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Live, interactive readings of social justice picture books for grades K-3
Jenny Nelson, who is the Roz and Bud Siegel director of education and community engagement at Westport Country Playhouse (contributed photo)
Westport Country Playhouse will launch “Story Hour with Jenny,” a live, virtual series to engage children, grades K-3, in an interactive reading of social justice picture books, beginning Sunday, March 14. The series will continue on Sundays, April 11, May 16, and June 6, with two live readings each day, morning session at 10 a.m.; evening session at 6:30 p.m. Jenny Nelson, who is the Roz and Bud Siegel director of education and community engagement at the Playhouse, will lead the one-hour sessions via Zoom.
Walkout this way
Monday 8 March 2021
Safiyyah Acosta: On (today s) International Women’s Day, we are asking people to walk out today from wherever they are: walk out from your home; your place of work; walk out from the shop if you went in the shop! - Mark Lyndersay
AS TOLD TO BC PIRES
My name is Safiyyah Acosta and I am walking out for women today.
I grew up and lived most of my life in San Juan, pronounced, “Sah Woh,” not “San One.”
When you’re from Sah Woh, you say, “Sah Woh.” When you’re from anywhere else you pronounce it “properly.”
6 Women Making Waves in Architecture Education
March 8, 2021
Architecture and design schools are one of the many frontlines in an industry facing a constellation of challenges, not least among them COVID-19, climate change, equity, and social justice. A year into the global pandemic, as Zoom fatigue and a spiraling sense of isolation are impacting nearly everyone, an emphasis on connectivity between disciplines, communities, other professions, and each other remains top of mind.
In this two-part series honoring Women’s History Month,
Interior Design speaks with 11 women forging positive change as architecture school deans in the northeast. In addition to being heavyweight researchers, writers, industry leaders, and advocates, they bring a unique perspective about what it s like to break barriers at some of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning most of which have historically seen men dominate top leadership roles.