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Join Dr. Nada Ali from UMass Boston and Fiona Bolt from Amnesty International as they explore the challenges of working with Amnesty's archival material, the benefits of digitisation, and the profound impact of incorporating testimonies and personal accounts into education and research. Watch here bit.ly/3XKooKm

Edited by Royal D. Colle, Heike Michelsen, Elaine D. Engst, and Corey Ryan Earle, BEYOND BORDERS highlights and celebrates Cornell University's many historical achievements in international activities going back to its founding. Learn more in this blog by Colle: https://ow.ly/kNAo50SJxoe

If you are in and around Liverpool, join us for this seminar on 'Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights in Autocratic Contexts'

In its 90 years of existence, the British Council has touched the lives of many people around the world in different ways. For countless individuals, it has provided training to acquire a life changing skill – proficiency in the English language. For numerous people, it has created a pathway to acquiring international qualifications. For some, it has offered access to world-class books and magazines through its libraries and there have been several moments in history when it has brought together artists and art forms from the UK and other countries, and continues to do so today. For those affected by wars and civil unrest, it has provided a space for constructive engagement through training and education. And for people like me, an average employee of the British Council, part of the tribe, it has given us a home where we can be we, expressing ourselves freely, sharing what we think works or doesn’t. It has provided us with opportunities to grow and learn, not to sit on the sidelines and watch, but to get involved in change—whether of processes, systems, or culture. At the same time, it has given us space and time to reflect and decide, when we were low on morale and motivation and didn’t feel like engaging, without judgement. It has stood by us, offering reassurance, when we were filled with self-doubt about whether or not we could deliver in our new roles. It has supported us during testing times when loved ones were ill and needed time, care and flexibility at work. It has remained by our side during those uncertain periods of COVID-19, when market demand was at an all-time low and jobs were at risk. In regions impacted by war, it has supported many who needed to be evacuated or relocated to safer places. Each one of us working for the British Council have our own reasons to stay on serving the organisation. No organisation is perfect, and no employee is perfect either, but those that have their hearts in the right place always find their way, choosing the right path and doing the right thing, and that keeps them going, 90 and beyond! #BritishCouncil90

The Division of History and Political Science at LCU emphasizes the understanding of the past and politics through a Christian worldview and prepares students with the skills they will need to navigate the complex world of the 21st century. Our program helps students develop marketable skills such as the ability to research and gather data, analyze and draw conclusions from that data, and communicate their knowledge clearly and effectively in written and oral forms. Learn more at https://ow.ly/ZauU50RsRUN

How can we turn meaningful interactions into bigger conversations?

Data advocacy is just as, if not more important, than data analysis and visualizations. If you don't have access to the data, then you don't have anything to analyze and visualize.

Colleagues and creative collaborators, I am revisiting old chestnuts to set context for the upcoming US arts summit on Jan 30 at arts.gov. For the committed wonks, here is the full slide set of my 2015 US Cultural Policy course. It still teaches, as they say, though much more evidence and research exists now. I treated questions of equity under the rubric of cultural democracy. Of course, that is the leading policy priority for our work today, and I would now reframe the course in that context. Forgive where the graphics went wobbly. I didn't fuss over it out of expediency! Link to large pdf slide set in comments! #HealBridgeThrive

American University is closed today in observance of Juneteenth. To learn more about the historical legacy of the holiday, and how it is celebrated, visit: https://lnkd.in/eChPP4rR

All commencement speeches should impart such wisdom on the graduates to whom they are speaking.