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Throughout the meeting, panelists fielded questions revolving around truth, civility, and reconciliation.

Joseph Sheppard Special to The Citizen The Auburn Enlarged City School District is a diverse district within a community rich in history and culture. Though the Auburn school district already embraces its diverse makeup, we admit there is much work that still must be done. To address this, we have recently begun to take the steps necessary to take an inward look at ourselves as a district as a whole and truly hone in on diversity, equity and inclusion within our schools. In July, th...

January 5, 2020 A fixture of TCMs programming from the beginning, when Buster Keatons The Cameraman (1928) aired on April 17, 1994, Silent Sunday Nights offers iconic movies from the silent era as well as forgotten gems and international classics. Author David Peirce has concluded that only 26% of American silent features survive in complete form, and TCM is dedicated to showcasing the films of this important era as part of our ...

History Museum receives county grant for redesign of exhibition Courtesy of Los Altos History Museum Collection As evident in Miss Lamb’s fifth-grade class photo taken at Los Altos Grammar School in 1929, a large population of residents in the area were of Japanese descent. They were forced into internment camps during World War II. The History Museum’s new permanent exhibition personalizes the experiences through oral memoirs and photographs of local residents. The Los Altos History M...

Coal Miner’s Daughter helmer Michael Apted dies at 79 ComingSoon.net is saddened to report (via The Hollywood Reporter) that acclaimed British director Michael Apted, the man behind the  Up series of documentaries and a number of celebrated films, has passed away at the age of 79. The exact cause of death and timing are currently unknown, but Roy Ashton from the Gersh Agency confirmed to THR that the director, who served three terms as the Directors’ Guild of America President from 2003-...

Superintendent ‘pleased’ with diversity task force’s progress Diversity Task Force At Work By Miranda Reynolds | January 8, 2021 at 5:57 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 2:43 PM JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - The Jonesboro Public Schools The task force has a total of 50 members, which are broken down into four subcommittees. Of these groups, each has a specific task: Recruitment and Retention, Staff and Community Awareness, Parent and Student Voice, and Curriculum and Instruction. S...

First Latina President Of The Boston Society Of Architects Changes Dialogue Of Design Community To Focus On Diversity And Equity News provided by Share this article   NEEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based architect and activist, Natasha Espada is the first Latina President of the Boston Society of Architects (BSA), the oldest and second largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects. STUDIO ENÉE Espadas platform for her tenure as BSA President has been focused ...