The common good and the general welfare require publicly accessible libraries in order for our society to become more fully inclusive for all of us. Public libraries, conventional brick-and-mortar, as well as newer sorts of libraries, like Tiny Libraries and internet based libraries like that of Project Gutenberg and The Archive (thank you Canada, for hosting it!), are all important repositories of freely available knowledge. For brevity, some work listed below is shown first in grid form:
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Nonfiction |
Fiction |
Works In Progress |
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Books |
Stayed on Freedom’s Call, with link to PDF on The Archive, (or the pdf here on WP) Do Better: Enough For All in 70 Years – now done and available as epub, mobi, or PDF Mphil Thesis: Shared Monetary Governance |
readable practice novel Hubris and Hemlock, NaNoWriMo 2012 draft, Creator: Friend or Foe (a practice novel, abandoned…) Ann and Anna series prequel as a novella: 9798215967898 |
Who By Fire -I Will: Historical Novel WiP |
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Series/Articles |
Public Financial Knowledge Series 2 IJCCR articles: (Lit. Review and Theoretical), Wesley UMC talk handout, Sel2Mer handout, Reeh class handout |
Meet The Chars of Who By Fire (to be linked…) |
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Short Prose Narratives |
Standing in the Gap (aka Brolly Lady…), Any Landing You Can Walk Away From… Tours Worth Marching I, and part II Jaw, |
All of my published works (my thesis and my non-fiction book on the history of Black-Jewish cooperation in DC), are available in multiple public libraries as well as the Internet Archive’s Open Library, and both of my practice novels are available in a library of sorts: my media library here on WordPress.
Publications, Classes, etc.
PUBLICATIONS and article (academic) Reviews
Book: Stayed on Freedom’s Call March, 2014
Article: “Black and Jewish Cultures in Washington, DC: Shared History and Shared Mandate” Tifereth Israel Menorah, September 2013
Article: “Chayei Sarah & Toldot: Authoritative vs. Organic Processes ” Tifereth Israel Menorah, January 2011
Peer review of article submitted for publication in journal IJCCR, November, 2011
Article: “Widening the Sukkah: the Occupy Wall Street Movement and Shared Monetary Governance” Gather the Jews ezine, October 31, 2011
Article: ‘MONEY AND PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE‘ International Journal of Community Currency Research 15(A) ISSN 1325-9547, 2011
Article: ‘A Theoretical Framework for Shared Monetary Governance’ International Journal of Community Currency Research 15(A) ISSN 1325-9547, 2011
Book: “Shared Monetary Governance”, ISBN 978-3-639-26780-8, VDM Publishing, August, 2010 MPhil Dissertation, June 2010, Social Policy, University of Bath, ILL: The British Library. (peer reviewed here…)
WORKSHOPS TAUGHT
Mediterranean Dance in Historical Context, and, Intro. to Family History Research, both taught at UU All-Church camp, June, 2018, as part of 1st UU church, San Diego, CA
“Community Debt Remission,” DC Beit Midrash, 20 August 2012, Washington DC JCC
Economic Democracy, seminar, 5 and 12 April, 2012, DC Social Forum, Washington, DC
“Shared Monetary Governance and Economic Democracy as 1/2 of Participatory Democracy”, Occupy DC, 13 November 2011, seminars at both Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square, Washington, DC.
“Community Building and Shavuot,” DC Beit Midrash, 6 June 2011, JCC Washington
“Mishnah Gittin and Community Empowerment via Local Currencies “Mifnei Tikkun Ha-Olam””, DC Beit Midrash, 16 August 2010, JCC Washington, DC
“Green Money and Community Empowerment: Local Currencies as a project of Tikkun Olam”, Adas Israel, Tikkun Leil Shavuot, May 18th-19th 2010, Washington DC
Greek Folk dance classes for community via BathLETS in Bath, England and la Casa de la Cultura in Puerto Morelos, Mexico, 2007, 2009
1 hour classes on Tablet Weaving and “Why Barcelona is Really a French Town” taught at annual SCA Pennsic Wars, 1998, Western Pennsylvania, USA
Tutoring fellow student pilots at Tuskegee Airfield for Negro Airmen International, 1986
SINGING ENGAGEMENTS
Mrs. Herron Ford´s Theatre song reenactment of Marian Anderson’s 1939 Easter Concert, 22 July, 2012
“Occupy Shabbat” Niggun requests: Jewish Occupy DC., Friday, 11 November, 2011.
