Author Archives: Shelley Masar

An Artist’s Life

S.M.: Athan Chilton earns her living as a department secretary for Dance at the University of Illinois. But to say that this is what she ‘does’ would be to reduce to a single dimension what is in fact a multidimensional … Continue reading

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The Culture Wars are Over – For Now

The new millennium has been good for the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA). In June, the US House of Representatives voted to increase the budget of the NEA for the first time since 1992. Continue reading

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Other Diversity Training Opportunities in C-U

In addition to the Study Circles/Community Roundtables program, there are a number of other people and organizations in Champaign-Urbana that can offer discussion, training, and service experience in racial reconciliation and diversity exposure. Diversity Works, Inc. Experienced diversity educators Pauline … Continue reading

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