$50 GIFT CARD PRIZE to the WINNER:
For everyone still stuck inside.
For everyone who needs to be a kid again, just for an hour or two.
For everyone who IS a kid.
Let’s make some kickass blanket forts.
For so long you said "We better because of your skin."
Then you said "We hate you because of your skin"
Now you say "Allow amnesia to take its toll and forget you have melanin."
In other words, "Forget the history of your kin."
Bang bang another casualty
A poem by a local African American, articulating what many of us are trying to understand
+ new art series and accompanying thoughts by the artist and the toad editor
This photo essay is a re-release that covers the aftermath of the Joplin Tornado in 5 categories: destruction, victims, volunteers, signs/humor, and rebuilding.
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What a former Joplin resident learned about responding to disaster. Thoughts garnered from the aftermath of the May 22nd tornado, applied all over again in these new trying times.
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