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Spokane Photogs at Brickwall April 2013
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Sequester: Do Stubborn People Actually Win?
Is this what got us the Sequester?
Do stubborn people actually win? Maybe the reason they take such an aggressive approach every time is that it works, says Steven Pinker. The Harvard psychologist, known for his argument that human language is an evolutionary adaptation, is convinced that the best way to get what you want is to be stubborn and even irrational. click here for full article
Rwandan Artist in Spokane
INEMA Arts Center SHOWS In Spokane
Viewers came to see the art of Emmanuel Nkuranga and to meet the artist. Visitors who came found a story about Emmanuel, his mission and the children of Rwanda who are changing their lives with art. (click on text below to enlarge)
View Photos Of The Art Lovers
CONGRATULATIONS ANGELA BUKENYA AND TEAM MEMBERS
Mara D’Amico, Christine Sumner, Jillian,Underwood and Angela Bukenya,
Clinton School Winners South Region Policy Solutions Challenge
The Clinton School hosted the inaugural South Region Policy Solutions Challenge USA event this past weekend. Three teams competed. In addition to the Clinton School, there were teams from the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas and the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
After the judges submitted their scores, the Clinton School team was announced as first place winner with Georgia Tech taking second place. Both teams will be invited to attend the final competition being held March 22-23 at the American University School of Public Affairs in Washington, DC.
Please take time to congratulate Clinton School team members Angela Bukenya, Mara D’Amico, Christine Sumner, and Jillian Underwood on the terrific job they did!
Pictures:
http://clintonschoolphotography.com/p3026054/h553fca66#h553fd52e
Susan A. Hoffpauir, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Tony and The Photogs
Photographer Painter Sculptor Pianist Storyteller
Anthony Boccaccio has just published his new book.
On the last Thursday of each month a group of a dozen or so Spokane photographers meet over pizza and beer to share their recent works. This last Thursday we met at the home of Tony Boccaccio who shared his recently published book WHERE MADNESS FOLLOWS. He has been photographing Amazon gold mining camps since 1971.
For information on purchasing the book go to Blurb http://www.blurb.com/user/store/tboccaccio
Access to African American Records
African American Research Workshop Participants and Friends,
In honor of Black History Month, Fold3 is offering FREE access to African American records. Included are slavery, civil war, reconstruction/Jim Crow, military and civil rights information.
See: http://go.fold3.com/blackhistory/
Judith Collins
“Our Ancestors Will Not Be Forgotten”
Textbooks for Ugandan Grade School Children
TEXTBOOKS for Ugandan Grade School Children
Organized by NAKISENYI FOUNDATION NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
Greetings from Uganda!
My name is Angela Bukenya, a Clinton School of Public Service graduate student. I was born and raised in Uganda, but currently residing in the USA.
In addition to the skills i have gained as a student, i have been working to raise funds to assist the Nakisenyi Foundation Nursery and Boarding School in Uganda, based on a needs assessment, to help improve their education. Of immediate need for 254 students, is textbooks that they can use for the entire year that will cost less than $10 each.
I am therefore asking everyone with the same passion, to join me in accomplishing this goal through a donation of any amount.
If you can please be a part of my personal project, together we shall make a difference in the lives of these young ones. Thank you in advance!
All the King’s Men: Bayard Rustin
Bayard Rustin with Martin Luther King, Jr.
in 1956 (Credit: Associated Press)
In February 1956, when Bayard Rustin arrived in Montgomery to assist with the nascent bus boycott, Martin Luther King, Jr. had not personally embraced nonviolence. In fact, there were guns inside King’s house, and armed guards posted at his doors. Rustin persuaded boycott leaders to adopt complete nonviolence, teaching them Gandhian nonviolent direct protest.
From the page ABOUT BAYARD RUSTIN at the website for the documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. http://rustin.org/ A clip from the film is available as well as to a link to NETFLIX where the film is available for streaming.
For more on Bayard Rustin visit his page All the King’s Men Bayard Rustin .
The Magic Lantern Showing Leonid Bergoltsev Film
Directed by Ira Gardner
Sitting Between Two Chairs tells the story of world renowned Russian photojournalist Leonid Bergoltsev, who documented the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War and is now living in America without possibility of returning to his homeland. His work is often compared to Henri Cartier-Bresson, with whom he was acquainted, and he was published in Life Magazine in 1972 Mr. Bergoltsev offers testimony to the possibility that the photography of the Soviet Era just might be more truthful than the imagery seen in contemporary American media.
He is a man stuck between two cultures who makes interesting comparisons between film and digital photography and Communism and Capitalism with wit, passion, and conviction.
Ira Gardner
Dear Friends:
I have the honor of one of my video projects being shown at this year’s film festival at the Magic Lantern Theater on Sunday February 10th at 4:15pm. It is a short video about Leonid Bergoltsev who is a phenomenal photojournalist from Moscow who happens to live here in Spokane. I would love to have you all attend. The theater only holds 100 seats and there is only one showing planned so if you are interested in attending I highly recommend you go to this website and purchase a ticket asap.
http://spokanefilmfestival.org/schedule?v=single&f=93
Hope to see you there!
Ira
Free Help With Your Taxes
Did you work in 2012? Make less than $50,270?
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If eligible you could receive (individual results may vary):
- $3,169 if you have one child
- $5,236 if you have two children
- $5,891 if you have three children or more
- $475 even if you have no children living with you & earnings less than $13,980
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Numerica Union 301 N Havana Tues, Wed, Thur 10am-2:30pm **
Spokane Co United Way 920 N Washington Suite 100 Tues 4-7pm; Fri 9-2; Sat 9-4**
Spokane Public Library 906 W Main Mon, Tues, Wed 10:30am-2pm **
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Deer Park City Library 208 S Forest Fri 11am-3pm
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