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imalwaystiredzzz · 3 years ago

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A main character’s wish. Gojo Satoru x M Reader

WARNING: Mentions of smut, angst Note: Someone actually requested this because they wanted to read something from me with a male reader (I used to write female readers before, slowly transitioning to gender neutral)

I’m not taking in jjk request but I’m happy to make this one for him as an exception.

And all the men and women merely players. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad - All the world’s a stage, As You Like It by William Shakespeare ══════════════════════════════════

The city is lively, even more than usual, lights and bamboo trees filled with wishes scattered about; people walking with their families hand in hand. The third years, specifically Itadori and Nobara, running around store to store with boundless energy with Fushiguro Megumi trailing them with a tired face; then of course, followed by Gojo Satoru walking beside you like a father to these rambunctious children.

You smile and laugh, but purposely notice how his knuckles brush against yours; his steps slowing down as he lets the others go on ahead. "We'll just be in the coffee shop around the corner," he tells them with a wave, the student's shouting "Yes!" as they continue their trip.

He leads you to the said coffee shop, sitting on the booth next to the glass window that shows the streets, thankful that even through the festival its flood of customers had long past this hour. You wait for Satoru who's probably ordering everything on the menu, eyes lingering a second too long for comfort at the couple who passed by, their hands intertwined as your mind flashes back to the night before. Your cheeks heat, sure that you looked like a tomato, and the collar of your uniform felt constricting but you pull it higher lest an evidence of last night's activities show.

"Did you wait long, darling!" Satoru laughs as the waitress blatantly tries to flirt with him while setting the food, her eyes sweet like honey as she looks at him; voice a pitch higher and her fingers dallying on the plates that she places on his side. All this scrutinizing, your (e/c) eyes picking apart the lady next to him, that you don't notice how his eyes would only stray to you. The man intertwined his fingers to your hand that had been laying on the table. "Ohhh don't be jealous, I would never look at anyone but you." The man pokes you cheeks with a kissy face.

"Don't be embarrassing Satoru-kun," you hastily replied pulling your hand away from him, eyes darting around, worried that anyone in ear shot would get the wrong idea - most especially that waitress but it seems that she's already ran away before you can explain, ears red under the black locks tucked in it.

You sigh, for the umpteenth time of the day as you look back at him with defeat. You don't understand, really, why the man in front of you always acts like this in public: all the jokes about being his boyfriend, coffee shop visits as dates, and publicly showing affection when there's women crowding him.

He deflates like a balloon at your reaction, expecting a cute blush or scolding, after all isn't that how you two have been since the beginning? Him, the troublemaker, and you, his most trusted partner. His heavenly eyes darts to the innocent cake, a smirk forming on his lips as he takes a slice and puts it near your face, "say ahh!"

"I can eat by myself, you know."

"Eh but that's not how you were last night!"

"Gojo Satoru!" nothing could describe your face but scandalized, while he laughed like a hyena in his chair, almost toppling over. You didn't mean to, but the memory of you a panting mess under him, those sinful lips that smirk at you in victory, kissed your neck so harshly that it leaves a mark to be seen in the mirror come the morning, hands firm on your hips while the other trailed down to your ass, flashed in your mind like a movie that you can't pause.

He lays his head on his arms, looking up at you with a seductive smile while saying, "it's not like we haven't crossed that line already." Knowing exactly what it was that made you almost look like a bomb about to explode from the blood rush.

So you look away, because that's all you can do when he teases you like this, muttering "You haven't even confessed to me," under your breath, unaware that he can actually read your lips from that angle and he freezes because you're right, he hasn't.

He'd kiss you in the shadows, bed you in the privacy of his room, he'd mark you where he knows people won't see because it's too much, the way you make his heart beat is too much and putting it into words will make it real. Will make everything much too real.

Because to love is to be vulnerable, to love in this world is to put your heart in the open field of war; and for all his cursed strength, status and titles, what he actually is...is weak.

Weak and cowardly enough that he'd hide the depth of his feelings for you.

And Gojo Satoru knows how you stare at the couples who'd walk around; how your eyes darkened at the Orihime and Hikoboshi figure from that shop that you passed; how you'd frown when questioned about romance.

Gojo Satoru knows that you love him as much as he does you, and he knows that you want to be more. More than what he makes you feel, more than what your mind tells you: a past time, a cover up and someone there when he needs it.

He leads you out of the shop, in his hand a bag of treats for the three and the other holding your arm instead of fingers intertwined, because even with a simple action like that, he's scared to know what it would imply. The tall man leads you to the center of the city where the population has gotten so dense that it looks like a sea, its waves pushing and pulling.

"Why did you even decide to go here when it's the middle of the festival," you complain, navigating through, thankful that his hold was firm - never letting go - lest you be lost in the crowd.

"It's not every year, we get to have moments like these! We better keep them close to heart, like the people we care about," he says with a melancholic smile, looking up to the highest bamboo tree placed in the middle of the city, the people steering away and giving space for those who wish to put their wishes up on its branch. He takes a tanzaku from the stand, writing on it in the angle that you won't see; his hair, swaying with the warm wind, looked like a lone snowflake in the summer and his eyes. His eyes were like the skies full of stars from the reflected city lights, and some of it looked akin to giving him a spotlight.

Everything, you realize. Everything about it highlighted him as the main character, and you. You are not.

"Oh," you sigh. He's so pretty and he deserves the spotlight while you are nothing but a speck of dust on the side of the stage. You simply don't have a chance with him and it is the tiniest bit of a miracle to even share the same stage; you know this but couldn't stop the way your heart flutters every time you look at him, the world blurred in the background - you can't help but stare at the main character of the story that's supposed to be yours.

Then he looks at you, seemingly noticing the stare when he knew all along that you couldn't take your eyes off of him, and smiles that goofy smile that he's given you for as long as you can remember. "I was thinking, what are you wishing for?"

He kisses your cheeks, the blush that dust your cheeks makes him smug and his heart swell. He takes pride in the way that you react so easily to him, shying away like a flower and flustered, ears turning red. "I can't tell you if I want it to come true." He puts an arm around your shoulder, inconspicuously using a bit of his power to hang the strip of paper up on the tree while leading you off to find the rambunctious students, a chuckle on his lips.

No he won't tell you, that simple wish on a paper and placed atop the highest part of the bamboo tree.

Written on it: One day, I would tell (Y/n) I love him.

Tanzaku : it is a custom to write a wish on a colored strip of paper called tanzaku and hang them on the branches of a small decorative bamboo tree Tanabata : is a summer festival based on an old story which tells of the annual reunion of two lovers in the Milky Way.

#jjk x reader #jjk x y/n #jujutsu kaisen x reader #jujutsu kaisen #gojo saturo #gojo sensei #gojo satoru x you #gojo satoru x reader #gojo x reader #gojo fluff #gojo angst

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spotlight-on-black-women · 4 years ago

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Black Women in Visual Media

Like the previous blog, this blog will highlight multiple Black Women in Visual Media. Not to be considered just painters or collage makers or sculptors, these women are held highly as innovators and visionaries in the art community. In no particular order, this blog will bring a quick glimpse into just a few of these Black Women creators in modern world visual media.

Delita Martin, born in 1972 in Conroe, Texas, received her BFA in drawing at Texas Southern University in Huston, Texas in 2002. In 2009, she then later earned her MFA in printmaking at Purdue University. Knowing that she wanted to pursue art since the age of five, she became a multidisciplinary artist and has worked across various mediums such as printmaking, painting, and stitching, the latter incorporating indigenous and modern art-making. Martin actively uses storytelling to provide a platform for marginalized Black women and frequently uses various forms of symbolism to represent women in her artwork. Much of her work contains West African masks, similar to Loïs Mailou Jones from a previous blog, which highlight the connection between the mortal and spiritual world. Martin's influences include Elizabeth Catlett after she was exposed to her work as an undergraduate student.

In 2008, Martin founded her own studio called Black Box Press while also working as a lecturer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from 2008 to 2012. She is also a founding member of Black Women of Print, founded in 2018 which acts as a printmaking collective for Black Women, as well as a ROUX artist collective member.

Her work has appeared in the Havana Biennial and in Art Basel Miami and she has permanent collections held by many museums including the following; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Salamander Resort, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bradbury Art Museum, C.N. Gorman Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, David C. Driskill Center, Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American-Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, Thrivent Financial, William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, the US Embassy (Mauritania) and more.

Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, born in 1982 in Nigeria, is a Nigerian-British Brooklyn based artist. Having been raised in the United Kingdom until the age of 13, she moved to America in 2004. She received a B.F.A. summa cum laude from the Tyler School of Art at Philadelphia's Temple University and received her M.F.A from Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, majoring in photography and textiles even though her favorite and most used medium is drawing. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York where she continues to work with graphite, ink, and pigment drawings, often combining them with photo transfers, with many of her mixed-media drawings centering on the concept of cultural hybridity and displacement. She draws much of her inspiration from Nigerian artists and the Nigerian history of drawing.

Amanze was an Artist-in-Residence at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, NY in 2011, in 2012 she earned a Fulbright Fellowship, and later received the Fulbright Scholars Award for Teaching/Research at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka the following year. She then became an Artist-in-Residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2014 and at the Fountainhead Residency in Miami, Florida in 2015. Amanze also participated in Opens Sessions at the Drawing Center, New York from 2015 to 2016 and was an Artist-in-Residence yet again at the Queens Museum in Queens, New York, from 2016 to 2017.

April Bey grew up in New Providence, The Bahamas, and earned her BFA from Ball State University in 2009 and her MFA in painting at California State University in 2014. Bey’s work has been exhibited at Band of Vices Gallery, Coagula Curatorial, Liquid Courage Gallery, and Barnsdall Art Park’s Municipal Art Gallery and she currently teaches in the department of Studio Arts at Glendale Community College.

Bey is best known for her mixed media work which mostly includes collage work that intertwines various materials such as caulking, resin, wood, and fabric. She uses her work to create commentary on contemporary Black Female rhetoric and attempts to capture strength, power, passion, and sensuality. Her work also explores the resilience of women as well as the hypocrisy of societal expectations towards women. Bey commonly uses photographs of Black Female figures such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Solange, Issa Rae, and Michaela Coel and adds text which speaks of the narratives Black Women are creating regarding their identity in modern times.

Dana King was born on March 7th, 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio, and served as a news anchor for San Francisco CBS Affiliate KPIX and a co-anchor on ABC's Good Morning America Sunday in the early ’90s before moving to CBS's CBS Morning News during the mid-’90s as well as other CBS News programs. King was well recognized for her career in journalism, even receiving a local Emmy for her reporting in Honduras in 1998 and 2000 and an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award in March 2005. Eventually, King ended up leaving her anchoring job in 2012 to pursue an art career and follow her passion for sculpting.

