Thornton Global Strategies

01/06/2018

Looking forward to kicking off another legislative year with colleagues and experts in , , and . Let's get it!

The Year of Advocacy: Are you ready? 2018 is shaping up to be a year in advocacy like no other. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested. As will 39 state and territorial governor races, as well as numerous other state and local elect...

01/02/2018

11/24/2017

A horribly unconscionable and irresponsible decision.

See more at cnn.com

11/14/2017

Anyone and everyone should consider running for elected office! Run for Something via Center for Women


https://twitter.com/c4womenchas/status/930438105823436800

11/08/2017

We are all about intergenerational, interactive creative art as activism. Check this amazing video the stellar performer, scholar and activist, imani uzuri teach Freedom Songs to a new generation of music appreciators!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎼🎵🎶🎸

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via imani uzuri: This Fall I have been partnering with the Weill Music Institute to teach children 4-8 years old Freedom Songs! Here is a video of me talking about the important legacy of this music and my own personal philosophy as a Freedom Song practitioner!

Meet Freedom Songs artist, Imani Uzuri. Called a “postmodernist Bessie Smith” by The Village Voice, composer, vocalist, and cultural worker Imani Uzuri…

10/30/2017

On advancing student achievement and success through in | Beyond the Core: Advancing Student Success Through the Arts

“On advancing achievement thru in | Beyond the Core: Advancing student success through the arts https://t.co/WPxVr3I8Vq”

10/21/2017

Looking forward to attending tonight's Gold Rush Awards for the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation with Harlem artist Dianne Smith.

10/21/2017

Enjoyed and excited for the works to come. Congratulations to Imani Uzuri and Zakiyyah Alexander on an excellent showing. GO, GIRL SHAKES LOOSE!!

Something from a past conference that seems worth keeping in mind as we head into

10/21/2017

"Shout out to God, all the earth."
—from Psalm 66 (Translation © 2007 by Robert Alter)

For nearly 3,000 years, people of all faiths have reached out to the divine through the Psalms, the Hebrew Bible’s book of hymns. In The Gallery, each Psalm is paired with a photograph from The New York Times’s archives—a form of visual poetry that illuminates their contemporary resonance. Explore the gallery: http://bit.ly/Psalm66
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Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Pope Francis, and Omar Abboud at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, 2014. ©Rina Castelnuovo/The New York Times/Redux. Use of New York Times Photographs does not constitute sponsorship of this event by The New York Times Company.

10/11/2017

Happy International Day of the Girl Child!

“Every girl, no matter where she is born, should have a chance to reach her potential. Every girl deserves to be welcomed to this world with the same joy and celebration as a boy. Every girl has the right to life and dignity. “ - Babatunde Osotimehin



Photo: UNICEF

08/26/2017

"The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up." ~Serena Williams

(via: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/26/womens-equality-day-5-quotes-inspiring-ladies/569982001/)

08/14/2017

Did you know? The #1 neighborhood in NYC with the most artists, the Upper West Side, has seen a slight increase in the # of artists living there. While Chelsea, TriBeca, Hell's Kitchen and the Village - the oft heavily romanticized "artist havens" - have seen significant declines?

Where's Brooklyn At, you ask? In the lead... (read more in the report)

New York City has more artists than ever, but finding artist work spaces is harder than ever, too