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Thoughtful Thursday: Labor Day

We celebrate Labor Day, the first Monday in September, as the end of summer, and the return to work or school. But how did it come to be? Labor Day is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It was established in 1894 as a holiday to pay [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00August 31st, 2017|Cultural, Entertainment, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Labor Day

The “Baby” is Off to College! What’s Next?

Greetings GCP'ers! I'm back from a break from regular posting. This has been quite a busy time: Two of my three children had significant graduations in May: one son from high school, the other from college. The youngest is headed off to college in August, the other has already started his full time job and is moving to his [...]

Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrating African-American Music Appreciation Month

In honor of this being the first day of African-American Music Appreciation Month, Thoughtful Thursday is dedicated to poetry about Black music. We've got a tribute to the blues by Langston Hughes (and yes, that rhyme was on purpose); award-winning poet Quincy Troupe commemorating the day Duke Ellington ascended to the pearly gates; and poet and composer James Weldon [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00June 2nd, 2017|Cultural, Entertainment, Featured, Latest News, Resources, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrating African-American Music Appreciation Month

Happy Mother’s Day from GCP!

Happy Mother's Day, GCP Moms!  Whether you will be surrounded by family showering you with love and attention or just spending another Sunday doing all that you do to take care of your family, know that we at GCP are on our feet, giving you a screaming and shouting standing O today.  Notwithstanding the "Hallmark holiday" nature of designating [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 14th, 2017|Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Parents, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Happy Mother’s Day from GCP!

Thoughtful Thursday: Honoring Our Mothers

While we at GCP have never been super hyped for the "Hallmark Holiday" aspect of Mother's Day, we certainly believe that mothers should be heralded, and not just on the second Sunday in May. So, we will take this Thoughtful Thursday opportunity to pay tribute to mothers with the poetry of two of our legends, Langston Hughes and Nikki [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:44:20-04:00May 11th, 2017|Cultural, Featured, Holidays, Latest News, Resources, Thoughtful Thursday|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Honoring Our Mothers

Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrating Earth Day

Today's Thoughtful Thursday celebrates Earth Day with poems from three wonderful and accomplished poets: Jane Yolen, Joy Harjo, and Lucille Clifton. In addition to being a celebrated poet, Jane Yolen (b.1939) is a science fiction and fantasy writer, editor and children’s author, whose stories use rhythm and rhyme in conjunction with elements of folklore and fantasy. Critically acclaimed poet [...]

By |2017-04-22T16:03:11-04:00April 20th, 2017|Cultural, Entertainment, Featured, Latest News, Saving Our Sons, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Celebrating Earth Day

Thoughtful Thursday: Keeping it Real with Ross Gay

Today's Thoughtful Thursday is a solo show by the poet Ross Gay. Gay is the author of three poetry collections, most recently “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. He is a founding editor, with Karissa Chen and Patrick Rosal, of the online sports magazine Some [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00April 6th, 2017|Ages 13-15, Ages 16-18, Ages 8-12, Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Keeping it Real with Ross Gay

Thoughtful Thursday: It’s Spring!

It's officially Spring! To celebrate the season, the Spring Breaks some of our children are enjoying this week, the worst of the winter storms behind us (we hope), this Thoughtful Thursday offers some Spring poetry. Today's we have odes to Spring from several masters: two poems by the great African American poet Claude McKay, one by the renowned Puerto [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00March 23rd, 2017|Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: It’s Spring!

Thoughtful Thursday: Some Irish Blessings For Us All

March 17th is St. Patrick's Day. While skimming through poetry relating to St. Patrick's Day, frankly expecting to find nothing to hit my fancy, I was pleasantly surprised to run across a poem celebrating motherhood which, while written about an Irish mother, has universal application. I also found a couple of lovely Irish blessings which we all can use. [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00March 16th, 2017|Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Parents, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Some Irish Blessings For Us All

Thoughtful Thursday: Woman’s History Month

In celebration of Women's History Month, today's Thoughtful Thursday features poems by well known African-American women poets: "won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton, "Legacies" by Nikki Giovanni, and "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou. The following biographies, courtesy of poetryfoundation.org, gives you some insight into their brilliance. A prolific and widely respected poet, Lucille Clifton's work emphasizes endurance [...]

By |2023-05-21T17:43:22-04:00March 9th, 2017|Cultural, Featured, Latest News, Motivators, Thoughtful Thursday, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thoughtful Thursday: Woman’s History Month
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