King's mediums include charcoal drawing and oil painting but she is best known for her sculptures as well as many community projects that revolve around portraying political messages, stemming from her career as a journalist. One of her best-known sculptures is an outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the women who led and sustained the Montgomery bus boycott which is currently on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, as of 2018. Not just an artist and ex-news anchor, King is also an entrepreneur, owning a thriving artists’ enclave located in Oakland, California. She also donated space from the building she owns at East 12th Street and 13th Avenue in Oakland, California to the Oakland community to paint a mural with the theme of “Oakland for all of us.” King donated the wall in hopes of bringing the community together and bringing awareness to political change.

There are so many other artists and influential Black Female visual creators out there making a mark on the world through innovative means and consisting of important messages. It’s a common theme among these artists that portraying the beauty of Black Women and women, in general, can be done elegantly and gracefully. There are powerful messages held in all of their work and their craft acts as an inspiration to women across the globe.

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ucflibrary · 5 years ago

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Women’s History Month began as a week-long celebration in Sonoma, California in 1978 which was centered around International Women’s Day on March 8. A year later during a women’s history conference at Sarah Lawrence College, participants learned how successful the week was and decided to initiate similar in their own areas. President Carter issued the first proclamation for a national Women’s History Week in 1980. In 1987, Congress (after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project) passed Pub. L. 100-9 designating March as Women’s History Month. U.S. Presidents have issued proclamations on Women’s History Month since 1988.

The University of Central Florida community joins together to celebrate Women’s History Month across multiple campuses with a wide variety of activities including the Women in STEM @ UCF panel discussion, a special screening of the student-produced film, Filthy Dreamers, and WomanFest 2020. You can also view the Women First at UCF Project on the display wall at the John C. Hitt Library. The project was a collaboration between UCF Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, Dr. M.C. Santana from the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and Dr. Robert Cassanello from the Department of History. Full details about the project, exhibit reception information and the UCF Celebrates the Arts Panel can be found on the Libraries blog.

Here at the UCF Libraries, we have created a list of books about women, both history and fiction, suggested by staff. Please click on the read more link below to see the full book list with descriptions and catalog links. And don’t forget to stop by the John C. Hitt Library to browse the featured bookshelf on the 2nd (main) floor near the bank of two elevators for additional Women’s History Month books and DVDs.

Backwards and in Heels: the past, present and future of women working in film by Alicia Malone Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first people to ever pick up a motion picture camera was a woman. As was the first screenwriter to win two Academy Awards, the inventor of the boom microphone and the first person to be credited with the title Film Editor. Throughout the entire history of Hollywood women have been revolutionizing, innovating, and shaping how we make movies. Yet their stories are rarely shared. Film reporter Alicia Malone tells the history of women in film in a different way, with stories about incredible ladies who made their mark throughout each era of Hollywood. From the first women directors, to the iconic movie stars, and present-day activists. Each of these stories are inspiring in the accomplishments of women, and they also highlight the specific obstacles women have had to face. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

Burn it Down: women writing about anger edited by Lilly Dancyger A rich, nuanced exploration of women's anger from a diverse group of writers. Women are furious, and we're not keeping it to ourselves any longer. We're expected to be composed and compliant, but in a world that would strip us of our rights, disparage our contributions, and deny us a seat at the table of authority, we're no longer willing to quietly seethe behind tight smiles. We're ready to burn it all down. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

Dreaming in French: the Paris years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis by Alice Kaplan A year in Paris . . . since World War II, countless American students have been lured by that vision—and been transformed by their sojourn in the City of Light. Dreaming in French tells three stories of that experience, and how it changed the lives of three extraordinary American women. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

Fair Labor Lawyer: the remarkable life of New Deal attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin by Marlene Trestman Through a life that spanned every decade of the twentieth century, Supreme Court advocate Bessie Margolin shaped modern American labor policy while creating a place for female lawyers in the nation's highest courts. Despite her beginnings in an orphanage and her rare position as a southern, Jewish woman pursuing a legal profession, Margolin became an important and influential Supreme Court advocate. Suggested by Richard Harrison, Research & Information Services

Hill Women: finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers uses these women’s stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future. Suggested by Anna Dvorecky, Cataloging

Invisible: the forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took down America's most powerful mobster by Stephen L. Carter Eunice Hunton Carter, Stephen Carter’s grandmother, was raised in a world of stultifying expectations about race and gender, yet by the 1940s, her professional and political successes had made her one of the most famous black women in America. But her triumphs were shadowed by prejudice and tragedy. Greatly complicating her rise was her difficult relationship with her younger brother, Alphaeus, an avowed Communist who—together with his friend Dashiell Hammett—would go to prison during the McCarthy era. Yet she remained unbowed. Suggested by Katy Miller, Student Learning & Engagement

Lactivism: how feminists and fundamentalists, hippies and yuppies, and physicians and politicians made breastfeeding big business and bad policy by Courtney Jung Political scientist Courtney Jung offers the most deeply researched and far-reaching critique of breastfeeding advocacy to date. Drawing on her own experience as a devoted mother who breastfed her two children and her expertise as a social scientist, Jung investigates the benefits of breastfeeding and asks why so many people across the political spectrum are passionately invested in promoting it, even as its health benefits have been persuasively challenged. What emerges is an eye-opening story about class and race in America, the big business of breastfeeding, and the fraught politics of contemporary motherhood. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

My Antonia by Willa Cather Set in rural Nebraska, Willa Cather’s book is both the story of an enduring friendship and a brilliant portrayal of the lives of rural pioneers in the late-nineteenth century. Suggested by Larry Cooperman, Research & Information Services

My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams In this collection, Justice Ginsburg discusses gender equality, the workings of the Supreme Court, being Jewish, law and lawyers in opera, and the value of looking beyond US shores when interpreting the US Constitution. This book’s sampling is selected by Justice Ginsburg and her authorized biographers Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams, who introduce each chapter and provide biographical context and quotes gleaned from hundreds of interviews they have conducted. Suggested by Sandy Avila, Research & Information Services

Text Me When You Get Home: the evolution and triumph of modern female friendship by Kayleen Schaefer journalist Kayleen Schaefer interviews more than one hundred women about their BFFs, soulmates, girl gangs, and queens while tracing this cultural shift through the lens of pop culture. Our love for each other is reflected in Abbi and Ilana, Issa and Molly, #squadgoals, the acclaim of Girls Trip and Big Little Lies, and Galentine’s Day.

Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during World War I and an unconventional American socialite searching for her cousin in 1947—are brought together in a mesmerizing story of courage and redemption. Suggested by Kelly Young, Administration

The Future is Feminist: radical, funny, and inspiring writing by women edited by Mallory Farrugia A star-studded roster of iconic women write powerfully about what it means to be a feminist yesterday, today, and tomorrow. These poets, essayists, activists, actors, and professors address topics ranging from workplace harassment to resting bitch face. The results are by turns refreshing, provocative, moving, and hilarious. A diverse chorus of intersectional voices and a forward-looking stance set this book apart. It's the smart, covetable anthology that women of all ages will turn to for support and inspiration in the ongoing fight for gender equality. Suggested by Jada Reyes, Research & Information Services

The Making of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by Daisy Hay Frankenstein was inspired by the extraordinary people surrounding the eighteen-year-old author and by the places and historical dramas that formed the backdrop of her youth. Featuring manuscripts, portraits, illustrations, and artifacts, this work explores the novel’s time and place, the people who inspired its characters, the relics of its long afterlife, and the notebooks in which it was created. Hay strips Frankenstein back to its constituent parts to reveal an uneven novel written by a young woman deeply engaged in the process of working out what she thought about the pressing issues of her time: from science, politics, religion, and slavery to maternity, the imagination, creativity, and community. Suggested by Jada Reyes, Research & Information Services

The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict In the tradition of The Paris Wife and Mrs. Poe, this book offers us a window into a brilliant, fascinating woman whose light was lost in Einstein's enormous shadow. It is the story of Einstein's wife, a brilliant physicist in her own right, whose contribution to the special theory of relativity is hotly debated and may have been inspired by her own profound and very personal insight. Suggested by Kelly Young, Administration

The Women Who Flew for Hitler: a true story of soaring ambition and searing rivalry by Clare Mulley Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous, and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male-dominated field of flight in 1930s Germany. With the war, both became pioneering test pilots and were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich. But they could not have been more different and neither woman had a good word to say for the other. Suggested by Kelly Young, Administration

Womanish: a grown black woman speaks on love and life by Kim McLarin Searing in its emotional honesty, this essay collection explores what it means to be a black woman in today’s turbulent times. Writing with candor, wit and vulnerability on topics including dating after divorce, depression, parenting older children, the Obama’s, and the often fraught relations between white and black women, McLarin unveils herself at the crossroads of being black, female and middle-aged, and, ultimately, American. Powerful and timely, it draws upon a lifetime of experiences to paint a portrait of a black woman trying to come to terms with the world around her, and of a society trying to come to terms with black women. Suggested by Megan Haught, Student Learning & Engagement/Research & Information Services

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engagedscholarsinitiative · 5 years ago

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Call for Papers -- Queer & Trans Student Alliance + Feminist Action Project Conference

Call for Workshop Submissions 2020

The Queer & Trans Student Alliance and the Feminist Action Project at UT Austin are hosting our Annual Conference on April 11th, 2020 in the William C. Powers J. Student Activity Center (WCP) on campus. This year’s theme is “On Resistance & Accountability: Queer, Trans, & Feminist Responses to Rape Culture” and we are currently accepting panel and workshop proposals. Submissions should address activism through an intersectional approach and encompass concepts that transcend the dialogue found in everyday media. We are looking for workshops that create a modern queer/feminist framework our attendees can utilize in their everyday activism. Whether it is a presentation, round-table discussion, workshop, or interactive seminar, all proposals are welcome! Our goals for the conference are: including the experiences and perspectives of both students and community members, prioritizing 101-level introductions to theories and movements, highlighting the complexities of identity in relation to the queer, feminist and other communities, and to put a special emphasis on language and space. Submissions should be consistent with the theme and goals. We welcome academically-oriented proposals as well as practical and activist ones, but we prefer interactive models such as discussions and skill-building workshops. We are particularly interested in proposals dealing with one or more of the following themes: . 101-level introductions: Privilege and power Rape Culture Bystander Intervention Sexism Racism Classism Decolonization Ableism Sexual & gender identities Transfeminisms Body acceptance activism Indigenous rights movements Intros to feminist histories and authors, etc. Everyday Activism: Negotiating Identity Online and social media Activism Activist self-care Inherently patriarchal language Appropriative or pejorative language Ableism (visible and invisible disabilities) Trigger Warnings Trauma-Informed activism Relationships between movements: Confronting –isms and oppression within feminist movements Tensions between women of color movements and ‘mainstream’ feminism Collaboration between feminist generations/waves Trans and gender identity activism and the LGBT mainstream Disability rights activism and intersectionality Race and economic rights activism (Black Lives Matter) International Feminisms Keep in mind that workshops will run approximately an hour and fifteen minutes and we anticipate 20-30 individuals to attend each session. Please share with folks you think would be interested in presenting at the conference and attending the conference. The conference will be sliding scale donation (no one will be turned away b/c of cost) and will be Saturday, April 11th in the WCP Student Activity Center at UT Austin. If you have questions please email [email protected]. Please submit a template of your proposal to us by March 10, 2020. Let us know if you have any questions!

