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Social Justice
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With Chocolate City Rocks, Levy works to bring public awareness and support to socially conscious D.C. artists.
Hear singer and guitarist Chris Richards speak about his relationship to the D.C. music community.
On Sunday, June 30, the Folklife Festival will present Latvian singing, Lithuanian dancing, and an Estonian sack race.
Written by Peter La Farge in 1964, the song describes the U.S. government’s mandate to remove Native American children from reservations.
“Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.” —June Jordan
One of the issues highlighted across all programs is the way gender intersects with their cultures and careers.
Ted Gong is a modest man who emits a kindness reminiscent of my own Chinese father. He’s also the executive director of the 1882 Foundation and retired Foreign Service officer.
For many journalists who do not identify as white, a crucial conversation arises: how to carve out an identity in newsrooms without being relegated to the “other.”
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