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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn. Celebrating Women was book number two.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (and New York, and Nairobi, and Seoul, and Kampala, and Boston…)

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Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. She is a University of Minnesota law school professor who was born in Africa and is a terrific advocate for the Treaty and its empowerment of the blind community. Why do I do it? Why do my peers do it?

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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Certainly those victories are not being celebrated by the mainstream media very often and I think we really need to take opportunities to look at the changes that have been made by the labor movement, the women's movement, by anti-war movements throughout time. So we're bringing a lot of elements together, the innerpersonal the activist.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

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KR: I think a major concern, from the very founding of the Global Fund, has remained a concern despite the fact that this year we celebrate our 20th anniversary of grant making, and that is access to the financial resources necessary to take the work that women do on a daily basis in their communities to the next level of impact.

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