“We are a people who resist fascism in all its forms; whose creative spirit is born from a multitude of voices, not just one; who were once in need of shelter so now offer it to others.”

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May 18

Julian Zabalbeascoa (joo-lee-yan sah-bahl-bay-ahz-koh-ah)

teacher, novelist

IMAGE SOURCE: @Jzabalbeascoa. Homepage photo. Twitter. | TEXT SOURCE: Julian Zabalbeascoa. “80 years after Basque village's bombing, a modern lesson.” Bakersfield.com. 2 Feb. 2017.

QUOTE CONTEXT: “We are a people…who recognize that the disaffected individual is ultimately responsible for his or her own violent actions but that a critical eye must be cast upon the oppressive system that produced that individual; a people whose tireless work ethic places faith in the promise that those efforts will be commensurably rewarded; a people who celebrate the dignity in each person but especially the silenced, displaced and targeted.”

QUOTE QUESTION: What voices give rise to your Peoples’ creative spirit?

IMAGE CONTEXT: This is one of the photos on Julian Zabalbeascoa’s Twitter home page.

IMAGE QUESTION: Who do you hold on to as you turn to face the world?

MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote is from an opinion piece in a local newspaper. The photo is from a Twitter homepage.

MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do you decide whether to publish close to home or far away?

“We are a people who resist fascism in all its forms; whose creative spirit is born from a multitude of voices, not just one; who were once in need of shelter so now offer it to others.”

Julian Zabalbeascoa (joo-lee-yan sah-bahl-bay-ahz-koh-ah)

“Our entire culture and identity are based on free movement on land, sea ice and the Arctic Ocean.”

“The mere fact of our speaking Basque in public was an act of defiance…As children, it was instilled in us that we were the keepers of Euskara, and that to keep it, to protect it, was to speak it.”