Category Archives: photographer
Join in Days of Reflection, Prayer and Meditation, Feb. 10, 18 and 19
Opportunity to send encouraging messages to the Passamaquoddy community at Motahkomikuk through Facebook, Twitter Today and continuing on Feb. 18 and 19, members of the Passamaquoddy community at Motahkomikuk (Indian Township) will be sharing their painful experiences and stories of survival with the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC). This sharing is […]
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Tagged child welfare, Indian Township, Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission, Maine-Wabanaki REACH, Passamaquoddy, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki
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Category Archives: photographer
Doc Channel frames war in two lenses tonight
Tonight, the Documentary Channel pairs two documentaries that deliver unique perspectives on conflict. “War Photographer” (2001), a film by Christian Frei, follows Massachusetts-born James Nachtwey, a world renowned photojournalist and winner of the 2012 Dresden Peace Prize. For two years, the Swiss author/director/producer Frei joined Nachtwey as he documented war and conflict across Indonesia, Kosovo and […]
Also posted in children, filmmaker, genocide, journalist, peace
Tagged Christian Frei, citizen journalist, Documentary Channel, Homs, Lode Desmet, Syria, War is not a Game, War Photographer
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Category Archives: photographer
Come hitch a ride and ‘Fly Over Egypt’
This one goes out to the artists, the human rights advocates and the hybrids among us. Amidst the struggle, it feels a little bit like hope. “Fly Over Egypt” is from The Narcicyst, aka Yassin Alsalman, a Montreal-based author, actor and hip-hop artist, raised by Iranian parents in Dubai. The man is on a mission to […]
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Tagged #Fly Over Egypt, 11 February, Ahmad Shokr, Bei Ru, Democracy Now, Egyptian Revolution, homonyms, Hosni Mubarek, Nik Brovkin, Ridwan Adhami, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Sundus Abdul Hadi, Tamara Abdul Hadi, The Narcicyst, VIBE, Wesam Nassar
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Category Archives: photographer
Clark convenes ‘Informed Activism’ this weekend
This weekend, more than 1,000 students, scholars, policy-makers, activists and representatives from non-governmental organizations are scheduled to gather at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., for a unique international summit, Informed Activism: Armed Conflict, Scarce Resources and Congo. Clark’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies has joined with Jewish World Watch to host this conference […]
Also posted in action, advocacy, conflict minerals, crimes/humanity, sexual violence
Tagged Clark University, Informed Activism, Jewish World Watch, Michael Ramsdell
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