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Still Counting

Posted on September 28, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Minneapolis based writer Tami Mohamed Brown provides personal reflections prompted by the 10 year anniversary of our nation at war in this story for the Minnesota Women’s Press: Sept. 11, 2011-Oct. 7, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of our nation continuously at … Continue reading →

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Self Organizing in the Name of the Powerless

Posted on September 27, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

      Debra Sweet is the Director of World Can’t Wait, an organization that has focused on a range of issues related to the wars of the past decade. She’s based in NYC, where many groups are mobilizing around … Continue reading →

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STEPPING OUTSIDE FOR PEACE

Posted on September 26, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

This spring, twelve months after 10 Years + Counting was imagined at lunch during the Costs of War Residency at Blue Mountain Center, BMC hosted a conference to make 10YAC real and make it count: How could we use art … Continue reading →

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Poetry of Provocation and Witness from Split This Rock: Poem # 14

Posted on September 24, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Greetings from the War    I will greet you with flowers no matter how many bullets you bring.    I will greet you with bullets because the flowers you greet me with are from my garden.    I will greet … Continue reading →

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Looking at War: An Essay on Why Art Matters

Posted on September 22, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Minneapolis curator and arts writer Tricia Khutoretsky on why art matters: I’m not an army veteran. I’m not a politician. I’m not an activist or a lobbyist. I’ve never been to Afghanistan or Iraq. And yet, I can picture what … Continue reading →

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What Am I/you/…what are WE…/ Waiting for, America?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Blue Mountain Center executive director Harriet Barlow reflects upon the mounting costs of 10 years of war, and where we stand today: In the midst of the consequence and sorrow of this 10th anniversary of the period between 9/11 and … Continue reading →

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Poetry of Provocation and Witness from Split This Rock: Poem #13

Posted on September 20, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

The Bomb That Fell On Abdu’s Farm The Phantoms approached, we were told, like warps in the sky, like gossip gone real, aimed in steel at the eyes of the village. All the farmers and farmers’ boys ran to the … Continue reading →

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The Pausing City: The Met Museum’s 9/11 Commemorative Concert

Posted on September 19, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Cheyenna Weber is the National Organizer for 10 Years + Counting. She wrote this reflection of her experience at a 9/11 concert. She lives in Brooklyn. I woke uneasy on the 10th anniversary, slid my toes into new and stiffly … Continue reading →

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A Citizen Artist in a Country at War

Posted on September 15, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Artist and organizer Camille Gage writes about art, activism, and the story of 10 Years + Counting:  “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but … Continue reading →

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The Impact of War : Guest Post from High School Blogger Stanley Kirshner Breen

Posted on September 14, 2011 by 10yearsandcounting

Stanley Breen is a high school blogger for 10YAC from Southwest High School in Minneapolis, MN who is featured on Mike’s High School News. Since the beginning of time, art has been used to express thoughts on war. From cave paintings to … Continue reading →

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