Do you want to know how to help in an emergency? Maybe someone on your gift list does? Sign up for a first aid, emergency responder or CPR class to learn some basic life-giving skills. Should you really apply pressure to a gunshot wound? How fast should you do chest compressions, and does it really work? Take a class and find out!
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Fascism relies on fear to control. To sow sufficient fear, they threaten people with inhumane treatment or death. They can’t start with everyone, though, or they’d be overthrown immediately. Instead they choose groups the general public already harbors doubts about. They whip up latent fears about communities already occupying the fringes of society until they can treat them as sub-human…then they expand the target groups. Fight back by rooting out dehumanizing language anywhere you find it.
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Be a good ally to co-workers and students in other cultures by including their traditions in work scheduling, holiday parties, and more. DEC14-22nd is Hannukah. Let Jewish employees leave a little early, if you can, to leave time for family celebrations and candle lighting.
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Prices are up across the board, tariffs are hitting the holidays hard, and we face a new shutdown in February. If you have not already tightened your budget, now is the time to do it. Be particularly cautious about overspending during the holiday season. Fortify your resources to survive what is likely to be a chaotic economy for some time.
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Put other communities’ holidays on your calendar, and post culturally appropriate greetings. Attend events or shop at craft fairs. Expose yourself to other traditions through the holiday season!
HANUKKAH STARTS TONIGHT: DEC14-22
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Hate crimes against Jewish people are at an all-time high in America. A poll in February found more than half of American Jews have changed behaviors to avoid antisemitism. Almost one third report avoiding overtly Jewish events out of fear. So this year, find out if your town has a Channukah event (DEC14-21), and go stand with your Jewish neighbors. Let them know everyone deserve to celebrate holidays in joy and safety.
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