Jerusalem Day Performance: Ring House Senior Center, Rockville, MD, June 2nd 2011.
Melodic appearance, Stagehand and Director´s Assistant for script blocking as Frida Kahlo: “Variations on the Death of Trotsky” Theater at First, Somerville, MA 2004.
PRESENTATIONS / TALKS
Shabbat Chol HaMoed Pesach Drash, “Passover and How Time Banking can Ameliorate Modern Day Slavery” Classic Residences, Chevy Chase, MD, March 29th, 2013
Dvar Torah for Parashat Reéh, on Time Banks as Part Two of Community Empowerment, Tiffereth Israel Synagogue, Washington, DC, August 27th, 2011.
“Community Empowerment via Time Banks” , Wesley UMC, Washington, DC, March 27th, 2011.
Dvar Tikkun on “TakomaTime”, Tikkun Leil Shabbat (TLS), Washington, DC, December 17th, 2010.
Parashat Re´eh -“Time Banks: Loan Remission Step Two”, Dvar Torah at Adas Israel´s Traditional Egalitarian Minyan, Washington, DC, August 7th, 2010
“La Gobernanza Compartida del Dinero”, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico, June, 2009
“Community Empowerment through Local Currencies” at The Bell, Bath, UK, July 2010
“Shared Monetary Governance” Poster Presentation at 2008 Heterodox Economics Conference, Cambridge, UK, July 2008
Departmental presentations: Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, 2007, 2008, 2009
“Is Nothing Sacred?” Storvik Storytelling competition, Post-Pennsic Dessert, MD, 1998
Community Organizing and Outreach
The “Community Arranged Marriage Cooperative Project” begun February, 2013
Grant Applications Advisory Review Panelist for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ FY13 Community Arts Grant Round #2 (CAG), March, 2013
Planning and facilitating “Family Values through Film and Babylon 5” series, 2011, 2013
Planned, hosted and facilitated:
“The Princess Bride” film and discussion Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
“Muppet Treasure Island” film and discussion Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Founder and facilitator: telephone-based Interfaith Prayer Circle, 2010 to present
Planned, hosted and facilitated:
Fourth Multi-Ethnic Evening of Song, May 22nd 2011, Muhlenberg Park, Connecticut Ave, NW
Third Multi-Ethnic Evening of Song, March 27th 2011, my home, Washington, DC
Second Multi-Ethnic Evening of Song, Jan 30th 2011, my home, Washington, DC
Multi-Ethnic Evening of Song, Sunday, Dec 26th 2010, my home, Washington, DC
Propsal: Proyecto Abuela Vida, Public Libraries: Merida, Yucatan, and Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, México, 2009
Proposal: “Aprendizaje Participativa: Teatrales” Shira Destinie Jones con Hébert Serrano, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, and Oaxaca, México, Viernes 24.7.2009
Activist, Bath Stop War Coalition (SWC), Bath, England, UK 2006-2009
Founder, University of Baltimore chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)/Computer Science Club, 1992-1993
Selected Poems in: “Poems from the Cranberry Room”, ISBN978-0595291557, iUniverse, Inc. Publishing, 2003.
Poem: “Lost in a Rose”, Concrete Wolf Poetry Quarterly Issue Number 2, Summer 2001.
