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Blog: Behind the Barricades, There Is Happiness

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Posted August 5th, 2011 by HowMatters

Richard Moore describes himself as “just a guy who wanted to help.”

This is somehow funny coming from a man whom the Dalai Lama refers to as “my hero.”

Blog: An aid worker's poetic journey

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Posted June 8th, 2011 by HowMatters

It’s going to be a surreal moment. From what I understand, there’s a composer, a bridge, 600 singing schoolchildren, a Nobel Laureate, and one righteous celebration. The new Peace Bridge in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland will be dedicated on June 25th.  And amazing to me still, I will be there.  Irish composer Ian Wilson contacted me via email in April. Could he use one of my poems in a new work he had been commissioned to compose for the bridge's opening ceremony?

Blog: The Seven Wonders of Powerful Places: How Where Matters

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Posted October 29th, 2007 by Philippe Duhamel

Maison des esclaves, Sénégal

photo cc: masoud.nyc 

How can museums do more than entertain us (or bore us) about curiosities of the past? How can change feed on the past? As part of October's tactical discussion on the Power of Place, I have compiled a list of seven wonders that historical sites tap into to bring some awareness, conscience, and change to the world.