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MUSEUM PICK <br/>The Barefoot Approach

MUSEUM PICK
The Barefoot Approach

Filmmaker Sumithra Prasanna visited a unique institution in India that relies on community members, rather than experts, to help solve local problems.

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COMMUNITY VOICE:
The Other Half of the Sky

COMMUNITY VOICE: The Other Half of the Sky

Photographer Lili Almog presents an intimate look at women in rural China, and examines how the rapid modernization of society is changing women's economic opportunities and cultural traditions.

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COMMUNITY VOICE:
If I Worked for 493 Years

COMMUNITY VOICE: If I Worked for 493 Years

Lisa Link presents this striking performance art video project about the impact of U.S. economic policies of the last ten years on middle and working class women.

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COMMUNITY VOICE: Women Who Light the Dark

COMMUNITY VOICE: Women Who Light the Dark

Photojournalist Paola Gianturco visited the Barefoot College in India and met women from all over Africa who are being trained to become solar engineers.

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Why I Fired my Financial Planner

Why I Fired my Financial Planner

Kathy LeMay, president and CEO of Raising Change, a social change fundraising organization, explains what financial security means to her.

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