What was the Kosher duck scandal? Did General Tso have anything to do with the chicken dish that bears his name? Enjoy fortune cookies and tea as you learn the answers from New York Times reporter Jennifer Lee, whose new book includes an entire chapter about the relationship between the Jews and Chinese food.
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In a candid memoir of identity and ethnicity, the David Matthews describes growing up with his black activist father and his own white skin, his abandonment by his mentally ill Jewish mother, and his life as a black boy caught between the ghetto of 1980s Baltimore and his perceived world of white privilege.
In March 1996 on her 15th birthday, Bat-Chen Shahak was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv, Israel. Her diaries, letters, poems and drawings have now been published as a book. Ayelet Shahak is Bat-Chen’s mother and using excerpts from her daughter’s diaries she talks about Bat-Chen’s life and challenges teens to write their own diaries to express their thoughts, feelings and fears.
One God, Many Paths celebrates the joy and wisdom that the teachings of Judaism can bring to everyday life. Regardless of your age, religious background, or observance, Amy Lederman’s heartwarming stories can inspire as they provide new insights into love, family, work, relationships, tradition and God.
Storytelling performed by Gerald Fierst, Arif Choudhury and Susan O’Halloran (Jewish, Muslim and Catholic) offering a “real life-story tapestry” of traditional, personal and sacred stories illuminating the experience of being an American in a time of religious tension and change.
Child trafficking is recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of a child (any person under the age of 18) for the purpose of exploitation either within or outside a country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 1.2 million are children trafficked annually … some of them in Central Indiana. We have to do something.
In honor of the IMA’s 125th Anniversary, Maxwell Anderson will host public conversations with leaders from the global museum community. An important conversation will be “Expanding Community: Relevant Roles for Museums in Africa & the United States.” Dr. Boureima Diamitani, executive director of the West African Museum Programme, will join Dr. Anderson for a conversation about colonial collections and post-colonial communities, conserving cultural and art history, and other pressing issues for museums today.
Immigration policy continues to be a firebrand issue at the federal, state and local levels. Throughout the debates regarding guest workers, amnesty, border security, law enforcement and employer needs, once voice has been consistently underrepresented: that of children caught up in immigration policies and politics, and the impact of immigration policy on their ability to achieve their dreams.
Congo Week is a global initiative led by students to raise awareness about the situation in the Congo and provide support to the people of the Congo. It will occur from October 19 - 25, 2008 on campuses and in communities throughout the globe from Brazil to Belgium, South Africa to Sweden, Kenya to Korea and in many other locations. Indiana could be a major focal point, and you can be part.
The first female Secretary of State and at that time, the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. As Secretary of State, Albright reinforced America’s alliances, advocated democracy and human rights, and promoted American trade and business, labor, and environmental standards abroad. Albright is the chairperson for The Women, Faith and Development Alliance, which aims to end global poverty among women. Albright is also the first Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. (more…)
NUVO gives Provocate 2007 Cultural Vision Award
Provocate featured in Indianapolis Monthly
"Award combines film, activism: Festival to recognize social justice of Sept. 11, Congo in discussions,"
Indiana Lawyer April 16, 2008 ... on Provocate's Eric Parker Social Justice Award at the Indianapolis International Film Festival
