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Wonderful Arts Opportunity: RFP -  #SantaMonicaAirport Art Studios Programming https://t.co/e7wYJG9d8I https://t.co/UXezniFEa0 #art https://t.co/d5VTEo4A7g — Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) August 17, 2018 New Arts Opportunity: RFP - Santa Monica Airport Art Studios Programming More at:  1.  http://www.californiabids.com/bid-opportunities/2018/08/14/8843531-RFP--Airport-Art-Studios-Programming.html 2.   RFP--Airport-Art-Studios-Programming 3.Santa Monica  Airport-Art-Studios-Planning

by Gregg Chadwick I had the honor to watch Siddhali Shree's powerful documentary film "Stopping Traffic" at the Women Illuminated Film Festival on March 12, 2018 in New York.  Tonight - Wednesday, March 28TH at the North Hollywood Cinefest , Shree's important call to action will be screened and she will be on a directors panel.  Shree explains that now " with the instant reach of social media and the explosion in cyber porn, a child sex slave can be purchased online and delivered to a customer more quickly than a pizza." Shree's " Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking" does not hold back. It is at times raw in its dialogue and heart-wrenching as we hear stories from survivors.   Shree is the first North American Jain female-monk, a US Army Iraq veteran, international speaker, author, documentarian, and an activist for social justice. In her film she has gathered activists, front-line rescue and aid organizations, and justice ...

by Gregg Chadwick Gregg Chadwick Road to Mandalay 40"x30" oil on linen 2011 “For decades Americans have been deeply concerned about the denial of basic human rights for the Burmese people. The persecution of democratic reformers, the brutality shown toward ethnic minorities and the concentration of power in the hands of a few military leaders has challenged our conscience and isolated Burma from the United States and much of the world. After years of darkness, we’ve seen flickers of progress in these last several weeks as the president and Parliament in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, have taken steps toward reform. Of course there’s far more to be done." -President Barack Obama, November 2011 (Statement on Burma delivered at the 2011 Pacific Rim Meeting in Bali, Indonesia) Four years after the Saffron Revolution in Burma, enough progress towards a free Burma has been made that President Barack Obama is sending Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a tr...

“This is the civil rights act of the 21st century,” said Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, the No. 3 Democrat in the House.

New Video from today in Iran - Sunday, June 21, 2009