Molineaux is president/CEO of the Bridge Alliance Training Fund, and Nevins is its co-founder and board chairman. They’re co-publishers of The Fulcrum.
In Might 2021, once we took over as publishers of The Fulcrum, we have been thrilled to have the chance to construct upon the successes of the primary two years. We advised you then that The Fulcrum has the potential to serve an essential position in acknowledging our variations as a nation as a way to strengthen the bonds amongst us.
Our four-month journey has taught us a lot.
We’re happy with our accomplishments. The150,000-plus web page views per thirty days and 150-plus tales from The Fulcrum which have been re-published by different newspapers and journals throughout the nation are indicators of increasing curiosity in our protection.
However we’re dedicated to do extra and we’re proud to announce a relaunch of The (New) Fulcrum that can additional enhance our protection.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in a current report known as “Our Widespread Objective,” spoke of “wholesome civic tradition of participation and accountability … which is a mix of the values, norms and narratives that preserve our political establishments responsive and inclusive.”
The (New) Fulcrum is dedicated to persevering with protection of stories, politics, coverage and public affairs. However we’re including new protection of tradition to deepen understanding of our variations and similarities and uncover our shared pursuits and customary destinies.
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The cultural references we are going to deal with will embrace all the artistic arts — music of every type, poetry, dance, literature, portray and drawing, comedy, drama. We will even embrace facets of sports activities: the surprise of athletes’ bodily prowess, cooperative potential and aggressive instincts. We’ll enchantment to the human spirit — spirit that expresses the thrill, sorrows and harmonies of the guts and soul.
Certainly, tradition is the quintessence of humanity’s expressive hope; the realm of endeavor during which our senses — sight, sound, odor, contact and feeling — are shared in household, neighborhood and nation.
In our more and more advanced world of trauma and travail, the place we should care concerning the well being of our democracy and try relentlessly to strengthen our consultant republic, we name upon the services of our artists and athletes to remind us of our heritages and traditions, our cooperative and aggressive selves.
Accordingly, The (New) Fulcrum shall be dedicated to honoring and celebrating tradition as a bridge to the newest information and evaluation of politics, coverage and the beginning of a brand new civic and political voice to construct better social cohesion, civic engagement and problem-solving.
We invite you to find and share with us cultural references and merchandise that encourage our higher angels that we are able to disseminate as a part of our persevering with protection of the issues and options of our occasions.
For instance please take two minutes and hearken to the music “Democracy” from the Broadway musical “Gentle Energy,” and you may perceive our intent.
“Democracy (Reprise)” from SOFT POWER | The Public Theater
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As you hearken to the music we hope you’ll agree that artwork has energy to interrupt down boundaries and overcome distances between individuals.
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