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  • Using Trauma-Informed Design, Buildings Become Tools for Recovery

    January 22, 2020 |

    Colorado Trust |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In Denver, Colorado, one homeless shelter is using trauma-informed design to make residents feel more at home and less likely to sleep outside. Architects building Sanderson Apartments considered past traumas when choosing the layout, colors, furniture, and building materials. As a result, the physical environment is helping with the recovery process.

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  • How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town

    January 21, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Newnan, Georgia

    The small Southern city of Newnan, GA considered themselves to be a fairly open and accepting place. This attitude was shattered when 17 huge portraits of ordinary people who make up Newnan were hung across the city and prompted a racially-tinged backlash. The purpose of the portraits was to open up a dialogue around the diversity in the city, but it also exposed new and hidden racial tensions. The portraits were ultimately allowed to stay up, but the conversations surrounding the issue are ongoing.

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  • This innovative chorus smashes racial barriers in Columbus. Could it work in Philly?

    January 20, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Founded in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio, the Harmony Project brings together people of various musical experience, races, income levels, and professional backgrounds to sing as one. The project aims to get people out of their comfort zones and silos in a segregated city.

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  • The Mitrovica Rock School: bridging the divide between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo

    January 20, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Kosovo, Mitrovica

    Music can bridge cultural divides. The Mitrovica Rock School in Mitroviva, Kosovo, encourages young musicians of Albanian and Serbian backgrounds to create music together. The culturally “mixed” bands play across Kosovo. The rock school was founded through a collaboration between Musicians Without Borders and Community Building Mitrovica after Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.

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  • À Mitrovica, le rock pour lutter contre les divisions entre Albanais et Serbes au Kosovo

    January 20, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Kosovo, Mitrovica

    Au Kosovo, cette école de musique contre les conflits entre Serbe et Albanais en formant des groupes de musique mixtes. En onze ans, la Rock school Mitrovica a vu passer plus de 1.100 jeunes dans ses locaux et elle accueille aujourd’hui environ 80 élèves par an.

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  • Rewriting the narrative

    January 16, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    At the Motus Theater, formerly incarcerated individuals participate in JustUs – a performative program that gives them the space to share their stories. The Boulder-based program aims to complicate the narrative of those that commit crimes, surfacing the systemic, punitive nature of criminal justice. For those that participate, it provides them a literal platform to share their pain, trauma, and growth.

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  • Public Libraries' Latest Offering: Musical Instruments Audio icon

    January 14, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Instrument rentals help to address a gap in privilege. The Central Branch of Brooklyn Public Library in New York City is one of several programs in the US and Canada that loan out musical instruments for free. The program in NYC began with the support of a grant from BKLYN Incubator. Similar programs in Philadelphia and Toronto, Canada, loan instruments to members of their community through funding from grant programs.

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  • Wikipédia : seulement 18% de pages pour les femmes

    January 09, 2020 |

    France Culture |

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    Response Location: France

    Seules 18% des pages du Wikipédia francophone sont consacrées aux femmes. Il y a 3 ans, ce chiffre était de 16%. Ce progrès est dû aux efforts d'une association, "les sans pagEs", qui oeuvre à combler le fossé.

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  • Art, theatre and clowns: creative cures for dementia

    January 07, 2020 |

    The National |

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    Response Location: Germany, Duisburg

    Connecting with art enriches the lives of patients struggling with dementia and Alzheimers. Across Germany, several programs are using art to stimulate the minds of an aging population. At the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg, seniors meet to discuss art pieces that affect them. Elsewhere, in Bonn, the Demezionen theater ensemble performs for retirement homes. And even clowns can bring a positive atmosphere to seniors struggling with dementia!

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  • Arts Group Evaluates Five Years of Fair-Pay Certification

    December 18, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Bringing labor organizing practices to the art world strengthens the fight for equitable pay. Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) provides certification to arts organizations that agree to minimum pay standards. Artists and organizations can use payment calculators on the W.A.G.E website and track fee requests. W.A.G.E also acts as a negotiator for artist services, sending fee requests to other institutions.

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