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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, ¡Que Viva la Vida Imprevisible!, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 7 years, 6 months ago
One thing I have learned at Burning Man is that plans almost never go as you expect, and it’s best if you let things just happen the way they unfold. For this reason, long before arriving on the playa, I set as […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Performance Video: "Dear Burning Man…", on the site Project Radical Inclusion 7 years, 6 months ago
A project by Laura Diamond for a showcase of graduating seniors from UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance, “Narratives; Program B”
Photography by OhTony Edwards, historical photographs by Stuart Harvey
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Project Radical Inclusion success for 2015!, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 7 years, 7 months ago
I am excited to announce that the Burning Man Project has responded to our project proposal and granted three scholarship (gifted) tickets for our sponsorship project for 2015!
To learn more about this project […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Dear Burning Man…, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 7 years, 8 months ago
Read here for an exciting update on this project!
Greetings! My name is Laura Diamond (Diamond-cutter). I am a seven-year Burner, who like many restructured my life because of my experience at Burning Man, and […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Que Viva!’s Burning Man Feedback 2014, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 8 years, 4 months ago
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Being radically inclusive means involving people from all walks of life in Burning Man: wealthy, poor, and people of all stripes, and tutus. Everyone wants to share Burning Man […] -
Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Que Viva and the Art of Social Justice, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 8 years, 6 months ago
Que Viva is the name of our Theme Camp at Burning Man, a group of artists working for social justice, founded by Arts Attorney Brooke Oliver and Juanita Chavez , daughter of civil rights worker Dolores Huerta, […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Burning Man 2014: Migration Is Beautiful/Que Viva, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 8 years, 6 months ago
Our camp Que Viva hosted butterfly wing making activities, a migration story video booth, and letter writing to refugee children activities with artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez of Culture Strike and her M […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Que Viva Camp photography 2014 by OhTony Edwards, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 8 years, 6 months ago
OhTony Edwards took great pictures at Que Viva Camp this year, both at our art workshops and amongst our campmates, many of whom were attending for the first time. You can see all of OhTony’s photographs by […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Project Radical Inclusion Presentation Breakfast, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 8 years, 7 months ago
This year at Burning Man I will be giving a presentation about my senior project for World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, in our camp, Que Viva. Last year I approached Brooke Oliver, our main camp leader, with m […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Postcolonial Nations; a textual analysis, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years ago
Post-colonialism describes what happens in the culture of a people as a result of colonization. Post-colonial studies examines the affects of colonization on the colonized as well as on the people of the […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Hair Freedom, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years ago
As an artist who expresses myself through my hair, I identified strongly with the artistic hair practices of the different peoples of Africa, so I based my research on the culture of hair. I saw the beauty in the […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Favianna Rodriguez, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years, 1 month ago
My first exposure to Favianna Rodriguez was last year at Burning Man, as we were camped together in a new Theme Camp, ‘Que Viva,’ at which her project, ‘Migration is Beautiful’ was a major part. Her message […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, A Turning Point in the Shifting Concept of Culture, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years, 1 month ago
If I had been asked as a child what I thought ‘culture’ is, I would have pulled out my hard-earned collection of tiny ‘golden’ (plastic) figures of women from all over the world, dressed in their cultural attire, […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, On How Students Feel About Immigration, Diversity and Education, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years, 3 months ago
Like my Professor, Dr. Berky Nelson, I am committed to the idea of diversity education as a necessity for solving racial and immigration tension in the United States, and the World. I am discouraged by the limited […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Arts Activism Is…, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years, 5 months ago
A group slideshow assignment for UCLA World Arts and Cultures. It was created and edited by me, the soundtrack and sound mixing assistance by Tony Edwards. Poetry was cowritten by Ari Stanton, Eryn Voigt, Jul […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, Graduation Speech at LACC Commencement Ceremony, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 9 years, 10 months ago
(Written speech is not a transcript)
This Changes Everything
It is my great honor, and even greater surprise to stand here and address you today, the faculty, students, and families at LACC. Three years ago, […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, My analysis of Spielberg's 'Lincoln', on the site Project Radical Inclusion 10 years, 2 months ago
Spielberg’s film, Lincoln, opens on a battlefield in where a terrible, violent battle is taking place between a company of Negro Union soldiers and a company of white Confederate soldiers. It is particularly b […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, My Occupy Story, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 11 years, 3 months ago
On November 30, 2011, I was arrested for failure to disperse from the park at City Hall in Los Angeles with the Occupy Wall Street movement. I used to stay out of politics, but a shift in consciousness made it […]
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Laura Diamond wrote a new post, The Future is Already Here, on the site Project Radical Inclusion 11 years, 3 months ago
In the wake of the eviction of the Occupy Los Angeles protestors from City Hall Park, there is much talk and a flurry of activity regarding what to do next. The obvious legislative issues are being addressed and […]
