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27th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Senior Fellow and Professional Lecturer Noam Schimmel recently published a thought piece titled "A Postcolonial Reflection on the Rwandan Genocide Against the Tutsi and its Legacy" for the Commemoration of the 27th Anniversary of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
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COVID-19 vaccine is a triumph over medicine's racist history
Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellow Asha Shajahan wrote an opinion with the title "COVID-19 vaccine is a triumph over medicine's racist history" for The Detroit News.
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DeLesslin George-Warren's grant to teach Catawba language
Earlier this month, The Herald, a South Carolina-based newspaper, interviewed Landecker Democracy Fellow and Humanity in Action Senior Fellow DeLesslin "Roo" George-Warren. The interview addresses why DeLesslin returned to their home community, the Catawba Nation, and their project as a Landecker Democracy Fellow.
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Senior Fellow moderates panel on tools to combat the discrimination of Artsakh's Armenian population
Senior Fellow Anoush Baghdassarian is moderating a panel on international tools and treaties to stop hate speech, violence, and discrimination against Artsakh's Armenians.
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Curator's Walk-Through Ahead of Chicago Architecture Biennial
Landecker Democracy Fellow Asha Iman Veal visited 6018 North experimental arts and culture space in Chicago earlier this month for a curator's walk-through in advance of her Chicago Architecture Biennial project this September. The "Raisin" exhibition brings together a global network of artists who are creating public conversations around justice, class, identity, migration, immigration, and residence, in many different places and ways.
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Creative Sanctum's Toolkit for Sustaining Democracy
Landecker Democracy Fellow and Humanity in Action Senior Fellow Sharon M. Chin is Founder and Executive Director of digital magazine Creative Sanctum. This month, following the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th, Creative Sanctum curated a toolkit of creative resources to facilitate discussion, reflection, and inspiration for sustaining democracy.
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Afrofuturism's Reimagined Tomorrows
Senior Fellow Fabrice Guerrier will be speaking at a webinar about Afrofuturism.
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Inter-Faith Toolkit to Combat Gender-Based Violence
Landecker Fellow Reshma Persaud, as a part of the South Queens Women’s March, supported the organization’s publication of an interfaith toolkit combatting gender-based violence. The toolkit calls faith leaders to action in protecting women, girls, and gender nonconforming individuals in their communities.
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Walk Your Walk Interview
Landecker Fellow Asha Shajahan is featured on Walk Your Walk, a website that shares stories of professional women's journeys and their definitions of success.