Current WiP & next idea…
Practice NaNoWriMo 2015 novel: Hubris and Hemlock
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The last version of the novella, actually at 60k words: Creator: Foe Novella
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So, I am moving my Publications and Classes, etc (not counting the mathematics or Adult Ed. classes I’ve taught as a paid instructor) page to a post, so that I can clear space on my blog heading, and put my pubs on my About page, which makes more sense, I suppose.
Help me Items:
1.) Should I add my first practice novel (Creator: Friend or Foe) to this post?
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Click here to read, if you like:
B5, Hakan: Muhafiz/The Protector, Sihirli Annem, Lupin, or La Casa de Papel/Money Heist Reviews
Holistic College Algebra & GED/High School Lesson Plans,
Thoughtful Readers, please consider reading about #ProjectDoBetter.
Shira Destinie A. Jones, MPhil, MAT, BSCS
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That’s a fantastic body of work.
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Thank you, Ashley.
I still can’t figure out why it’s displaying as it is, since when I edit and preview it it looks fine, but then it squishes together in the live view.
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Not all of this is traditionally published, and most of this work has been unpaid, but thank you, again! I just hope it can make some difference and live on after me.
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I think my favorite thing about this list (besides its sheer breadth – you go, girl!) is that singing engagements has its own entry. 🙂
I vote yes to adding your first practice novel. Mostly because I selfishly want to read it. Obviously your decision though.
I’ll have to check out your non-fiction as well.
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Thank you, JYP! 🙂
I have several significantly different versions of CFOF, any or all of which I can send you! 🙂
The first version, ironically enough, garnered a great deal of praise from one friend of mine, who is admittedly rather quirky, but I saw, upon looking back, that there was really no coherent plot line, and 6 redrafts really did not fix it. But, it you are really bored, I think I might suggest the novella version -I’ll link it in now…
Wrt my non-fic, you may find Stayed shorter and more interesting than Shared Monetary Governance, which is my thesis, and my theoretical article is my personal favorite item based on the thesis, although much of what I wrote for Gather the Jews, my DC Beit Midrash classes, and my workshops was based on the last chapter or two of my thesis: Conclusions and further research.
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It looks like I have some homework to do
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🙂 lol!
Enjoy! 🙂
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Thanks again, JYP! I remember being warned that I would burn myself out, and that has been true, but I find that after I am too tired to do more, I look back with gratitude that I did work at full speed, because often what I so more slowly I find less satisfying when I look back at it, perhaps because I had time for doubt to creep in?
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Just added the C:FoF novella…
-Shira
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Project Do Better’s manual is published if you are on GoodReads and feel like reviewing it. Ebook links are listed in yesterday’s post.
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Mazal tov!
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Todah Rabah.
Looking forward to your thoughts on the book.
Shabbat Shalom,
Shira
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Do Better now needs to be moved from the work in progress column to the nonfiction books column
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done/hecho (ya que hoy es el jueves de dos pensamientos y La Casa de Papel…)
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The publications are still hard to find, so this creator also needs to be added for this post rather also needs to be added up front
in 1.) about and on
the 2.) do better page as well as
the 3.) phase one page and maybe
also 4.) the contacts page.
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1.) done,
2.) is at the bottom of that page, in the standard writings link, which now has the grid up top
3.) Phase I page has it at the bottom,
4.) and the Contact page should stay as simple as possible, I think. Maybe swap out the link that is there?
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You forgot the “Any Landing You can Walk Away from ” narrative
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wasn’t that one called “Landings?” -I think I saw it after reading “Floating” but imagine that it is part of the Autobiographical Anthology mentioned elsewhere. Possible idea for making it much easier to write a biography or memoir, if one is a story or narrative writer…
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Yes, and the anthology, or the preliminary version, as I hope to have time to update the formatting next year in a second edition, is up on Smashwords mostly to keep these short narratives together in context, before the unauthorized published version from last year separates Standing in the Gap from the other linked narratives.
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