black lives matter
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U.S. Foreign Service Officer Cameron Thomas-Shah reflects on Juneteenth 2021.
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CPD Research Fellow Shearon Roberts discusses a decolonial mindset for PD.
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CPD Research Fellow Shearon Roberts reveals the soft power effect of Black women in office.
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CPD Research Fellow Shearon Roberts reveals the global impact of Black women's work.
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Joel Day discusses how city diplomacy might be used to address issues of policing reform and racial justice
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Read and respond to four questions posed by CPD Research Associate Sohaela Amiri to the PD community about this domestic crisis.
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Artists from Busta Rhymes to Residente are taking inspiration from the musical phenomenon to continue a global conversation on what America represents.
Iran has been hosting an annual “New Horizons conference,” which it established to address emerging global concerns [...] as a means to create “a relationship based on culture, diplomacy and revolution.”