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Noelani Kirschner More than a million people of Ukrainian descent live in the United States, primarily in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. U.S. museums across the country elevate
Ukrainian culture , history and art. “One of the things that President Putin’s war is trying to accomplish is to somehow erase Ukrainian identity,” Secretary of State Antony ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 5 July, 2022 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, News | Tags: arts, cultural preservation, freedom of expression, immigration, social activism, ukraine
Walk the streets of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Queens and other areas in New York City and you’ll likely see signs in Russian and English, along with plenty of support for Ukraine. New York City is home to
600,000 Russian-speaking immigrants, the most of any U.S. city. And many here — as well as others in communities ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 23 May, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: freedom of assembly, immigration, Russia, social activism, ukraine
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Noelani Kirschner Mar 14, 2022 As the
world denounces Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, the private sector in the United States is showing its support for Ukraine in a number of ways. U.S. tech company Microsoft detected a Russian malware alert in Ukraine on the eve of the Russian government’s invasion. Within hours, protective code was shared ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 March, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: Russia, social activism, Trade, ukraine
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Noelani Kirschner “Being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but a rich place to write from,” Toni Morrison said in an interview with the New Yorker. “It doesn’t limit my imagination; it expands it.” Black women in the United States are transforming the literary world as writers, publishers, magazine editors and academics. Here are ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 February, 2022 | Topics: Culture, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: African Americans, arts, female leaders, freedom of expression, social activism
Black communities didn’t need a week or a month dedicated to their history in order to remember and treasure it, says historian Matthew Delmont of Dartmouth University. “They kept it in diaries and family records, in black newspapers, and through stories,” says Delmont, who is busy each February speaking to groups in schools and corporations ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 February, 2022 | Topics: Education, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: African Americans, civic equality, social activism, U.S. history
“I was considered a troublemaker,” Ambassador Terence A. Todman said of his time at the State Department, “and that was all right.” Todman (1926–2014) was one of the first Black Americans designated a career ambassador, a classification appointed by the president for distinguished service. He paved the way for nonwhite diplomats at the Department of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 January, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: African Americans, civic equality, social activism, U.S. history
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Amirah Ismail When does democracy start? In America, kids experience democracy as early as the first grade. Through participation in group activities, American students are immersed in
democratic principles like choice, consensus, and freedom of expression from an early age. In elementary schools — or primary schools — teachers and students make decisions at the beginning of the school ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 December, 2021 | Topics: Education, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: campus life, civil society, elections, freedom of expression, good governance, social activism
Harassment and censorship of independent media and government critics is common in the Russian Federation. A so-called “foreign agents” law, passed in 2012 and repeatedly expanded, allows the Justice Ministry to label groups or individuals “foreign agents,” exposing them to fines and harassment that stymie their work. In July, Russian authorities prosecuted
human rights advocate Semyon Simonov , who exposed ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 August, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: freedom of expression, press freedom, Russia, social activism
In 2020, as governments focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, human traffickers found new ways to perpetrate their crimes, a new State Department report says. Traffickers targeted vulnerable families with fraudulent offers that led to exploitation. And more time online left some more vulnerable to trafficking. Meanwhile, lockdowns and social distancing requirements limited victims’ access to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 July, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: China, Cuba, human trafficking, labor rights, social activism
Ted DeLaney arrived at Washington and Lee University as a janitor. By the time he left, he’d been chairman of its history department. DeLaney’s story is extraordinary, but his path is one shared by millions of Black Americans: Overcome prejudice, seize new opportunities, and contribute to your community and your nation. DeLaney was born and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 February, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: African Americans, campus life, social activism, U.S. history
Ever since the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum opened its doors in 1993, its scholars have been educating visitors about the horrors of Nazi Germany’s genocide of European Jews (and other targeted victims) leading up to and during World War II. But the Washington-based museum also has another important mission: helping the general public — as ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 February, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civil society, freedom of religion, social activism, WWII
The U.S. Air Force on December 1, 2020, the 65th anniversary of Parks’ 1955 protest, unveiled a sculpture of her at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, adding to an array of memorials that honor the civil rights icon, who died in 2005 at the age of 92. This year ShareAmerica is highlighting some of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 February, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: African Americans, civic equality, female leaders, social activism, U.S. history
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Leigh Hartman The Chinese Communist Party forces critics and activists to publicly confess to crimes before trial, violating Chinese and international law, rights groups say. In a
recent report to the United Nations (PDF, 1MB), groups including Safeguard Defenders and Human Rights Watch say the CCP forces critics into confessions that are then aired on state-run television, making a mockery of due ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 2 December, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: China, civil society, freedom of expression, press freedom, social activism
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ShareAmerica Iran’s regime is jailing relatives of political activists in an effort to silence critics at home and abroad, human rights advocacy groups say. The regime in July sentenced Alireza Alinejad, the brother of prominent regime critic Masih Alinejad, to eight years in prison on trumped up charges, according to the Center for Human Rights ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 August, 2020 | Topics: News from Washington | Tags: freedom expression, Iran, press freedom, social activism
Iran’s regime continues persecution of human rights defenders (July 20) Protesters, journalists and women who refuse to wear a hijab all risk facing trial in Iran. But many of the lawyers trained to fight for those defendants are already in jail. According to a recent report from the Center for Human Rights in Iran, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 July, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: civil society, freedom of expression, Iran, social activism, women's empowerment
This 1990 disabilities law ushered in a new era (July 20) When President George H.W. Bush signed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act into law on July 26, 1990, he specifically mentioned Lisa Carl, a young woman with cerebral palsy. Two years before joining the president for that signing ceremony, Carl had gone to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 July, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, disability rights, social activism
From civil rights activist to member of Congress: Remembering John Lewis (July 20) Civil rights hero and U.S. Representative John Lewis died July 17 at the age of 80. He had been battling pancreatic cancer since he received the diagnosis in December. The son of Alabama sharecroppers, Lewis was a central figure in the U.S. civil ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 July, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: African Americans, civic equality, Congress, Martin Luther King Jr., social activism, U.S. history
Police leaders march in solidarity with peaceful protesters (June 11) Americans often have different opinions on how to tackle pressing social challenges, but U.S. citizens share a respect for the right to free speech, free expression and peaceful protest. Some police leaders have joined peaceful demonstrations in the aftermath of the death of George ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 11 June, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, policing, social activism
Iranian president begs voters to be regime’s ‘savior’ (February 20) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani acknowledges that Iran’s regime is in dire straits. But rather than taking responsibility, he is asking the Iranian people to vote for more of the same. At a recent rally in Tehran, Rouhani implored the Iranian people to set aside any ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 20 February, 2020 | Topics: Key Documents, News, News from Washington | Tags: elections, freedom of expression, Iran, social activism
