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"The camera is merciless in revealing jarring truth, but also one that can offer compassion and hope to the most desperate of moments."
— Abraham Menashe, American photographer, poet, born 1951

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    • Event Calendar 183
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      • Alzheimer’s Month
      • Anger Awareness Week
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      • Breastfeeding Week
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      • Bullying Prevention Month
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      • Book 02: Street Poems
      • Book 03: Hand Tinted Work
      • Book 04: After the Rain
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      • Book 07: The Healing Moment
      • Book 08: Tompkins People
      • Book 09: Union Square; A Ha...
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      • I Searched for Myself
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      • Kaddish
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      • Lachrymatory
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