சறுக்கு நினைவகம் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from சறுக்கு நினைவகம். Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In சறுக்கு நினைவகம் Today - Breaking & Trending Today

'Crip Camp" a film about the disability rights movement, gets Oscar nod.


Crip Camp, by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Photo: Steve Honigsbaum
When James “Jim” LeBrecht was 15 years old, he picked up a video camera and pointed it at Camp Jened, a utopian summer camp in upstate New York for teenagers with disabilities. That summer day in 1971 was a seminal moment in the future filmmaker’s life as LeBrecht introduced his fellow campers to the camera.
The film footage LeBrecht captured would later be included in
Crip Camp – a documentary he and fellow Oakland filmmaker Nicole Newnham directed and produced, along with Sara Bolder (LeBrecht’s wife), and former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. It is now one of the five documentaries nominated for an Academy Award and can be seen on Netflix. ....

New York , United States , San Diego , San Francisco , Nicole Newnham , Hale Zuckas , Judy Heumanns , Kitty Cone , Eddie Ytuarte , Irene Searles , Jan Mcewan Brown , Ed Roberts , Jim Lebrecht , Nanci Dangelo , James Lebrecht , Howard Gutstadt , Larry Allison , Judy Heumann , Josepha Califano , Barack Obama , Denise Sherer Jacobson , Priya Swaminathan , Steve Honigsbaum , Neil Jacobson , James Jim Lebrecht , Stuart James ,

Celebrating Black voices: Here's a look back at Dr. Maya Angelou's Bay Area connection, legacy


Celebrating Black voices: Here s a look back at Dr. Maya Angelou s Bay Area connection, legacy
KGO
Share:
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) As millions of Americans clung to the poem flowing from National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman during President Joe Biden s inauguration, it was hard not to draw connections to a scene in that same spot decades earlier.
In 1993, Dr. Maya Angelou became the first female inaugural poet in U.S. presidential history. In Gorman s words, If you can t see it. It s hard to become it.
I think its beautifully poetic the way their work weaves together, but also the impact it has had just on our community at large, said Nia McAllister, public programs manager at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD). ....

United States , San Francisco Public Library , George Washington High School , San Francisco , Cecil Williams , Oprah Winfrey , Marguerite Johnson , Maya Angelou , Rick Laubscher , Joe Biden , National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman , Museum Of The African Diaspora Mo , Railway Company , California Labor School , President Joe Biden , Nia Mcallister , African Diaspora , Born Marguerite Johnson , World War , Market Street Railway , Know Why , Caged Bird , Soul Sunday , Purple Onion , Glide Memorial , Reverend Cecil Williams ,

Even Christmas is different for Jews this pandemic year – J.


What’s a Jew to do? The Jewish Christmas tradition of going out for Chinese food and a movie is off the table this year. But Jews are nothing if not resilient, and in the Bay Area they’re figuring out how to spend the red-and-green holiday the best way they can, from watching comedy to taking family walks to serving free meals.
“While Santa is going to all the Christian girls’ and boys’ houses, helped by Hanukkah Harry, of course, I am going to be waiting by the pager, sleeping with the pager, waiting for any calls that come in,” said hospital chaplain Rabbi Jeremy Sher, who will be spending the night of the 24th and morning of the 25th on call at a San Francisco hospital. ....

United States , Memorial Church , Temple Beth El , San Francisco , Jeremy Sher Mary , Lisa Geduldig , Jesus Christ , Marilyn Heiss , Bill Weinberg , Sarah Levitt , Kung Pao , Mary Weinberg , Jeremy Sher , Mark Friedlander , Jewish Christmas , Bay Area , Hanukkah Harry , Rabbi Jeremy Sher , San Rafael , Hanukkah House , Congregation Rodef Sholom , Lorianna Seidlitz Smith , Im Jewish , San Mateo , Rabbi Sydney Mintz , Congregation Emanu El ,