#category: events #category: call for papers #category: activism and advocacy #eligibility: undergrad #deadline: march #eligibility: grad #area: LGBTQ studies #area: women's and gender studies #area: african and african diaspora studies #area: latinx studies #area: history

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incarnationsf · 5 years ago

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Date & Time: Saturday June 22, 7:30 p.m. Venue: Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students

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Ben Rosenblum Jazz Trio

Ben Rosenblum – piano/accordion Greg Feingold – bass Ben Zweig – drum

Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and accordionist Ben Rosenblum has been described as “mature beyond his years,” (Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility), and as an “impressive talent” (C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz), who “caresses [the music] with the reverence it merits” (Bob Doerschuk, Downbeat Magazine). Ben is based primarily in New York City, and is a graduate of the Columbia-Juilliard program (in 2016). His original music combines his extensive knowledge of the history of jazz with a free-wheeling, modern melodic sensibility and powerful narrative approach to the piano. His profound passion for jazz, swing and world music genres finds expression in his unique fusion of harmonic and rhythmic elements from a wide array of sources, and gives rise to a signature compositional sound and style at once iconoclastic and deeply rooted in such figures as Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly. Ben’s first priority in his composition and in his playing is always narrative – to tell a compelling story with his music, while reaching the hearts of his audience, connecting on an emotional, an intellectual and a spiritual level.

Reviewers of his debut album Instead – released in 2017 with bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Billy Hart – have been impressed by his musicality and his tasteful playing in light of his immense technical skill. Bob Doerschuk of Downbeat Magazine gave the album four stars, and wrote, “He has the chops to shoot off a few fireworks, … but that doesn’t seem to be a priority when covering sacred material.” C. Michael Bailey notes approvingly: “there do emerge conservatoire aces with grit in their imagination and a facility to express such in their playing. Ben Rosenblum is one such performer/composer. The Julliard-Columbia trained pianist brings a freighter of technique to the keyboard, while still maintaining enough earthiness in his playing to satisfy even the fussiest listener.” Fred Stal of RG Magazine most recently described his experience of listening to Ben’s live CD release performance: “The music keeps you on your feet and not wanting to miss a single moment of magic. … Raindrops from heaven poured down with style and grace from Rosenblum’s piano.”

Since the release of Ben’s debut album, Ben has been touring regularly – both nationally and internationally – celebrating the album and collaborating with artists around the world. Ben’s trio made debuts in Japan and in Canada in 2018. During his two-week tour of Japan, Ben performed in eight different cities, including in Tokyo at Akasaka B-flat, and in Yokohama at Himawari-no-sato Concert Hall with famed koto player Yuko Watanabe. Highlights of his Canada tour included appearances at Upstairs Jazz in Montreal, Maelstrom and Bar Ste-Angele in Quebec City and the Southminster “Doors Open For Music” Concert Series in Ottawa. In the United States, Ben has traveled extensively throughout the Northeast, Midwest and West Coast, with trips planned for the South and Southwest. These domestic tours have featured performances at some of the most well-respected venues in the country, including Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz), Ravinia (Chicago), Cliff Bells (Detroit), An Die Musik (Baltimore), The Bop Stop (Cleveland), Mezzrow (New York City) and many others. As a sideman, Ben has had further opportunities to tour the world. In 2018, he traveled for three weeks through Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Serbia with Astrid Kuljanic, during which the group performed at multiple festivals, including the Ljeto na Bundeka Festival in Zagreb and the Soboško Poletje Festival in Murska Sobota. He also performed for two nights at the Blue Note in Beijing alongside famed jazz singer Deborah Davis.

Born and raised in New York City, Ben had the opportunity to study with some of the most influential figures in jazz piano, including Frank Kimbrough, Bruce Barth, Ben Waltzer and Roy Assaf. At the early age of sixteen, the originality of his work was already being recognized with numerous awards, including the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award (2010), the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Original Song (2010) and the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Arrangement (2011). As a result, even before entering Columbia, Ben was commissioned by the XIBUS World Orchestra to write a piece for performance at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall in 2012. Ben has continued to earn numerous distinctions and honors in recent years. In 2015, he was a finalist at the American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida, and in 2016, at the Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2018, he earned further recognition from the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award competition in the form of an honorable mention, and he was featured at the ASCAP Foundation’s 2018 “We Write The Songs” event at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.

In addition to his own work, Ben often collaborates with other musicians. He has worked extensively with Grammy-nominated singer Ryland Angel on several compositional projects, including the project Unspoken, which premiered at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, in November of 2016. His debut album Instead has received very favorable reviews from a wide range of sources throughout the world, including Downbeat Magazine, All About Jazz, Drumset Magazine (Italy) and The Jazz Writer (Germany).

Ben performed with the Bachiana Brasileira Orchestra at Lincoln Center (conducted by Joao Carlos Martins and featuring Dave Brubeck), and he was a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium with the New York Harmonic Band (conducted by Reona Ito). He traveled to New Delhi, India, to perform at a Max India Benefit, and was a participant at Il Grande Veggio, in Perugia, Italy. He has played at the Masten Jazz Festival (Buffalo), the Richmond Jazz Festival (Richmond), the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival (Maryland), Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival (Manhattan), the DUMBO Arts Festival (Brooklyn), Musikfest (Bethlehem, PA) and the Music Mountain Festival (Connecticut). He has also appeared at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, the Appel Room at Lincoln Center, Ryles Jazz Club, Webster Hall, Symphony Space, The Blue Note, Smoke, Smalls and a host of other music venues throughout the northeast.

Ben has worked extensively with such jazz luminaries as Curtis Lundy, Neal Smith, Winard Harper, Wayne Escoffery and Deborah Davis, and he has performed in bands led by Bobby Watson, TS Monk, Chris Washburne and Warren Wolf. In addition, he has shared the stage with many other jazz legends, including Wycliffe Gordon, Brian Lynch, Phil Woods, Houston Person, Jerry Dodgion, Eliot Zigmund, Clarence Penn, Craig Handy, Dave Stryker, James Cammack, Ameen Saleem, Bob Nieske, Steve Nelson, Yasushi Nakamura, Essiet Essiet, Willie Williams, Patience Higgins, Josh Evans, Kenny Davis and Rogerio Boccato.?

While at Columbia University, Ben founded the Columbia Jazz House, a student-run jazz advocacy group that promotes jazz on campus through concerts, educational workshops and jam sessions. On December 28th, 2015, the Columbia Jazz House was featured in a New York Times article titled “Melodies Night and Day in this Columbia Dorm.”

Greg Feingold started playing bass at the age of 10. He quickly realized that bass was something he would pursue for the rest of his life and was accepted to the Chicago Academy for the Arts. After graduating from the Academy, Greg was given a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music. Greg was very active both locally and nationally while at Berklee. He began playing with the International String Trio and performing regularly with Berklee faculty such as Bill Pierce, Neal Smith, Jon Hazilla, Doug Johnson, Rebecca Cline and many others. After graduating, Greg moved to New York and began playing in Winard Harper’s Jelli Posse. Throughout his stay in New York, he worked with legendary jazz performers such as Jimmy Cobb, Eric Reed, Eric Harland, Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Turre, Jim Rotondi, Jackie Ryan, Stephen Scott as well as continuing to tour with the International String Trio and the Valinor Quartet. Greg moved to Seattle in 2015 to change his surroundings and currently performs with a variety of groups around the west coast. He can be seen performing regularly with Thomas Marriott, Julian MacDonough, Miles Black and other great local Seattle musicians. He also co-leads the 200 Trio which performs around the country as one of the up and coming jazz guitar trios.

Jazz drummer and educator, Ben Zweig, “is able to combine history with the current musical environment, making it sound fresh” (Don Sickler). After moving to NYC in 2011, the 26 year old has accompanied an impressive array of jazz luminaries, including; Randy Weston, Johnny O’Neal, Larry Ridley, David Williams, Roy Hargrove, Deborah Davis, Joe Cohn, Champian Fulton, Jerry Dodgion, and Steve Nelson. Described by downbeat as “especially crisp and articulate,” Zweig has presented his personal sound performed with tours throughout the continental US, Asia and Canada. He currently tours regularly with Ben Rosenblum’s trio and leads a bi-weekly residency hosting the Sunday late night jam sessions at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC. Zweig is an avid educator. He has taught clinics across the country with the Champian Fulton quartet and has also directed the after-school percussion program at WHEELS middle and high school. Mentored by master drummers such as Joe Farnsworth, Billy Hart, Kenny Washington, Rodney Green, Justin DiCioccio, Christopher Brown, John Riley, and Rogerio Boccato, Ben is committed to passing down the information he has received from these legends. In his formative education, Ben was classically trained by Kenneth Piascik, culminating in performances with the NAfME All-Eastern Orchestra and as principal percussionist with the MENC All-National Concert Band. He currently maintains a private drum studio in Morningside-Heights with students of all ages. Ben received his B.M. and a M.M. from the Manhattan School of Music.

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Who Has More Billionaires Democrats Or Republicans

Tom Steyer And Kathryn Ann Taylor $598 Million

Steyer is an environmentalist and former hedge fund manager at Farallon Capital who made his fortune picking diamonds out of the dust, as one magazine put it. In 2012, Steyer walked away from his company to focus full time on political activism and philanthropy. He and his wife, Taylor, have an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion and have become top Democratic donors.

Steyer launched an online petition urging Trumps impeachment that has garnered 6.1 million signatures and made establishment Democrats uneasy. He opted not to donate any money to Democratic Party committees this year after Democrats in Congress voted to reopen the government despite failing to reach an immigration deal.

