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In the Washington Post, Charles Djou, who was a Biden administration official and briefly held an Hawaiian congressional seat, says the US should not, once again, remove itself from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), but should instead remain in and seek positive reforms. Well, who could be against that?
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“Freedom of speech” is never an absolute. Even in a country where people have a great amount of freedom of speech, such as the US, there will still be restrictions on the time, place, and manner of speech, laws regarding libel and defamation, and against fraud and blackmail, and against inciting violence. Freedom of speech will not give the...
Na’Zir McFadden, Assistant Conductor & Community Ambassador of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, talks about the role of the orchestra in community and the importance of mentorship.
Brian Prechtl, Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, shares the balance of both performing and administrating along with their breadth of impact on community.
According to AI: "Jan Herman was inspired to create these deformed sonnets by a desire to challenge conventional notions of poetry and to express himself under what he saw as 'duress and necessity.' Their uniqueness lies in the evocative and sometimes elusive content where the poems become reflections on selfhood, transience, and perception, This approach allows him to use the sonnet label while subverting expectations, making his work feel both familiar and radically new."
China Wilson, Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, shares key best practices in DEI for impacting students.
Last month, the Scottish government came up with a one-time grant of £300,000 to cover the Edinburgh International Book Festival, after pressure from environmental protestors caused the previous sponsor, Baillie Gifford, to back out.
This week in Canada, its premier book award, the Giller Prize, having lost its primary sponsor, Scotiabank, after protests, has appealed to the Canadian government to keep things afloat:
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Adrian Rodriguez, Director of Community Engagement, Chorus Director and Curriculum Manager of the Music Advancement Program at The Juilliard School, shares how to implement a commitment to young people as they develop in the arts.
