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You Call Yourself a Christian
By Frankie Trujillo Theory: Congressional leadership bears more responsibility than rank and file membership; a senator or congressman bears more responsibility than an intern; a journalist more responsibility than a reader; a pastor more responsibility than a congregant; a teacher more responsibility than a student; a parent more responsibility than a child. And no one…
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A School Principal’s Message: A Parable of Character, Conscience, and the Courage to Build Bridges
A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE: A Parable of Character, Conscience, and the Courage to Build Bridges by Frankie Trujillo PART I: THE MESSAGE The setting: A modern American high school. A conference room. Forty students, grades nine through twelve, sit around a long table. They are different in nearly every conceivable way—race, culture, ability, identity, circumstance,…
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This, Our Rubicon
This, Our Rubicon By Frankie Trujillo Liar, liar, pants on fire, Liar, liar, you election denier. You, who conspire with election deniers. You can’t deny being in bed with liars. Congress in shambles, divide and wrangle; Leadership spreading lies underneath our eyes; Stealing our voice, giving us no choice; Disrespecting the votes, betraying our hopes;…
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You Have Got to Hold Your Congressman Accountable!
YOU HAVE GOT TO HOLD YOUR CONGRESSMAN ACCOUNTABLE! A Do-Harm Congress, a Democracy at Stake, and the Bridge to Our Future By Frankie Trujillo If Ben Cartwright, the principled patriarch of Bonanza, had watched an elected official abandon his responsibilities to appease a powerful man, I suspect he would have had a thing or two…
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Mammas, Do Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
RdC pdf Mammas Do Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys By Frankie Trujillo Family sure used to be fun. Gathered together, old and young. In the fifties and sixties, it was a whole lot easier back then to get along. You knew your neighbors. You knew when they wanted to visit; you knew…
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Human Kindness by Frankie Trujillo Zest, hope, and humor, That is what you need, yes, Zest, hope, and humor, That is what you need. But without thoughtfulness and perseverance, The best of you may never come to be. And human kindness, human kindness. Honesty and colorblindness, That is what you need, yes, Honesty and colorblindness,…
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