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Alex Shevrin Venet

@asv.bsky.social

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Educator & author. Books: Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education & Becoming an Everyday Changemaker. Vermont explorer in the #251club. Working on a memoir!

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · Jul 28

Did you know that I wrote some books for teachers and you should read them? I wrote them as a call to take action and transform schools with mental health and wellbeing in mind. I'd love if you checked them out.

www.unconditionallearning.org/books

two books on a bookstore shelf, both by Alex Shevrin Venet: Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education and Becoming an Everyday Changemaker

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1h

writing today about the privilege of boredom. how nice it feels to finally be bored when you've spent a long time in survival mode.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1h

we're living through collective trauma and political unrest. makes sense to me.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1h

I've felt that way this entire stretch of upper 30s. it's weird.

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!! 2 books in and still learning so much about how the business all works.

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1d

Serious question from fellow author who agrees 100% with the sentiment: I thought royalties were between you and your publisher and not dependent on where the books end up being sold. Do they sometimes not work like that?

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1d

I also have chapters on other skills like: slowing down while maintaining appropriate levels of urgency in your changemaking work, and centering relationships as a way for change to be sustainable and less isolating. There are activities for you to practice these skills!

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 1d

If you are struggling with polarization and its impact on your school staff, might I recommend my book Becoming an Everyday Changemaker? I have a whole chapter on cultivating both/and thinking as a skill for school change!

www.routledge.com/Becoming-an-...

Becoming an Everyday Changemaker: Healing and Justice At School

Educators with a vision for more equitable, caring schools often struggle with where to begin. I’m just one teacher, where can I start to make change? Is it even possible? How do I do this within curr...

www.routledge.com

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 2d

Love them so much

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 2d

@korytellers.bsky.social did you see that the Chicks performed with Sabrina Carpenter?

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 3d

Chronic pain is so annoying because you can change exactly 0 things about your lifestyle/regimen etc and your pain flares anyway.

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 5d

I wish it could be fall all the time. This weather is absolutely perfect.

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Shana V. White (she/her) @shanavwhite.blacksky.app · 6d

As Dr Nelson said "AI is not inevitable."

Please refuse the slop whenever you can. Save the environment. Hire a creative instead.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

It has been two years since Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to the deadly Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.

The war has left much of Gaza in rubble and upended the lives of its inhabitants. https://wapo.st/4nJ9uP1

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 6d

I'm just a girl, standing in front of my Submittable dashboard, asking it to have any updates at all

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d

My pay-what-you-can workshops are back after a lil fall hiatus! Teachers, join me to chat about unconditional positive regard in hard times: www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

Register – Sustaining care for the kids (and coworkers) who challenge us the most: unconditional positive regard in tough times – Zoom

Sustaining care for the kids (and coworkers) who challenge us the most: unconditional positive regard in tough times – Zoom, Mon Oct 20, 2025 - In a trauma-informed school community, we stay in commun...

www.tickettailor.com

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bjørnebær @lilbjornebaer.bsky.social · 6d

heck yeah got them good scritches

A black cat gets his face aggressively scritched and he loves every second of it.

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d

My pay-what-you-can workshops are back after a lil fall hiatus! Teachers, join me to chat about unconditional positive regard in hard times: www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

Register – Sustaining care for the kids (and coworkers) who challenge us the most: unconditional positive regard in tough times – Zoom

www.tickettailor.com

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d

Has anyone written about why exactly that AI font is so ugly? I can't explain why I recoil when I see it but I know there's a font expert out there who can.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d

Right? 💜💜💜

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d

wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 7d

May the rain tonight wash away all these damn box elder bugs 🙏

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 8d

This was sooooo fun!!! It's truly amazing to think about the sole dude who created Stardew Valley making the entire game by himself AND the original composition of all the music. Sounded great in orchestral arrangements!

An orchestra standing on stage beneath a screen with a graphic for Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 9d

Ooh I would love to revisit this text

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe Nourishing Caregiver Collaborations? I just started it but it's so great so far. Caregiver engagement/literacy focus.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 9d

You can mention being featured on Edutopia/elsewhere as a model of best practices!