#cultural-resilience

#cultural-resilience

Owning space—whether for housing, business, or agriculture—is critical for communities' resistance and long-term stability, shaping their communal purpose and future.

"We are a nation who has been scattered to the winds because of the greed of not just the Dutch, but also the English after that and so forth, who chased us and massacred us for our land."

The festival opened with a demonstration to support Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russian captivity. Thousands of whom are estimated to remain in captivity.

"When you say Two-Spirit, you know the person's Indigenous, and you know they have some kind of spiritual practice," says J Miko Thomas, a.k.a. Landa Lakes, who created the Two-Spirit Powwow with Ruth Villaseñor.

"This is a beautiful old synagogue, and we try to keep the spirit of the past alive as much as possible and transform it..." Maurits Jan Vink.

The iconic mushroom-shaped roof shifts in character: embracing the playful spirit of the library while grounding it in the Elusive beauty of the local landscape.

On a recent morning at the Wortham Theater Center, home of Houston Grand Opera, the orchestra was playing through the intense score of Missy Mazzoli's 2016 opera Breaking the Waves. Led by the conductor Patrick Summers, the players fine-tuned eerie glissando slides and dug into Mazzoli's creaking, scratching effects.

The Khmer New Year celebration in Stockton not only marks a cultural significance but also commemorates 50 years of survival post-genocide, highlighting resilience.