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Back to School, Back to Reality: Why Our Students Need This Literacy and Life Skills Curriculum Now More Than Ever

Summer Owens — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 01:22:35 +0000

As the school bells ring and students walk through the doors of schools across the country, backpacks are full of new notebooks, sharpened pencils, and hopeful expectations. But too many of those same students are carrying something heavier—trauma, uncertainty, fear, and deep emotional wounds no school supply can fix. I’ve spent over a decade in […]

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Celebrating Grandparents Day: How I Turned Grief Into Something Grief On My Grandparents Day First Without My Grandmas

Summer Owens — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:05:48 +0000

This Grandparents Day is bittersweet for me. It’s the first one without my grandmothers, Agnes Idella “Dorothy” Jones Owens and Ocie Lee Woods Williams, who both transitioned this year. They were two of the strongest, wisest women I’ve ever known, and they lived nearly a century each, shaping my life with love, resilience, and humor. […]

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