Steyer has pledged to spend nearly $120 million in the 2018 midterm campaign, including $70 million to NextGen America, his nonprofit focused on climate change that is helping register and turn out young voters and people of color. Speaking to a student on the Cal State Fullerton campus this fall, Steyer said, You can change this world, or it can be run by a bunch of arrogant, entitled, rich white old men.

A spokesman for Steyer says much of the money he spends wont be documented by campaign finance filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission but in IRS filings due next year.

These Are The 10 Billionaires Who Influence Politics In America The Most

When Travie McCoy and Bruno Mars sang about how much they wanted to be billionaires, mostly they were interested in living the good life for themselves. Actual billionaires in the United States have found avenues for their money that accomplish much more. Given the vast amount of wealth they control and their outsized role in the American political process, the extremely rich have access to corridors of power in America the rest of us can only dream of.

The Brookings Institution’s Darrell West devised a ranking to sort out which of these larger-than-life figures are the most politically powerful, factoring in “campaign expenditures, activism through nonprofit organizations and foundations, holding public office, media ownership, policy thought leadership and behind-the-scenes influence.” Ranging from media moguls to high-profile philanthropists to serving Cabinet members, here are the real top 10 influencers on American political thought and action today.

Linkedin Cofounder Reid Hoffman Donated $9315826 Mostly To Democrats

Total donations: $9,315,826

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Net worth: $1.9 billion

Reid Hoffman was an early employee of PayPal and one of the first investors in Facebook, according to Forbes. Hoffman founded Linkedin in 2003. Hoffman sold LinkedIn for $26.2 billion to Microsoft in 2016 and now sits on Microsoft’s board, according to Forbes.

Hoffman gave $8,317,326 to Democrats and $433,500 to Republicans in 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Heiress Deborah Simon Donated $97 Million To Democrats

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Net worth: Unknown

Deborah Simon is the daughter of Indiana shopping mall developer Melvin Simon. Simon inherited a portion of her father’s fortune after a bitter legal battle over his estate with her stepmother Bren Simon, according to Forbes.

Simon’s family had a net worth of $6.8 billion in 2014, according to Forbes.

Americas Top 20 Ceos Donated To The Midterm Elections At Republicans And Democrats:

Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com

John B. Hess, Hess Corp.Total: $877,600

Stephen Wynn, Wynn Resorts LimitedTotal: $797,467

James Rupert Murdoch, Twenty-First Century FoxTotal: $506,666

Stephen James Luczo, Seagate TechnologyTotal: $469,825

Steven Roth, Vornado Realty TrustTotal: $432,400

Leslie Herbert Wexner, L BrandsTotal: $359,700

Timothy C. Wentworth, Express Scripts HoldingTotal: $262,594

Mark J. Alles, Celgene CorporationTotal: $195,682

Ian C. Read, Pfizer Inc.Total: $181,833

Joel S. Marcus, Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesTotal: $175,400

David M. Zaslav, Discovery, Inc.Total: $143,600

Gregory Q. Brown, Motorola SolutionsTotal: $132,150

David A. Ricks, Eli LillyTotal: $128,020

David N. Farr, Emerson Electric Co.Total: $127,033

Leonard S. Schleifer, Regeneron PharmaceuticalsTotal: $125,000Worlds Best CEOs Rank: #576

A. Jayson Adair, Copart

Charles William Ergen, DISH Network Corporation Total: $119,900Party: $51,300 DEM; $53,600 GOP

Marc N. Casper, Thermo Fisher ScientificTotal: $118,100

Robert A. Iger, Walt DisneyTotal: $111,800

Republicans Are Racist And Not Shy To Lie About It

Today’s republicans are not Abraham Lincoln alike. The neo-cons are all racist, like Donald Trump, Jan Brewer, Donald Sterling, Mike Huckabee, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Bob McDonnell… The name list just can go too long. Of course, not all republican are racists but their party has a racist culture and their public racist comments and behaviors are just too common and normal. If you talk about the history of two party, the republican party might not be that racist, but today’s republican are way more racist than any party out there. I’m neither a conservative nor liberal, that I’m independent. But I support democrat party because this party is not racist and try to direct the country’s culture to diversity and multiculturalism. It is just too late for those racist cons try to change the nation back to a white country, if you take into the consideration that there are almost 30% of people are minorities.

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Us Democratic Fundraising Arm Outraises Republican Counterpart In July

Supporters of Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden gather with their cars for a socially distanced election celebration as they await Bidens remarks and fireworks in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 – The fundraising arm of the U.S. Democratic Party raised more money in July than its Republican counterpart, helped by big contributions from billionaire donors including investor George Soros and former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt.

Disclosures filed on Friday with the Federal Election Commission showed the Democratic National Committee raised about $13.1 million last month, above the $12.9 million raised by the Republican National Committee.

The RNC still had more money in the bank at the close of the month – $79 million compared to nearly $68 million held by the DNC – although Democrats narrowed the gap.

Raising more money does not necessarily translate into Election Day victory, but a big bank account helps U.S. parties support their candidates’ campaigns and pays for ads and polling.

Democrats have narrow majorities in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, and losing control of either in the November 2022 contests would be a blow to Democratic President Joe Biden’s agenda.

Soros, a famed investor and a bogeyman of conservatives due to his status as a major donor for liberal causes, gave the DNC at least $250,000 in July.

Yes Republicans Are Racists

Their policies and programs result in cutting benefits for blacks and increasing benefits for whites – since due to discrimination blacks have a higher proportion getting assistance, and represent a smaller proportion of defense contractors. Their policies against Affirmative Action directly impact blacks, yet the Republicans have no policy against ending discrimination against blacks. You will never see Sarah Palin give a speech on the struggle of black Americans. You will never see a Tea Party representative give a speech about racial segregation in our society. The Tea Party Republicans think blacks have on average lower income and status in society not because of racism but because blacks ‘choose’ these lifestyles. Thus, their explanation of differences in racial incomes is based on race itself. By definition, most are in fact racist

Investor Timothy Mellon Gave $10 Million Mostly To Republicans

Total donations: $10,061,000

Party Affiliation: Republican

Net worth: $1 billion

Timothy Mellon, the grandson of twentieth-century business magnate Andrew Mellon, funded the founding of New Hampshire-based railroad company, Guilford Transportation Industries, according to Forbes.

While most of Mellon’s donations were to conservatives, Mellon also gave $2,700 to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, according to The Guardian.

Billionaires Backed Republicans Who Sought To Reverse Us Election Results

Guardian analysis shows Club for Growth has spent $20m supporting 42 rightwing lawmakers who voted to invalidate Biden victory

An anti-tax group funded primarily by billionaires has emerged as one of the biggest backers of the Republican lawmakers who sought to overturn the US election results, according to an analysis by the Guardian.

The Club for Growth has supported the campaigns of 42 of the rightwing Republicans senators and members of the House of Representatives who voted last week to challenge US election results, doling out an estimated $20m to directly and indirectly support their campaigns in 2018 and 2020, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

About 30 of the Republican hardliners received more than $100,000 in indirect and direct support from the group.

The Club for Growths biggest beneficiaries include Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, the two Republican senators who led the effort to invalidate Joe Bidens electoral victory, and the newly elected far-right gun-rights activist Lauren Boebert, a QAnon conspiracy theorist. Boebert was criticised last week for tweeting about the House speaker Nancy Pelosis location during the attack on the Capitol, even after lawmakers were told not to do so by police.

Heres the thing about the hyper wealthy. They believe that their hyper-wealth grants them the ability to not be accountable

Neither the Club for Growth nor McIntosh responded to requests for comment.

James And Marilyn Simons

Amount donated: $20.1 million

The couple has supported some of the biggest outside groups in Democratic politics during the midterms.

James Simons, for instance, donated $10 million to a single group, the House Majority PAC, which worked to help the party win control of the chamber in 2018. Hes an MIT-educated mathematician, who founded Renaissance Technologies, a New York hedge fund.

Simons worth more than $21 billion, according to Forbes stepped away from day-to-day management of the fund in 2009. Their aides did not respond to interview requests.

Are America’s Richest Families Republicans Or Democrats

Forbes took at look at the 50 richest clans on our new list of Americas Richest Families. There are a handful of politicians in the mix, and an overwhelming majority that support one political party far more than another.

Some of Americas wealthiest families wear their politics on their sleeves. Charles and David Koch, notorious for their support of right-wing causes, donated more than $2.2 million during the 2012 election, nearly all to Republican candidates. Jon and Patricia

Other members of rich clans have stepped into the political fray themselves. Penny Pritkzer, part of the family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, became President Obamas Commerce Secretary in June 2013. Mark Dayton, an heir to the Dayton family fortune is a Democrat and the current governor of Minnesota. Pete du Pont, descendant of the founder of chemical giant DuPont, was a Republican governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985 and ran for president in 1988. Dolph Briscoe, Jr., member of the Briscoe ranching family, was a Democrat and governor of Texas from 1973 to 1979. Ross Perot, Sr., is famous for his two impressive but unsuccessful presidential runs as an Independent. He and his son have donated to both parties, but they lean Republican.

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One caveat: Some of these family fortunes are shared among dozens or even hundreds of people, so we were only able to track political donations of a subset of prominent members.

1. Walton Republican

James And Marilyn Simons Gave $22 Million To Democrats

Total donations: $22,165,010

Net worth: $21.6 billion

James Simons, the founder of quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, was named the highest-paid hedge fund manager of 2019 by Forbes. James and his wife, economist and philanthropist Marilyn Simons, are also major donors to Stony Brook University, where they met, according to Bloomberg.

Bezos Buffett Branson: What Do Americans Think Of Billionaires

With three billionaires featuring prominently in the news recently for their space race antics, the latest Economist/YouGov poll examines how popular a collection of the worlds richest people is among the U.S. public.

The men who are attempting private space expeditions may be doing something that most Americans support, though they are not especially liked as individuals. Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and owner of space firm Blue Origin, receives favorable reviews from only 28% of people, compared to 50% who view him critically.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is divisive, with 39% approving of him but 38% disapproving. Musk receives much more positive judgments from Republicans than Democrats .

British billionaire Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin conglomerate including Virgin Galactic whose spacecraft took him to orbit last week is seen as more popular than not , although perhaps because more Americans have not heard of him .

Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg is the most negatively viewed of all the billionaires we asked about. This is particularly the case among Republicans, 69% of whom dislike him, although half of Democrats also dislike the social media CEO .

