reading →

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The making of a tree

Posted on February 3, 2019 by agogo22

Watch as Ryan’s Reading Tree is assembled in the Children’s room at the Modesto Library

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Swallowed By the Waves: Remembering Tohoku 2011

Posted on March 12, 2016 by agogo22

Five years ago, I woke to a text from my sister that there had been an earthquake in Japan. I thought little of it, lying in my bed in Ohio. Only a few weeks beforehand, an earthquake there had appeared … Continue reading →

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