Tag: children as victims
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Dance Healing Immigrant Victims Of War Prejudice And Sexual Exploitation
Study after study has shown that arts education nurtures students’ creativity and problem-solving skills, competencies that are critical for success in a 21st Century world, but how does dance and movement facilitate healing and transform at-risk youth? New York’s Battery Dance launched its Dancing to Connect programs in 2006. Since that time, the program has…
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Remembering The Children Of Terezin
The first thing I noticed was the pebbles. There had to be a hundred. Maybe more. All perched lovingly atop the unmarked grave. I took a deep breath and went closer. Each step taken with respect. To those underneath the pebbles, their families, their communities, their lives. Time stopped. I knelt. My hand reached out.…