Related: Americans support sending astronauts to the moon and Mars

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Not A Generalization But The Majority Of Racists Are Republican

OK, as current proof of my point, http://img3.allvoices.com/thumbs/image/609/480/95031869-vote-romney.jpgSorry for the long link, but it completely proves my point. RACIST!Also, it is not uncommon for people to hold up highly offensive posters at rallies, speeches etc. For example, one said ‘Impeach the half-breed Muslim’ . Tell me again that that isn’t racist. I also want to make the point that NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS! PEOPLE SHOULDN”T CARE IF THEIR PRESIDENT IS MUSLIM ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!! I actually know many Muslims and they are awesome and some of the nicest people on earth . Just because some Muslims screwed up doesn’t mean that every Muslim is the same way. Don’t pull the argument about slavery, the parties have morphed and current examples are better.

Congress: More Democrat Millionaires Than Republican And Here’s Why

In a report from AllGov.com, we learn that for the first time more than half of all members of Congress are millionaires. But whats really interesting about the story is that it tells us there are more Democrats than Republicans in Congress who are millionaires.

That is not surprising to some of us, but it might be to a lot of people who have bought the Democrat/lamestream media narrative that Republicans are the party of the rich.

Let me tell you why this really is.

First, lets understand there is nothing wrong with being a millionaire, or a billionaire for that matter. Contrary to what the rhetoric of the Democratic Party suggests, the vast majority of rich people have earned their fortunes by working hard and accomplishing things that have benefited others. That includes those who have made their money by investing, because they have put their capital at risk to help finance businesses that create jobs and produce goods and services people want and need.

Having said that, how can it be that there are more Democrat millionaires than Republican millionaires when everyone knows the conventional wisdom that Democrats are the party of the working man and Republicans are the party of the rich?

Because thats a load of crap, thats how.

People who pursue business careers and later decide to run for Congress often do so because they see what a big problem the meddling of government is for the business community. And as you might expect, they run as Republicans.

There Is A Lot Of Flawed Logic Here

Anyone who equates conservative or Republican with racist is the exact thing they are projecting on others. Plain and simple.Racism is simply the lumping together of large groups of people and claiming they all have the same traits. Anyone who says that all conservatives are racist is exactly the same. The most racist people I have ever met have been liberals. But that doesn’t mean I think all liberals are racists. That’s absurd. But you continue on making generalizations about people you don’t even know. That just shows how tolerant and open-minded you really are.

These Democratic Billionaires Could Help Shape The 2020 Election

A small cluster of Democrats, led by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, donated a combined $226 million to outside groups in the 2018 midterms for Congress, or nearly $1 out of every $5 spent by outside groups in those elections.

The spending helped Democrats win back the House. Now, some of these mega-donors including the billionaire pro-impeachment activist Tom Steyer are poised to help shape the 2020 races for the presidency and Congress.

Heres a glance at the Democrats five biggest donors and the amounts they donated to outside groups at the federal level in the 2018 election cycle, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics:

How Americans Feel About Billionaires During The Pandemic

The pandemic has exacerbated wealth inequality, and many Americans are resentful of the fact that while they struggled, the wealthy made significant gains.

This unease is reflected in questions that speak to Americans more generalized opinions about the top 1 percent, which were generally shared across the political spectrum. Only 23 percent of those polled said they consider billionaires to be good role models for the country, while 65 percent said they dont.

Similarly, only 36 percent said they had generally positive feelings about billionaires, as opposed to 49 percent who said they did not. Black Americans said they had much more positive feelings about billionaires than did members of other racial subgroups: 45 percent said they felt positively, while only 39 percent said they felt negatively. Democrats were also more likely to be anti-billionaire than Republicans.

And yet Americans are broadly dismissive of some progressive rhetoric about something being fundamentally wrong with a society that features billionaires. Around 82 percent say they agree with the statement that people should be allowed to become billionaires similarly, 68 percent say they disagree that its immoral for a society to allow people to become billionaires.

Former Breitbart News Investor Robert Mercer And His Wife Diana Have Given $6544024 To Conservatives

Total donations: $6,544,024

Party: Republican

Net worth: Unknown

Robert Mercer, 73, is the former co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund valued at $50 million in 2017, according to The New York Times. Mercer left the hedge fund in 2017 after clients, including the retirement fund for Baltimore’s police and firefighters, withdrew their investments from Renaissance over concern about Mercer’s political donations and involvement with Breitbart, The Times reported.

The $6.5 million that Robert and his wife Diana donated to Republicans in 2018 was the smallest figure they’ve given in any election cycle since 2012, CNBC reported. The couple, once among President Trump’s biggest supporters, have become fatigued by the resulting media attention, sources told CNBC.

The Philosophy Behind Republican Economic Policy

Republicans advocate supply-side economics that primarily benefits businesses and investors. This theory states that tax cuts on businesses allow them to hire more workers, in turn increasing demand and growth. In theory, the increased revenue from a stronger economy offsets the initial revenue loss over time.

Republicans advocate the right to pursue prosperity without government interference. They argue this is achieved by self-discipline, enterprise, saving, and investing.

Republicans business-friendly approach leads most people to believe that they are better for the economy. A closer look reveals that Democrats are, in many respects, actually better.

Jeff And Mackenzie Bezos $102 Million

The founder of Amazon and his wife, MacKenzie, made their first major political donation this September to a nonpartisan fund dedicated to helping elect veterans of all stripes to Congress. They have since tried to toe the middle road, handing $10,800 to Democrats and $16,200 to Republicans this cycle. Their top individual recipients have been Sen. Maria Cantwell and Sen. Cory Gardner .

Bezos, the worlds richest person, has faced criticism from both Republicans and Democrats. Trump has attacked him via Twitter over his ownership of the Washington Post; Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized him over the wages he pays his Amazon warehouse employees.

The Bezoses other top financial contributions this cycle have been to nonpartisan political action committees connected with Amazon and Blue Origin, his rocket company.

Richard And Elizabeth Uihlein $391 Million

Richard Uihlein is founder and CEO of shipping supply giant Uline. The Uihleins have been longtime donors to conservative politics in their home state of Illinois and nationwide, particularly aimed at achieving a more conservative judicial system.

The couple were major backers of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and failed U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, and they bankrolled Janus vs. AFSCME, a Supreme Court case that succeeded in banning mandatory fees funding public employee unions.

The candidates and groups the Uihleins have backed are among the most conservative in the GOP, opposing abortion and transgender rights.

Uihlein and his wife maintain a low profile, rarely giving interviews.

The Nations Wealthiest Are More Likely To Be Republican Than The Average Americanbut Just About As Likely To Be Voting For Biden

How are Americas billionaires voting in the 2020 presidential election?

If you think theyre all coming out in support of their fellow Forbes 400 member, Donald Trump, youd be wrong. Over the past month Forbes sent every billionaire in the U.S. a brief election survey. We got 42 responses, from billionaires spanning the political spectrum.

The biggest takeaway: These billionaires are more likely to be Republican than the average Americanbut just about as likely to be voting for Joe Biden.

A recent Gallup poll shows that 28% of Americans identify as Republicans, 27% identify as Democrats and 42% identify as independents. Our billionaire cohort skewed farther right: 43% Republicans, 24% Democrats and 33% independents. Yet theyre swaying blue. Nearly half, or 48%, say theyre casting a ballot for Biden, compared to 40% for Trump. That tracks with the larger population, which favors Biden to Trump 51-42, according to RealClearPolitics RCP Poll Average. It also tracks with Federal Election Commission data, which shows more billionaires opening their wallets to support Biden than Trump.

Nearly as important as their votes is the billionaires money. Twenty-six billionaires say theyve donated money to a campaign this year, 26 also say theyve given to a political action committee, ten say theyve attended a fundraiser and four say theyve hosted a fundraiser themselves. Only seven of the 42 respondents say they havent done anything to support a candidate this year.

For The First Time Half Of Members Of Congress Are Millionairesdemocrats Worth More Than Republicans

Members of Congress continued to get richer last year, resulting in more than 50% of lawmakers possessing a net worth of $1 million or moresomething thats never happened before in congressional history.

Of 534 current members of Congress, at least 268 were millionaires, according the Center for Responsive Politics review of financial disclosure reports filed last year.

The median net worth for the 530 lawmakers who were in Congress as of the May 2013 filing deadline was $1,008,767up from $966,000 during the previous year.

The center also found that Democrats overall were a little wealthier than Republicans in Congress, $1.04 million versus $1 million. Both groups saw their collective net worth go up, from $990,000 for Democrats and $907,000 for Republicans in the previous year.

Democrats in the House were richer than their GOP counterparts, $929,000 versus $884,000. House Republicans, however, could boast having the richest member: Darrell Issa of California, who has had this distinction in other years. The Viper car-alarm magnate has a net worth of $464 million.

In the Senate, the GOP caucus was noticeably wealthier than the Democratic caucus, $2.9 million versus $1.7 million.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

S Donald Sussman $229 Million

A Florida native, Sussman founded New China Capital Management and the Paloma Fund, which was described in 2016 as a $4-billion hedge fund.

Sussman is a longtime donor to Bill and Hillary Clinton and was a prominent donor to Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign. This cycle, his biggest contributions have gone to Democratic behemoth Priorities USA PAC and the Senate Majority PAC, which is working to flip control of the Senate. He has also given to efforts to expand voter access and has said he is driven by a desire to elect candidates who will bring about campaign finance reform.

Its very odd to be giving millions when your objective is to actually get the money out of politics, he told the Washington Post in 2016.

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Tom Steyer And Kathryn Ann Taylor $598 Million

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A spokesman for Steyer says much of the money he spends wont be documented by campaign finance filings submitted to the Federal Election Commission but in IRS filings due next year.

These Are The 10 Billionaires Who Influence Politics In America The Most

Linkedin Cofounder Reid Hoffman Donated $9315826 Mostly To Democrats

Total donations: $9,315,826

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Net worth: $1.9 billion

Hoffman gave $8,317,326 to Democrats and $433,500 to Republicans in 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Heiress Deborah Simon Donated $97 Million To Democrats

Party Affiliation: Democrat

Net worth: Unknown

Simon’s family had a net worth of $6.8 billion in 2014, according to Forbes.

