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You can’t evict an idea whose time has come	At the recent PolicyLink Equity Summit in Detroit at a session called "Holding Ground," progressive presenters--including Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, who participated in the "driving filibuster" to prevent the dismantling of collective bargaining--spoke about maintaining equity in a time a cutbacks.
New Bridge Conversations Book!	We are happy to announce our new Arts & Democracy publication: Bridge Conversations: People Who Live and Work in Multiple Worlds. Collected here are stories about the powerful change that results from the intersections between generations, cultures, sectors, and geographies.
Creative Responses to the 10th Anniversary of 9/11	Arts & Democracy Project's most recent conference call demonstrates the power of arts and culture to heal, facilitate dialogue, build community, and catalyze action. It featured creative responses to the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 including theater, literature, visual arts, and inter-faith programs.
Walking the Talk and Talking the Walk	Arts & Democracy Project hosted a People's Potluck in Brooklyn. Playwright and director Talvin Wilks facilitated our conversation through a process of discussion, reflection, and recitation.
From the Highway to Nowhere to the Power of Place - by Caron Atlas	In June and July I was fortunate to attend ROOTS Fest National Learning Exchange in West Baltimore, the Rural Cultural Roundtable in St Paul, and the freeDimensional retreat on Wasan Island in Canada.
Radio for Community, Art and Culture	Arts & Democracy Project's most recent nation-wide conference call was focused on the power of radio in fostering art, culture and community - and the upcoming opportunity for community groups to start their own stations.
Community Organizing for Cultural Recovery - by Kathie DeNobriga	The following is a report/reflection on the ‘Community Organizing for Cultural Recovery' workshop held in New Orleans February 18-20, at the McKenna Museum for African American Art.
Conference Call Recording: Arts, Culture and Economic Justice	Arts & Democracy Project's most recent nation-wide conference call was focused on the role of the arts, culture and media in economic justice organizing and movement building in communities across the U.S.
Music, Memory and Imagination - by amalia deloney	Memory is defined as “a mental system that receives, stores, organized, alters and recovers information from sensory input.” Research has shown that memory is affected by many different factors–one of these factors is music–which has been found to stimulate specific parts of the brain. Music ha
Fabulous February of Freedom - by Dalia Basiouny	February 2011 was the busiest month of my life. I participated in a revolution that toppled a corrupt regime after 30 years of dictatorship.