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Student poet Lily Diego reads one of her poems at the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Standing tall in gold stacked sandals at the mic is Sonya Renee, formerly from the Black AIDS Institute, the nation’s only HIV/AIDS think-tank focused exclusively on the HIV epidemic in Black communities.
The University of the District of Columbia’s Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health was established in 2000 out of a need to enhance the impact of nutrition
As a Festival curator, I am always interested in creative and culturally appropriate foodways demonstrations.
Tune in and listen as Neal Conan interviews Folklife Center staff and Festival participants. We will be taking live call-ins, too!
Great to be back out on the National Mall with all of the participants. A wonderful kick-off to Week 2 of the Festival!
Joan Juster, panel maker and names reader coordinator, discusses the origins of The AIDS Memorial Quilt with Mike Smith, co-founder of The Names Project