Americas Top 20 Ceos Donated To The Midterm Elections At Republicans And Democrats:

Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com John B. Hess, Hess Corp.Total: $877,600 Stephen Wynn, Wynn Resorts LimitedTotal: $797,467 James Rupert Murdoch, Twenty-First Century FoxTotal: $506,666 Stephen James Luczo, Seagate TechnologyTotal: $469,825 Steven Roth, Vornado Realty TrustTotal: $432,400 Leslie Herbert Wexner, L BrandsTotal: $359,700 Timothy C. Wentworth, Express Scripts HoldingTotal: $262,594 Mark J. Alles, Celgene CorporationTotal: $195,682 Ian C. Read, Pfizer Inc.Total: $181,833 Joel S. Marcus, Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesTotal: $175,400 David M. Zaslav, Discovery, Inc.Total: $143,600 Gregory Q. Brown, Motorola SolutionsTotal: $132,150 David A. Ricks, Eli LillyTotal: $128,020 David N. Farr, Emerson Electric Co.Total: $127,033 Leonard S. Schleifer, Regeneron PharmaceuticalsTotal: $125,000Worlds Best CEOs Rank: #576 A. Jayson Adair, Copart Charles William Ergen, DISH Network Corporation Total: $119,900Party: $51,300 DEM; $53,600 GOP Marc N. Casper, Thermo Fisher ScientificTotal: $118,100 Robert A. Iger, Walt DisneyTotal: $111,800

Republicans Are Racist And Not Shy To Lie About It

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Us Democratic Fundraising Arm Outraises Republican Counterpart In July

The RNC still had more money in the bank at the close of the month – $79 million compared to nearly $68 million held by the DNC – although Democrats narrowed the gap.

Raising more money does not necessarily translate into Election Day victory, but a big bank account helps U.S. parties support their candidates’ campaigns and pays for ads and polling.

Soros, a famed investor and a bogeyman of conservatives due to his status as a major donor for liberal causes, gave the DNC at least $250,000 in July.

Yes Republicans Are Racists

Investor Timothy Mellon Gave $10 Million Mostly To Republicans

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Total donations: $10,061,000

Party Affiliation: Republican

Net worth: $1 billion

Timothy Mellon, the grandson of twentieth-century business magnate Andrew Mellon, funded the founding of New Hampshire-based railroad company, Guilford Transportation Industries, according to Forbes.

While most of Mellon’s donations were to conservatives, Mellon also gave $2,700 to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, according to The Guardian.

Billionaires Backed Republicans Who Sought To Reverse Us Election Results

Guardian analysis shows Club for Growth has spent $20m supporting 42 rightwing lawmakers who voted to invalidate Biden victory

About 30 of the Republican hardliners received more than $100,000 in indirect and direct support from the group.

Heres the thing about the hyper wealthy. They believe that their hyper-wealth grants them the ability to not be accountable

Neither the Club for Growth nor McIntosh responded to requests for comment.

James And Marilyn Simons

Amount donated: $20.1 million

The couple has supported some of the biggest outside groups in Democratic politics during the midterms.

Simons worth more than $21 billion, according to Forbes stepped away from day-to-day management of the fund in 2009. Their aides did not respond to interview requests.

Are America’s Richest Families Republicans Or Democrats

Infographic: David Lada

One caveat: Some of these family fortunes are shared among dozens or even hundreds of people, so we were only able to track political donations of a subset of prominent members.

1. Walton Republican

James And Marilyn Simons Gave $22 Million To Democrats

Total donations: $22,165,010

Net worth: $21.6 billion

Bezos Buffett Branson: What Do Americans Think Of Billionaires

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is divisive, with 39% approving of him but 38% disapproving. Musk receives much more positive judgments from Republicans than Democrats .

Related: Americans support sending astronauts to the moon and Mars

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Not A Generalization But The Majority Of Racists Are Republican

OK, as current proof of my point, https://ift.tt/3jpQSob for the long link, but it completely proves my point. RACIST!Also, it is not uncommon for people to hold up highly offensive posters at rallies, speeches etc. For example, one said ‘Impeach the half-breed Muslim’ . Tell me again that that isn’t racist. I also want to make the point that NOT ALL MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS! PEOPLE SHOULDN”T CARE IF THEIR PRESIDENT IS MUSLIM ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!! I actually know many Muslims and they are awesome and some of the nicest people on earth . Just because some Muslims screwed up doesn’t mean that every Muslim is the same way. Don’t pull the argument about slavery, the parties have morphed and current examples are better.

Congress: More Democrat Millionaires Than Republican And Here’s Why

That is not surprising to some of us, but it might be to a lot of people who have bought the Democrat/lamestream media narrative that Republicans are the party of the rich.

Let me tell you why this really is.

Because thats a load of crap, thats how.

There Is A Lot Of Flawed Logic Here

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These Democratic Billionaires Could Help Shape The 2020 Election

How Americans Feel About Billionaires During The Pandemic

The pandemic has exacerbated wealth inequality, and many Americans are resentful of the fact that while they struggled, the wealthy made significant gains.

Former Breitbart News Investor Robert Mercer And His Wife Diana Have Given $6544024 To Conservatives

Total donations: $6,544,024

Party: Republican

Net worth: Unknown

The Philosophy Behind Republican Economic Policy

Republicans advocate the right to pursue prosperity without government interference. They argue this is achieved by self-discipline, enterprise, saving, and investing.

Republicans business-friendly approach leads most people to believe that they are better for the economy. A closer look reveals that Democrats are, in many respects, actually better.

Jeff And Mackenzie Bezos $102 Million

The Bezoses other top financial contributions this cycle have been to nonpartisan political action committees connected with Amazon and Blue Origin, his rocket company.

Richard And Elizabeth Uihlein $391 Million

The candidates and groups the Uihleins have backed are among the most conservative in the GOP, opposing abortion and transgender rights.

Uihlein and his wife maintain a low profile, rarely giving interviews.

The Nations Wealthiest Are More Likely To Be Republican Than The Average Americanbut Just About As Likely To Be Voting For Biden

How are Americas billionaires voting in the 2020 presidential election?

The biggest takeaway: These billionaires are more likely to be Republican than the average Americanbut just about as likely to be voting for Joe Biden.

For The First Time Half Of Members Of Congress Are Millionairesdemocrats Worth More Than Republicans

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Of 534 current members of Congress, at least 268 were millionaires, according the Center for Responsive Politics review of financial disclosure reports filed last year.

The median net worth for the 530 lawmakers who were in Congress as of the May 2013 filing deadline was $1,008,767up from $966,000 during the previous year.

In the Senate, the GOP caucus was noticeably wealthier than the Democratic caucus, $2.9 million versus $1.7 million.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

S Donald Sussman $229 Million

A Florida native, Sussman founded New China Capital Management and the Paloma Fund, which was described in 2016 as a $4-billion hedge fund.

Its very odd to be giving millions when your objective is to actually get the money out of politics, he told the Washington Post in 2016.

source https://www.patriotsnet.com/who-has-more-billionaires-democrats-or-republicans/

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Dedication to Community launches partnership with South Carolina State University Athletics

Dedication to Community (D2C), a national non-profit that educates and empowers communities on diversity, belonging, and equity, today announced a historic partnership with South Carolina State University (SCSU) to create and implement an extensive awareness and action strategy for all of SCSU’s 270 student-athletes, staff and coaches.

The Edwin R. Woodriffe Partnership, an interactive program scheduled to begin this summer, will include on-site training, and customized interactive sessions and speakers. D2C's growing college presence hasincluded dozens of institutions of higher education, including Boston College, Harvard University, University of Maryland College Park, Seton Hall University, University of North Carolina Charlotte, St. John's University School of Law and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

“These on-campus programs to educate and listen beautifully to student-athletes will be vital to the process of bringing communities together and developing life skills that will resonate well beyond the field of play,” said M. Quentin Williams, D2C founder and CEO. “SCSU is a key starting point for us, especially given our powerful bond with Pro Football Hall of Famer and SC State Trustee Donnie Shell. Mr. Shell believes in D2C's mission and we are excited about initiating our heightened focus on HBCU’s with the brilliant students, faculty and staff at SCSU.

“Additionally, the D2C family is honored to support the legacy of Agent Edwin R. Woodriffe, the only black FBI Agent to be killed in the line of duty, as an integral part of this initiative,” Williams said.

SC State President James E. Clarksaid D2C’s commitment to diversity and social justice is in keeping with the university’s mission and ideals.

“The actions of Mr. Williams will make a difference for student-athletes across the nation,” Clark said, “and we are tremendously grateful that the SC State campus community will be on the forefront of this crucial endeavor.

“We also are indebted to Trustee Shell for his role in this partnership, which is just one example of his steadfast and comprehensive dedication to SC State and our student-athletes,” the SC State president said.

The Edwin R. Woodriffe Partnership model will contain four sessions for the fall and four sessions for the spring with all student-athletes, campus student leaders and coaches attending in the semester when they are not actively playing and training. The sessions will include training on cultural awareness and shifting perspectives related to social justice with an emphasis on empowerment through voting, interacting with law enforcement at traffic stops, the power of social media and D2C’s “Recipe for Reconciliation.”

The interactive discussions will embrace a reflection on the Derek Chauvin trial, the plight of people of color, including African American civilians, who have lost their lives during encounters with law enforcement and the real-life experiences of the attendees. Additionally, there will be a transition program entitled, “When the Cheering Stops and Lights Go Out," to help prepare the students athletes for their inevitable move from college athletics to their life’s next chapter, encompassing self-identity and positive reinforcement in their post-athletic career.

D2C’s next step with HBCUs starting at SCSU is a natural fit given Shell’s work with both organizations. A SCSU graduate and member of the school’s Board of Trustees, Shell is also an executive advisor for D2C, a role that he embraced in the Fall of 2020 and brings significant experience as a legendary athlete, professional mentor, and spiritual and civic leader.

A member of both the Pro Football and College Football Halls of Fame, Shell won four Super Bowl championships with the Pittsburgh Steelers among other highlights in his 14-year playing career. From 1994 to 2009, he directed player development for the Carolina Panthers, ensuring financial education, family assistance, internships and continuing education for players. After the NFL, Donnie served as director of the Spiritual Life Center at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., where he focused on programs to inspire change while enriching the religious, spiritual and intellectual lives of students.

"It brings me great pleasure to see two organizations, my alma mater South Carolina State and Dedication to Community, commit to working together to do good,” Shell said. “There is a great need today to unite, listen, and learn from each other, and that's what SCSU and D2C are all about; cooperative relationships, progressive thought and helping us all move forward with the challenges we continue to face."

Shell established the Donnie Shell Scholarship Foundation, and along with the D2C Sports Division head Lamonte Winston, at one time was the namesake for the NFL’s Winston/Shell Award recognizing the League’s Most Outstanding Player Development Director/Program. In September 2020, D2C expanded its reach to involve professional, collegiate, and K-12 athletes, having Shell join Winston (former director of player engagement and Development, Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders) to further expand the foundation's capabilities.

Shortly thereafter, Williams announced a historic partnership with the Miami HEAT and the City of Miami Police Department and, in February 2021, launched a partnership with veteran PGA TOUR golfer Kirk Triplett.

