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“I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.”

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Krishna Das

Krishna Das, born on May 31, 1947, is a renowned Indian-American vocalist and musician. His musical career began in the 1970s, and he is known for his unique voice and contributions to spiritual music. Das's music blends Indian classical, spiritual, and world music elements, loved by audiences worldwide. more

“I think that it's not enough to do the little Band-Aid things of having celebrities come and read to children. Not that we don't need to read to children, but we don't need to just do it one time and feel good about it. I think we need to think long range about poor people and their relationship to libraries.”

People Thinking Needs Feels Children Littles Long Enough Poor Band Library Aids Feel Good Range One Time Poor People Just Do It Band Aid

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“One of the things we learned from that panel is the way poor communities use a library is very different from wealthy communities. But the way the library books are measured are by how many books are taken out. And people in poor communities sometimes won't take the book out because they're afraid to. They're afraid of losing it and not being able to replace it.”

People Way Book Different Sometimes Use Able Community Poor Taken Losing Library Wealthy Library Books

Author:Sandra Cisneros

“I think that we need to measure how we give dollars to libraries by need. And the communities that are poor, in my opinion, should get more because you have to do more outreach.”

Thinking Needs Giving Should Community Poor Opinion Dollars Library Outreach

Author:Sandra Cisneros

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