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Today, 3-4 pm PST on kqbhla.com, with psychotherapist and author Shavaun Scott. Tune into The Collective to learn about Scott’s newest book Nightbird : A Memoir, and more.

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Welcome professor and award winning author, Desiree Zamorano. We chat about the Chavez Ravine, Sylvia Mendez’ fight against segregation, mass illegal deportations of Mexican Americans during the 1920-1930’s, and the hidden histories of segregation. substack.com/@ginaraedura...

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I sent my children’s play out into the world today. Now the rest is up to the Universe.

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"After realizing that I could never be a hero and let go of my savior complex in order to save myself and my children."(…)"I realized that my guilt was the process of my grief and I am ever so grateful for it, because it has made me who I am today." open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...

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Poem #7 Sometimes looking back is good. It’s good to remember that there was joy. “Numb pale toes on a white sand beach on Anna Maria Island as the sun peeks in. Warm water creeps up the Golf Coast welcoming a current of family affections” ginaduran.substack.com/p/february-s...

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I created my last shedding 6 years ago, only to realize that it’s not a shedding but an accepting.

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Welcome professor and author, Désirée Zamorano, from 3-4pm PST. Set your dials or go to www.kqbhla.com. Listen in on The Collective for poetry, plays, art and more, this Sunday on @kqbhla, 3-4pm PST, on 101.5fm in Los Angeles area, world wide on ⁠kqbhla.com⁠, or nationwide on the LPFM La app.

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I do have an After Dark episode to post, but I’ve been in so much pain that Taking it easy when I get home from work. Old poetry will have to suffice for now. Aside from that, I have a brand new live show, with author of DISPOSSESSED and THE AMADO WOMEN, Desiree Zamorano at the station this Sunday.

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I will be selling and signing copies of my book at the LA Times Festival of Books, with Antioch! This Saturday from 4-5pm.

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“May a little joy flutter into you Life.” Love, Gina Rae Duran 2/14/15 I originally made the stamp in 2014, for a friend whose brother passed away. Hummingbirds are symbols of love, joy, family, and stoppers of time. And they brought me joy just a few months before, when my Nina left this earth.

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Collected some really beautiful contributions for the Unity Quilt. It was a time for great conversation, music, workshops, and community at the Storyteller’s Festival on Saturday, at Pitzer College. Thank you to Jack Contreras for including the Unity Quilt.

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The Collective invites @meghasworld16 onto the show, today 03/30/25, 3-4pm PDT and 6-7pm EDT, live on kqbhla.com. We chat about Sood’s new book of poetry "The Language of the Wound is Love" forthcoming @flowersongpress.

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Restoration project: "Inside Out," mural, Pitzer College, 2025. First photo is the restoration. Second photo is the before, from 2015. Thomas, Wendy, Naomi, Wendy’s dad, and I all worked on restoring this piece. I had a fun time and met a really cool musical family of artists.

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he White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness, anthology, forthcoming @flowersongpress, May 20, 2025. Preorder you book at flowersongpress.com A collection of stories from the 48 misfits, who fall and rise into glory. Photograph by Gina Rae Duran, featuring Andy E. Ramirez.

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Today, as I shaved my legs I thought how funny it would be to see a baboon or gorilla w/shaved legs but here I am shaving mine. Humans aren’t really all that evolved from apes. But we wear clothes, hide our scent, & keep trying to be more than human. When really there isn’t anything else we can be.

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Please join us for the Poetry As Preservation: Other Californias & Beyond at AWP, in LA. Friday, March 28th, 12:10-1:25 pm. Poets: Emily Fernandez Cynthia Guardado Michelle Brittan Rosado Steven Sanchez and me Room 411, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center Session Code: F183

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The White Picket Fence: Stories of Individuality as Rebelliousness, anthology, forthcoming @flowersongpress, May 20, 2025. Preorder you book at flowersongpress.com A collection of stories from the 48 misfits, who fall and rise into glory. Photograph by Gina Rae Duran, featuring Andy E. Ramirez.

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The February 20th Unity Quilt workshop went really well. Here’s a little video for you all. So far, the next workshop is in May. Hoping to schedule more before then, but I’m moving. Here come the student loans. Lol!

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It's international. I signed, I hope you do, too. chng.it/QSc2SgFVRZ

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I know people have many reasons for not speaking their truths, but now is the time to push all of those feelings of vulnerability and fear aside so we may speak our collective truths.

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Some Art from today’s Unity Quilt workshop. Workshops and events will be updated at byginaduran.org. Message or email me at [email protected] for more information on how you can participate, host a workshop, donate, or send me a birthday gift. 💝

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Love Poetry? Come listen to all of these excellent poets, Valentine's weekend. There will be a Reading and Open Mic at our fabulous Crestline bookstore Paper and Clay. Sunday February 16 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. PS-If you're anti-love come and celebrate that too...LOL!

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Today, 3-4pm PST with educator, poet, and performer Nicelle Davis, on The Collective. Kqbla.com Nicelle Davis is a California poet, collaborator, and performance artist. Penguin Noir recently won the Changing Light Novel in Verse Prize from Livingston Press and will be released Summer of 2025.

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I did it!! (Pending background and medical clearance.) I guess my rawness worked in my favor. That and my professional and life experiences. Wooohooo!

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In Hacienda Heights, this Saturday. Message me for the address or for how to donate fabric.

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“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

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Now on Substack and Spotify open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...

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This Sunday, 1/19/25 3-4 pm, The Collective welcomes novelist, playwright, dramaturge and screenwriter, Colette Freedman on KQBH 101.5fm or kqbhla.com Colette Freedman’s plays and musicals have been done all over the world, including Serial Killer Barbie and Sister Cities.

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Professor, poet and youth activist Guadalupe Garcia McCall comes onto The Collective: After Dark to do a reading of her poetry book, Under the Mesquite. We discuss female empowerment, and why it’s important to encourage girls to ask questions. byginaduran.substack.com/p/collective...

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Community Art and Poetry Event Rescheduled for 02/01/25 RSVP at: [email protected] Or donate fabric, fabric paint, thread, thimbles, or fabric scissors. We hope to have hundreds of hands for a huge quilt to inspire unity, hope, and change. This is only the beginning.

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Tune into The Collective today, Sunday, 01/05/25 3-4pm PST, on kqbhla.com. Starting the New Year with hope. Author and professor Guadalupe Garcia McCall focuses deeply on how to bring creativity forth from youth to adults and she inspires hope, empathy, and compassion.

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Now on Spotify and Substack. open.substack.com/pub/byginadu...

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Happy Holidays and all the days! Xoxo

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I chatted with Gordy Camp on his podcast about my experience with youth in juvenile hall and the importance of consistency. This was a pretty great talk, check it out on YouTube in MAMWAA the Gordy Camp Podcast.

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I went on Gordy Camp’s Podcast, and had a lovely time speaking with him about some very important issues in the country, in juvenile hall, empathy, introspection and community building, my plans for the future. Please tune in for this fun interview with Gordy Camp. youtu.be/93n3JNtIlvg?...

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Holiday specials: Massage (Deep tissue, Swedish, Energy) or In-Home Yoga sessions-$50 for an hr. $80 for 2hrs. Hot Stone-$120 for 2 hrs 850 hr Certified Massage Therapist 202 hr Yoga Alliance Certified

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I graduated!

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