Additional D2C partnerships tied to athletes, universities and teams are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. To date, D2C has continued to expand its work with law enforcement agencies in several states across the U.S., including Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, the Carolinas, and at the FBI National Academy in Virginia, where Williams has been an instructor.

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Fun Finals Events Lineup

Game Night during finals in May 2022

While the new academic calendar reduced finals to four days, there’s no shortage of events in the Division of Student Affairs to help students prepare to do their best on exams. We’ve got our Longhorns covered with these events, programs and activities —have some fun, practice self-care and find new ways to Make It YOUR Texas during this busy time!

Cactus Café Live Music Various Dates/Times Catch live music at the University Unions’ iconic Cactus Café.

Holiday Craft Night Tuesday, Nov. 29, 5:30-8 p.m., Quadrangle Room, Texas Union Kick off the holiday season and create fun crafts brought to you by the Living the Longhorn Life program team in the Office of the Dean of Students.

Steak Night Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:30-9 p.m., J2 and Kins Dining Fuel your evening study session with a hearty meal from University Housing and Dining.

Fidget Friday Friday, Dec. 2, 11 a.m.-until supplies last, Flawn Academic Center Patio Fill your bag with free sensory tools at this make-it, take-it event hosted by New Student Services and University Housing and Dining.

Craft Night Friday, Dec. 2, 5:30-7 p.m., Legislative Assembly Room, William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center Create eye-catching keepsakes and crafts with the University Housing and Dining team.

Fuel Up for Finals Monday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-Noon., Perry–Castañeda Library Corner, 21st St. and Speedway Grab free finals resources, breakfast tacos, hot chocolate and make-your-own sleep kit (while supplies last) from the Longhorn Wellness Center, SHIFT and Living the Longhorn Life team members.

Chillfest Monday, Dec. 5, Noon–4 p.m., Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom, Texas Union Experience this University Unions tradition with de-stressing activities, crafts and free food.

Study Night Monday, Dec. 5, 6-9 p.m., Quadrangle Room, Texas Union Prepare to hit the books with the Living the Longhorn Life program team.

Cookies and Caffeine Monday, Dec. 5 & Tuesday, Dec. 6, 8-10 p.m., Jester Java and Kin’s Market Caffeinate with a sweet treat thanks to University Housing and Dining.

Finals Fest: Student Services Building Tuesday, Dec. 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Student Services Building Fill your cup with free coffee or tea available all day, grab a slice of pizza at noon and take home a giveaway bag or craft as you mingle with the University Unions team.

Finals Fest: Texas Union Tuesday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Texas Union Feast on a hearty lunch in the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom then stop by the second floor lobby for a goodie bag.

RecSports Recess Tuesday, Dec. 6, 4-6 p.m., Gregory Gym Mind + Body Studio Drop in for 15-minute silent disco guided meditation sessions and enjoy a hot chocolate bar and snacks following your session courtesy of Recreational Sports.

Take a Study Break Tuesday, Dec. 6-Monday, Dec. 12 Check out the Counseling and Mental Health Center’s two MindBody Labs on campus and try out well-being exercises anytime, anywhere on the Thrive at UT mobile app.

Meeting Rooms Available for Studying (no reservation required) Tuesday, Dec. 6, Designated Meeting Rooms, Texas Union Tuesday, Dec. 6-Monday, Dec. 12, Designated Meeting Rooms, William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center

Longhorn SHARE Project Finals Support Space Tuesday, Dec. 6, 6-9 p.m., Kinsolving Residence Hall Wednesday, Dec. 7, 6-10 p.m., STEM Learning Spaces, Perry–Castañeda Library (1st Floor) Join the Longhorn SHARE Project for hot chocolate, crafts, resources and a space to hang out.

Neurodiversity Social and End-of-Semester Celebration Tuesday, Dec. 6, 5:30-7 p.m., Student Services Building G1.310 (quiet room in G1.106) Mix and mingle with fellow neurodivergent students at this event with games, food and fun brought to you by New Student Services.

Students needing support during finals or winter break can access the My Student Support Program (My SSP) for 24/7 confidential real-time virtual counseling via chat and phone. My SSP can be accessed by students during the break, regardless of where they are in the world. Most of the Counseling and Mental Health Center’s (CMHC) regular services, such as single-session counseling appointments, will also be available through Thursday, Dec. 22, with full services resuming on Monday, Jan. 2. Students experiencing a mental health crisis can call the Counseling and Mental Health Center 24/7 Crisis Line at 512-471-2255 (CALL) at any time, regardless of whether CMHC is open.

University Health Services (UHS) will remain open through Thursday, Dec. 22 and resume services on Monday, Jan 2. The 24/7 Nurse Advice Line 512-475-6877 (NURS) is always available, even when UHS is closed.

Enjoy your winter break and see you back on campus on Monday, Jan. 9 — the first day of class for the spring term. We’ll be here to support you in living the Longhorn life: you do you, you are here, you change the world. Hook ’em!

#Division of Student Affairs #Living the Longhorn Life #Office of the Dean of Students #University Unions #University Housing and Dining #Recreational Sports #University Health Services #Counseling and Mental Health Center #Healthyhorns #Finals #Final Exams #The University of Texas at Austin #UT Austin #Influencing the Longhorn Life #You Do You #You Are Here #You Change the World

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Third Thursday events and exhibitions for February 16

The next Third Thursday — the monthly evening of art in Athens, Georgia — is scheduled for Thursday, February 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. All exhibitions are free and open to the public. This schedule and each venue’s location and hours of operation are available at 3thurs.org.

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia

Student Night, 6 – 8 p.m. — Join the Georgia Museum of Art Student Association for refreshments, door prizes and themed activities to celebrate the latest exhibitions, including “Object Lessons in American Art.” Student Night is generously sponsored by the UGA Parents Leadership Council.

Yoga in the Galleries, 6 p.m. — Join us for a free yoga class surrounded by works of art in the galleries. Led by instructors from Five Points Yoga, this program is free and open to both beginner and experienced yogis. Sanitized mats are provided. This program is available both in-person (spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis; tickets are available at the front desk starting at 5:15 p.m.) and via Zoom (register at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArd-GspzooHNQilbyhvu2Np0hukSlOmEoG).

Film: “Black Art: In the Absence of Light,” 7 p.m. — Inspired by the work of the late artist and curator David Driskell, this illuminating documentary spotlights the indelible contributions of some of the foremost African American artists in today’s contemporary art world, including Theaster Gates, Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Amy Sherald and many more. 2021, TV-MA, 85 min.

On view:

“Object Lessons in American Art: Selections from the Princeton University Art Museum” — This exhibition features four centuries of works from the Princeton University Art Museum that collectively explore American history, culture and society.

“Sky Hopinka: Lore” — Images of friends and landscapes are cut, fragmented and reassembled on an overhead projector as hands guide their shape and construction in this video work stemming from Hollis Frampton’s 1971 experimental film “Nostalgia.”

“In Dialogue: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Mentor and Muse” — This focused exhibition highlights Black artist Henry Ossawa Tanner’s impact on several younger artists: Palmer C. Hayden, William H. Johnson, William Edouard Scott and Hale Woodruff.

“Decade of Tradition: Highlights from the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection” — Selections from Larry and Brenda Thompson’s gift of works by African American artists.

“Power and Piety in 17th-Century Spanish Art” — Works by premiere Spanish baroque painters such as Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Murillo, Pedro Orrente and others, on loan from Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery.

The museum’s days of operation are Tuesday – Sunday. Reserve a free ticket and see our policies at https://georgiamuseum.org/visit/.

ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art

ATHICA@675 Pulaski St., Suite 1200

Closed for this Third Thursday.

ATHICA@CINÉ Gallery

Closed for this Third Thursday.

Lyndon House Arts Center

Artist talk and reception, 6 p.m. — Bess Carter is the recent recipient of the 2022 Art Center Choice Award from the 47th Juried Exhibition, which includes a solo exhibition. Carter is a local artist and a graduate of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at UGA. She is the art teacher at Oconee County High School. The exhibition features landscapes, room interiors and still-life paintings all rich with unwavering color and delight.

The Athenaeum

“Kara Walker: Back of Hand” — This is the first solo exhibition to be held in Georgia of the work of this internationally renowned artist. It displays a series of new works on paper that examine themes such as complicity, racism, misremembered histories and the violence that undergirds the legacy of the South. Walker moved to Stone Mountain from Stockton, California, when she was 13 and attended college at the Atlanta College of Art and Design.

tiny ATH gallery

Closed for this Third Thursday.

The Classic Center

Closed for a new gallery installation.

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Third Thursday was established in 2012 to encourage attendance at Athens’ established art venues through coordination and co-promotion by the organizing entities.

Contact: Michael Lachowski, Georgia Museum of Art, [email protected].

#athensga #uga #art #free #georgia #gamuseums

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theresabookforthat · 7 years ago

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Sleep!

Welcome 2018! Have you declared any New Years’ resolutions? Or do you not participate in that tradition? Whatever one’s perspective on the need or efficacy of New Years’ resolutions, the common goals of weight loss, eating healthier, exercising more start with that most basic need: sleep.

Research has shown that to help you lose weight, eat healthier, and feel better, resolve to fix your sleeping habits. Sleep deprivation has been linked to a wide range of health issues, including heart disease and decreased sex drive. In several recent studies, individuals with disrupted sleep had higher levels of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Common advice is to take a book, not a screen, to bed. So to help you keep sharp, live long and prosper we offer the following books for your sleep health.

THE SLEEP REVOLUTION: TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE, ONE NIGHT AT A TIME by Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington, founder of the health and wellness startup Thrive Global, the cofounder and former editor in chief of the Huffington Post, delves into sleep which, she writes, is one of humanity’s great unifiers, binding us to each other. In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream. She takes on the sleeping pill industry, and all the ways our addiction to technology disrupts our sleep. She also offers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep, and harness its incredible power.

THE SLEEP SOLUTION: WHY YOUR SLEEP IS BROKEN AND HOW TO FIX ITby W. Chris Winter, M.D.

