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Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free.
Starhawk
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Starhawk
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 17
Environmentalist
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St Paul
Minnesota
Miriam Simos
Miriam Samos
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