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7 Things To Do This Black History Month, From Afro-Indigenous Healing To An Eartha Kitt Play
We’ve curated some of our favorite upcoming events that commemorate and memorialize black history and community.
Healing When You Are Poor
My family has always had an unstable relationship with money and its older cousin, wealth. My maternal grandfather was an intellectual — a…
Meet 8 Indigenous Beaders Who Are Modernizing Their Craft
“It is our responsibility as younger Natives to keep the tradition alive.”
How to foster empathy
By Emily Stimpson Chapman. Listening to and trying to understand those with whom we have a hard time identifying can help heal our divided culture
How Listening Can Help Us Heal
How Applying Improvisation on the Camino Became a Healing Adventure
I set out on a journey to explore how applying improvisation while walking the Camino could become an integral part of my grieving the death of my mom.
'How my rainbow babies helped me heal
The Quest Project gives struggling boys tools to heal
A veteran counselor is helping modern boys deal with modern problems.
SPECIAL REPORT: What grieving parents wish most in their journey to heal
When a loved one is lost, there are no words to describe the pain felt by the people left behind. For parents who are grieving the loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth, or an infant… they face the…
12 History Museums You Should Visit At Least Once
12 museums from across the world that you should visit to explore a cross section of society, art, culture and history from our past.
How Are Museums Reckoning With Indigenous History?
How Tracy Rector Uses Art to Empower Indigenous Communities
The filmmaker, curator, and community activist has helped thousands of young, budding documentary filmmakers get their start.
Can We Start Appreciating Indigenous Art on Its Own Terms?
What Australia’s Aboriginal artists and filmmakers are teaching Americans in two radiant shows.
9 things Indigenous arts workers wish you knew
Fear of getting it wrong is a key reason producers fail to program Indigenous arts. So we asked those who work in Indigenous arts how to get it right.
How A Ballet Photographer Used Art To Heal
Luis Pons says, "It sounds selfish, but I came to photography to heal myself and express what I couldn't say in words."
When Children's Art Helps Heal a Community
Our work to provide loving care means that we don’t stop once physical needs are met. We continue working to meet people’s emotional needs as well. Our team on the ground has launched innovative programs to harness the joy and optimism of the Rohingya youth and make an impact on the entire community. Community Health Workers are the hands and feet that make that happen in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp.
America, slavery and how museums can help to heal fractured societies
By better understanding how the legacy of slavery has shaped our struggle for racial equality, we can collectively remember, acknowledge, learn, and perhaps ultimately, begin to heal.
How Do Museums Preserve Natural History Collections?
Welcome to Curious By Nature, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum series dedicated to letting your curiosity run wild. Today, Dawn explains how we preserve our...
How Getting Creative Heals Pain: An Interview with Deb Eiseman
As children, we can’t help but get in touch with creativity, we’re starting to learn how the world works, everything comes from a beginner’s mind. As we begin practicing and repeating things, the brain eventually figures it out and moves onto the...
How Creativity Calms, Heals, and Helps Us Live More Fully
We often abandon creativity with age, but this is a shame. Creativity is self-connection. It calms, heals, and helps us get what we need to live life fully.