Drawing on his twenty-four years of experience within the field, neurologist W. Chris Winter will help you understand how sleep works and the ways in which food, light, and other activities act to help or hurt the process. Dubbed the “Sleep Whisperer” by Arianna Huffington, Dr. Winter is an international expert on sleep and has helped more than 10,000 patients rest better at night, including countless professional athletes. Now, he’s bringing his experiences out from under the covers—redefining what it means to have optimal sleep and get the ZZZs you really need…

SLEEP WISE: HOW TO FEEL BETTER, WORK SMARTER, AND BUILD RESILIENCE by Daniel Blum

The Center for Disease Control considers insufficient sleep a national public health epidemic— nearly 30% of adults and two–thirds of all high school students report they regularly get insufficient sleep. In Sleep Wise, Dr. Daniel Blum discusses the everyday activities and habits that play a major role in shaping sleep and overall health, including physical exercise and diet. Sleep Wise incorporates sleep science, mindfulness practices related to sleep, and real–world examples and anecdotes to support a mindful, sustainable sleep practice. Anybody who has trouble sleeping will be relieved to have this enjoyable, effective manual at their bedside.

HOW TO RELAX by Thich Nhat Hanh

How to Relax is part of The Mindfulness Essentials series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. Pocket-sized, with original two color illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Relax shows how critical it is to regularly interrupt the hub-bub and routine of our lives to stop, relax mindfully, and recharge.

THE HAPPY SLEEPER: THE SCIENCE-BACKED GUIDE TO HELPING YOUR BABY GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP-NEWBORN TO SCHOOL AGE by Heather Turgeon MFT, Julie Wright MFT

In The Happy Sleeper child sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright offer a research-based guide to helping children do what comes naturally—sleeping through the night.

SLEEP: A GROUNDBREAKING GUIDE TO THE MYSTERIES, THE PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTIONS by Carlos H. Schenck

We spend more than 200,000 hours sleeping in a lifetime, the equivalent of more than 8,000 days. Yet research has only just begun to decode the mysteries behind what can go wrong. Here, Dr. Carlos H. Schenck, one of the most prominent sleep doctors and researchers in the country, takes us on an incredible journey into the mechanisms of sleep, and the spectrum of disorders that can occur when these mechanisms go bizarrely awry.

INSOMNIA: FINDING THE HELP YOU NEED by Linda K. DeVries

Take the dread out of going to bed!

Linda DeVries offers information about the causes and treatments of sleep disorders. Self-tests will help you identify the physical and emotional factors contributing to your insomnia along with loads of tips for sleeping better.

THE PROMISE OF SLEEP: A PIONEER IN SLEEP MEDICINE EXPLORES THE VITAL CONNECTION BETWEEN HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP by William C. Dement

In this groundbreaking book, based on decades of study on the frontiers of sleep science, Dr. William Dement, founder and director of the Stanford University Sleep Research Center, explains what happens when we sleep, when we don’t, and how we can reclaim the most powerful–and underrated–health miracle of all.

YOU CAN SLEEP WELL: CHANGE YOUR THINKING, CHANGE YOUR LIFE by Chris Idzikowski

You Can Sleep Well is the indispensable “open sesame” to the secrets of sleep. By showing us how to combat tiredness, insomnia, nightmares, snoring and children’s sleeping difficulties by using a wealth of practical exercises and techniques, the renowned sleep expert Chris Idzikowski sets us on a sure path to a good night’s rest, leading to greater energy at home, at work and at play.

For more on these and related titles visit the collection Sleep Better

10 Things to Hate about Sleep Loss (WEB MD)

How Does Insomnia Affect Your Physical Health? (Bustle)

#insomnia #sleep-deprivation #sleep #sleeplessness #new year #new you #dimentia #penguin random house #there's a book for that #arianna huffington

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THOUSANDS REACH CAPITAL TO PROTEST VIETNAM WAR

E. W. Kenworthy, The New York Times, 21 October 1967

WASHINGTON — In brisk fall sunshine, thousands of demonstrators against the war in Vietnam began moving into the nation’s capital today while the Administration set in motion elaborate plans to prevent and confine any violence.

The demonstrators—most of them young and of draft age, but many in middle life—arrived in chartered buses and trains, by driving or by hitchhiking.

The sponsoring National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam—a coalition of roughly 150 organizations ranging from church groups to the Peking-oriented Progressive Labor party—could give no accurate estimate of how many thousands would demonstrate. Neither could the District of Columbia police.

Route in Dispute Late tonight the route of march from the staging area at the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon was in dispute. The seriousness of this conflict was evident in the comments of two demonstration leaders, who said:

“We are not bound by any permit we have signed to use any route unilaterally designated. If it becomes clear the Government is unwilling to continue negotiations on the designation of a route, then it would seem to me we are also free to act unilaterally.”

These were statements made at a news conference called by Robert Greenblatt, national coordinator of the demonstration, and Sidney Peck, a co-chairman.

They said the assigned route known as Boundary Channel Drive was the least desirable of three possibilities under the best conditions, and that construction, excavations, and fencing created a bottleneck and safety hazards. The march leaders preferred Washington Boulevard or Jefferson Davis Highway. All three are roughly parallel For any one of these, the marchers would cross the Potomac on Memorial Bridge.

All this week there has been what was apparently a concerted build-up by some antiwar groups for the demonstration in Washington. In Oakland, Calif., and several other cities students demonstrated against the draft Some of them burned their draft cards and others turned them in to Selective Service offices. In Oakland violence erupted when students tried to block the entrance to induction offices.

The Washington protest leadership, while disclaiming any intention to provoke violence, said today that many demonstrators would not be "total pacifists” and that some would “offer themselves” to a newly militant policy against the war, described as "moving from dissent to resistance.” They refused to explain what they meant by "offer themselves," but Government officials regarded the phrase as ominous.

The Pentagon, the focus of the demonstration in Washington, and the Justice Department, which will have to decide whether to prosecute any law violators, doubted that the crowd would exceed 20,000. But the security precautions were aimed at handling a crowd four times that size.

A force of 2,000 District of Columbia policemen will be reinforced by about 1,800 National Guard troops and four battalions of Military Police—roughly 3,000 men — who have been flown in from various parts of the country. At least one of the Military Police battalions is an Airborne unit from Fort Bragg, N. C.

An official Government spokesman told reporters:

“We don’t expect demonstrators to interfere with the normal operation of the Pentagon on Monday, or Sunday, or Saturday. We are not expecting trouble, and hope there won’t be, but we’re prepared for it if it comes,”

‘Attempts to Reach Steps’ At the same time, some members of the protest group’s steering committee, which carries out the policies decided on by the: administrative committee, appeared to justify'the Government’s formidable security precautions at the Pentagon.

These members warned explicitly that “there will be serious attempts by some of our people to reach the Pentagon steps”—an area forbidden the demonstrators In the permit signed by Government and protest representatives yesterday.

David Dellinger, editor of the left-wing Liberation magazine and chairman of the National Mobilization Committee, said that many demonstrators would “not be content with “Government-approved protest activities” or with “the ritualistic charade of merely stepping across a line and being arrested.”

In a statement issued after the signing of the permit, Mr. Dellinger said that the committee did not want “our acceptance of the permit to be interpreted as implying in any way that there will not be acts of civil disobedience” that “may very well entail actions beyond the scope of the permit.”

The Government was apparently counting upon cordons of mappower, rather than any physical barriers to restrain the demonstrators and prevent any attempted assault on the Pentagon building. Except for a wire fence erected today around the Pentagon, sewer plant, adjacent to the parking lot where the demonstrators will tally, no special fences were put up on the grounds of the Pentagon.

The Pentagon is largely vacant on Saturday, with 3,000 persons—in contrast to its weekday staff of 27,000—at work, largely in communications and on watch duty.

Even if the demonstrators should succeed in entering the outer corridors of the Pentagon, it is doubtful that they would disrupt any vital military operations, centered in the basement, in inner corridors and in vault-like spaces in secured areas.

Flower power is also planned along with the demonstration. Some 2,200 flower children—the younger variety of hippies who like to wear flowers in their hair or draw them on their bodies—plan to surround the Pentagon amid cries of “Love, love, love.”

The last time regular Army troops were ordered to Washington for crowd control, or other than ceremonial duties, was in 1932, when President Herbert Hoover summoned 1500 infantry and cavalry troops, supported by tanks, to drive the so-called Bonus Army of Veterans from an encampment near the Capitol.

District of Columbia National Guard troops were deployed as reserve policemen during the August, 1963, civil rights march on Washington.

The published plans for the demonstration on call for a rally at the Lincoln Memorial from 11:30 AM. to 1:30 P.M. Among the speakers will be Mr. Dellinger; Dr. Benjamin Spock, the baby doctor, who is co-chairman; Mrs. Dagmar Wilson, founder of Women Strike for Peace and the Rev. William Sloan Coffin, Yale University chaplain.

After this rally, the demonstrators will cross the Potomac River by Memorial Bridge'and march to the north parking lot of the Pentagon, where there will be another rally until 5 P.M.

From 5 to 7 P.M. acts of civil disobedience are planned in an area adjoining the mall entrance to the Pentagon. No one will be allowed in this area between 7 P.M. Saturday and noon Sunday. The whole area is to be cleared by 7 P.M. Sunday.

In the permit, the committee agreed not to cross police or troop lines that will block the demonstrators from the entrances to the Pentagon. Violation of this agreement will bring arrests, Government officials said.

Deputy Attorney General Warren Christopher said in a statement:

“The right of peaceful assembly and the right of expression are central to our country’s freedom. The conditions of this permit are designed to assure the safety and security of our nation’s capital. These are reasonable conditions and we in tend to enforce them.”

“This is a free country, but it is also a law abiding country” Mr. Christopher said.

This afternoon the leaders of an organization called Conscientious Resistance, headed by Mr. Coffin of Yale, led a group of students and young writers from a church near the Capitol to the Justice Department.

There, after speeches by Mr. Coffin and Robert Lowell, the poet a file of draft protestors dropped 994 draft cards into a brief case. Many of the draft cards turned in today were facsimiles of those turned in in various cities earlier this week.

The demonstrators were staying in hotels, at the homes of personal friends and in private homes and churches that volunteered accommodations. Working from lists of past partici pants in demonstrations, the national committee over the last two weeks estimated that it had lined up 4,000 homes and churches willing to provide accommodations.

#1967 march on the pentagon #pentagon #protests #demonstrations #civil disobedience #hippies #counterculture #flower power #Vietnam war #antiwar #draft resistance #law and order #Washington dc #1967 #1960s #sixties #60s #national mobilization committee to end the war in vietnam #mobe

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Ben Rosenblum Jazz Trio

Date & Time: Saturday June 22, 7:30 p.m. Venue: Incarnation Episcopal Church, 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students

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Ben Rosenblum Jazz Trio

Ben Rosenblum – piano/accordion Greg Feingold – bass Ben Zweig – drum

#jazz #jazz music #live jazz #live performance #live music #San Francisco Live Music #san francisco #sunset district #SunsetDistrictSanFrancisco #jazz trio

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