Wu-Ching Chang, Director of 2022 Official Selection Winner My Grandmother is an Egg, Will Be June SPEAK EZ Guest
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11M ago
Wu-Ching Chang is passionate about human rights and women’s rights. She found a unique and creative way to express her views through filmmaking. And an empowering one, too! Wu-Ching, who earned a master’s degree in animation from the Royal College of Art in the United Kingdom, is an award-winning animation director and has been working for the past eight years on various commercial and  independent projects in the fields of animation, illustration, and game concept art. She is passionate about using animation filmmaking, particularly documentary and experimental animated filmmaking, to br ..read more
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Raheel Raza, participant in 2015 Free Speech Award-winner Honor Diaries, to appear at March SPEAK EZ Workshop
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by Free Speech Blog
1y ago
Raheel Raza has a vision – humanity is but one community. As part of this vision, her goals are to expose the dangers of a radical Islamist ideology and take back the faith; empower women for rights and gender equality, especially in third-world countries; and educate youth about the dangers of radicalization and terrorism. Raheel’s vision and goals are among the driving reasons why she participated, along with eight other women’s rights activists, in the documentary film Honor Diaries, the winner of the 2015 Free Speech Film Festival’s Free Speech Award. The film was directed and produced by ..read more
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Spotlight on Benjamin Chew: Chew Documented Historic Negotiations for the Treaty of Easton
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by Free Speech Blog
1y ago
During his time as Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Chew served as secretary of the Council on Indian Affairs and wrote a detailed account of the historic negotiations for the Treaty of Easton in his “Journal of a Journey to Easton.” In a series of hearings between 1756 and 1762, the council was tasked with reviewing complaints the Delaware Indians (also called the Lenape Indians) made about the controversial Walking Purchase of land by William Penn’s descendants. In 1737, the Penn family claimed 1.2 million acres of land – roughly equivalent to the size of Rhode Island – across what ..read more
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Democracy, Voter Suppression and “Our America: Who Are We?”
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3y ago
Featuring an interview with Sondra Myers When you think about American democracy – what exactly do you think of? Perhaps you think of the United States Constitution or Bill of Rights. Maybe you think about your elected representatives and your right to vote. Or rather, you think about your voice, among a sea of voices, where you are heard or have yet to be. Sondra Myers, Senior Fellow for International, Civic and Cultural Projects and Director of The Schemel Forum at the University of Scranton edited a collection of work exploring America and its complex, contradictory, ever-progressing histor ..read more
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FREE SPEECH CASE STUDY: “Oprah with Meghan and Harry”
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3y ago
Featuring an interview with American INSIGHT’s Karen Curry In the months leading up to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s 2018 wedding, Oprah Winfrey asked Meghan for an interview. Meghan declined – as she claims, it was not her choice to give an interview. It was a decision for the royal institution. Now that Meghan and Harry have formally stepped back from their royal duties, they decided to share their story. “It’s really liberating to be able to have the right and the privilege in some ways to be able to say yes,” Meghan told Oprah. “I’m ready to talk.” According to Nielsen, 17.8 million vie ..read more
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American INSIGHT’S Balance of Arts and STEM Interns
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by Free Speech Blog
3y ago
Growing up, I was always inclined towards the literary and visual arts. I truly enjoyed reading, writing, critical thinking, learning new languages, and painting and drawing. These subjects had always struck a chord with me, and I was naturally good at them. And it was because of this that, during my freshman year in college, I believed I was going to go on to be an International Relations or English major. However, for the sake of eliminating distribution requirement classes as early as possible, I took freshman year biology on a whim, and it was from that point on that my future changed dras ..read more
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Falling Off A Cliff in America
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by Free Speech Blog
3y ago
Civil Unrest: A Perspective from Appalachia Barr lives on the side of a mountain, inside the natural world, and meditates on the state of the country, Portland protests, fascism, & healthcare. Cliff We all feel, I think, like we are falling off a cliff in America. Where my husband and I live, there is a cut bank, carved out of the mountain, to make a small plateau. In 1988 the early owner built a summer cabin on the halfmoon of land, with just 15 feet between the back of the cabin, which has no windows, and is built of concrete block, paneled with wood, and this very steep bank. I love th ..read more
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Kanye West’s Presidency Stunt
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3y ago
On July Fourth, popular music artist and fashion designer Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential campaign over Twitter. However, within ten days he had supposedly dropped out of the race. As of July 16, according to the Federal Election Commission, Mr. West was again an official candidate. Kanye West’s interest in politics seems largely connected to President Donald Trump. Their friendship began to publicly develop over social media in 2016 when the two frequently met, and tweeted reciprocating support for one another. In April of 2018, Kanye West tweeted, “You don’t have to agree with tru ..read more
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I Heal Inside & Out on a Mountainside During the Pandemic
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by Free Speech Blog
3y ago
A Virus Inside and Out Tina Barr Hermit During my first, brief marriage in my twenties, Truman Capote, a friend of my father in law, telephoned, and in his froggy voice, asked if my husband and I wanted to go with him to Studio 54. I was immersed in my work as an MFA student in poetry, at Columbia’s School of the Arts, and I explained I had too much work on my desk. So I’ve always been a bit of a recluse. Cabin Ten years ago, I “left the Mother Ship,” as a poet friend of mine puts it, gave up my tenured position at Rhodes College in Memphis, and moved to Western North Carolina. Eventually, aft ..read more
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Alone, she composesverses carved in truth and beauty,seeing through the pain
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by Free Speech Blog
3y ago
American INSIGHT editor’s note: We are all confined, to one degree or another, by the strictures of COVID-19 quarantine orders. Each of us responds in different ways to the limitations. Many worry, of course, about the well-being of loved ones. Some chafe at being told we can’t go out to restaurants, mingle with friends or wander our downtown haunts. Others struggle to survive, emotionally or economically. Everyone must find their own ways to cope.  As in any disaster, art somehow rears its lovely head to help make sense of our times. In some instances, the results are spectacular. Pablo ..read more
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