Is Everyone Allowed To Participate In Art?
[su_tabs active=”2″][su_tab title=”English”] Culture is one expression of our shared value as people. Art is a very important part of culture and dance is a very important part of art. Through different dances, like ballet, one transmits their emotions and point of view. The Certified Training Program explains how art is a very effective way […]
Meet WYA Latin America’s New Interns!
COVID-19 didn’t stop the World Youth Alliance from welcoming members around the world to our internship program. This summer, WYA Latin America has the pleasure of introducing our three online interns from Mexico, El Salvador and Colombia, that will further their understanding and promotion of human dignity. They will be implementing this value through marketing and […]
Convenient and Inconvenient Truths about the “Right to Die”
In 2016, a romantic movie based on a novel hit the big screen which captured the interest of young people all over the world. It had a familiar love story: wealthy boy meets poor girl; they fall in love; they fight; but eventually reconcile and live happily ever after. Or so it first appeared, until […]
Excerpt: The Business of Family Planning
The following is an excerpt of an article by Vincenzina Santoro, international economist, UN representative for the American Family Association of New York, and member of the WYA Board. In the article, she explores the connections between various governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental actors in promoting contraceptives in international development. The article was originally published in the […]
U.S. to stop funding organizations that provide, promote abortion abroad
President Trump signs executive order limiting foreign assistance grant eligibility Jan 23, 2017 WASHINGTON—Today, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating a development aid policy which prohibits U.S. agencies from issuing grants to organizations that promote or perform abortions abroad. This policy is commonly known as the Mexico City Policy, as it was first […]
A Tale of Two Shoes: Children of Heaven, a Review
Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with the necessities. – G.K. Chesterton, 1920 Children of Heaven is an introspective film. Directed by Majid Majidi, Children of Heaven was the first Iranian film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and it secured an American box office […]
Loving All: The Story of Les Choristes
All my life I have been surrounded by music, and I’ve loved every second of it. Growing up exposed to music, I saw the world in a different way; instead of simply seeing a clock’s pendulum swing back in forth, I would match the march of the seconds to the rhythmic flickering of the router […]
Man’s Search for Meaning, a Review
Man´s search for meaning is one of those unforgettable books that can provoke a change in your way of looking at life and the people around you. The book has two clearly differentiated parts. On the one hand, the first half of Man’s Search for Meaning describes life in Nazi concentration camp in light of […]
Dancing into Dignity: Mad Hot Ballroom, a Review
This 2005 film by Marilyn Agrelo, which follows New York elementary students as they learn how to ballroom dance through a program in public schools, isn’t the typical dance competition movie. Though it ends with champions and runner-ups, it’s not about the competition. This is a documentary-style film about learning to choose excellence, […]
Finding Meaning in Suffering: Life is Beautiful, a Review
For those who did not have the pleasure of watching this incredible movie, I am going to introduce you the main plot. A Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido, meets Dora, a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually, they marry and have a son named Giosue. However, their happiness is abruptly halted […]
