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Grantees will bring together thousands of young people from the United States and the Middle East and North Africa for an exciting opportunity to engage with global peers through virtual exchange.
New York
, April 7, 2021
–– Today, the Stevens Initiative announced its support of Game Exchange, implemented by Games for Change. Games for Change is one of 19 grantees to be named a 2021 Stevens Initiative grantee.
“People-to-people exchanges are critical to advancing global peace and understanding,” said Matthew Lussenhop, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. “Through early adoption of virtual exchanges, the Stevens Initiative has elevated technology to foster collaboration between students in the United States and counterparts in the Middle East and North Africa.”
Yoga for kids
kids
No discipline is as effective as yoga when it comes to harnessing your child’s energy to keep them engaged while indoors. Practising yoga will help them become mindful and focused in everything they do. The
yoga sessions will be conducted online by Sarva Nishtha, a yoga practitioner based in Udaipur. The workshop is titled Kids Yoga and is meant for those who are six to 16 years of age. March 8, 7.30 am. Sign up on www.allevents.in.
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Pandesal is a traditional bread roll found in the
Philippines, which originated during Spanish colonisation. Although pandesal means salt bread in Spanish, it’s actually quite sweet and not salty at all. In this Pandesal Class, learn to make the bread roll with as little as five ingredients. March 10, 10 am. Sign up on www.allevents.in.
Francisco Letelier on Art and Civic Engagement in Chile
TACOMA, Washington Francisco Letelier’s father, Orlando Letelier, was a Chilean economist and ambassador to the U.S. under the Salvador Allende administration. Augusto Pinochet and his men assassinated Allende and took over the Chilean government on September 11, 1973, and soon after Orlando Letelier was exiled to the U.S. While a refugee in Washington D.C., Letelier worked to inform the public of the human rights violations happening under the Pinochet regime until he was assassinated by the Chilean secret police in D.C. in 1976.
After the death of his father, Francisco Letelier honored him by starting the Orlando Letelier Brigade, a traveling team of young artists engaging with communities through the creation of murals. During the time of Pinochet, murals and colorful protest signs, the banging of pots and pans and the creation of “arpilleras” (a type of tapestry) were used by Chileans as vessels to voice their gri