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From arts activism to full-spectrum leadership…voices from the vanguard.

Writing to Right the World: Editor’s Introduction

In this Fired Up! special edition, a group of young people share their critique of the world as it is, and their visions for making it better.

Climate Change and Consciousness: Now is our time! Editor’s column by Jennifer Browdy

This special edition of Fired Up! will energize and inspire you. And there’s much more coming up!

From the Editor: Keep Your Creative Fires Burning!

At Fired Up! we want to know: What do you care about? What makes your heart sing or your blood boil?

An excerpt from SLIPPER, by Hester Velmans

An excerpt from SLIPPER, by Hester Velmans

SLIPPER is the story of a poor orphaned stepchild, a would-be princess, whose search for one true love or another takes her all over 17th century England, France and the Low Countries. Born under mysterious circumstances, she grows up to be a dreamer, a cinder sweep, a runaway, a camp follower, a kisser of frogs, a beggar, a thief, a mother and an artist. Along the way she learns what to do about men. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that her life is a fairy tale come true.

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