Susan Raffo
At a Glance:
Susan Raffo has been a Project Contributor since August 2010, has written 9 entries and currently lives in Minneapolis, MN.
Bio
Susan Raffo lives in Minneapolis where she writes, is a bodyworker, parents, does different kinds of community-flavored work and tries to love her people well.
Susan Raffo: Recently Filed
What Is Happening in Madison Is an Essentially Queer Conversation
Filed by Susan Raffo | March 10, 2011 | 9:30 AM |I've been struggling about how to talk about what is happening at the capitol building in Madison as an LGBT conversation. I've wanted to add to what we know - the numbers of LGBT people organizing in the capitol, the...Read More
Daily living for change: More than hot air
Filed by Susan Raffo | December 28, 2010 | 5:00 PM |This piece is written in partnership between Susan Raffo and Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz. I avoid grandiose plans. I start with a small piece that I can do. I go to the root of the problem and then work around it. It's...Read More
Good Medicine: Honoring Aurora Levins Morales through thought and action
Filed by Susan Raffo | December 06, 2010 | 5:00 PM |A piece written in partnership with Aurora Levins Morales Susan Who is your community? Seriously. Stop and take a moment to notice who you think of when you hear that word: community. What makes them your community? Is it just...Read More
Shifting the ritual of Thanksgiving, one child at a time
Filed by Susan Raffo | November 24, 2010 | 9:30 AM |Growing up, it was one of the holidays where we gathered together at my great-grandmother's house. Piles of aunts and uncles, cousins and people whose names I could never remember showed up with plates piled high with food. Turkey and...Read More
Again, the South shall lead us
Filed by Susan Raffo | October 29, 2010 | 1:00 PM |There I was, sitting in a hotel lobby in Dallas, TX in 1994. A new friend, just met, was sitting next to me on the fake leather couch. This new friend, Pam McMichael, was telling me about the work of...Read More
