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Imanta
No full textImanta is a cultural support organization formed on March 8, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta. Imanta was founded by Ted Baker and Latvian people previously established in Alberta. Ted Baker's wife Viola Baker, also supported Ted's belief in the value of a formal organization that would serve as a contact point for new Latvian immigrants. Imanta originally helped immigrants connect with other Latvians and settle in the province. Imanta has continued to remain a vital cultural part of Latvian society in Alberta. The Edmonton Latvian Society "Imanta" meets regularly, through many social and cultural gatherings and formal events. The Imanta resource network remains a vital part of Latvian society in Alberta today.Imanta 1.
Book review: El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela’s youth, by Geoffrey Baker
No full textBook review of: El Sistema: orchestrating Venezuela’s youth, by Geoffrey Baker.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2014; ISBN: 9780199341559
($35.00)Publisher PD
The Edmonton Latvian Society Imanta
No full textScrapbook page: Includes a B&W photo of Ted & Viola Baker, descriptive history of Imanta in Alberta, Imanta's Mission and Purpose [1947], Updated Imanta Constitution of 2003, Goda Karte (Ted Baker Honourary and Lifetime member of Imanta)1.0 Imanta, 1.1.1 History of Imant
Baker 16
No full textEthnic Latvian Viola Baker nee Hasmanis donnes a traditional Latvian dress.Baker 16.jp
Personal performance: the resistant confessions of Bobby Baker
No full textAn analysis of the confessional performances of performance artist, Bobby Baker, in particular 'Box Story'
Matthew Baker - My Mountain Heroes
No full textMatthew Baker is a Macon County, NC author and rural mail carrier. Put them together, and you have a couple of great books… “My Mountain Granny” and “My Mountain Heroes.” When he is traveling throughout the mountains delivering mail, he meets and interviews many senior citizens who tell him stories that go back to another time and another century. Listen now to a young man who cares about what he calls the “Greatest Generation.
Letter from Ryo Munekata to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker, November 12, 1942
No full textHandwritten correspondence from Ryo Munekata to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker. Munekata expresses his gratitude to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker for Baker's assistance in relocating him to a different college and asks for Baker's help in getting an honorable dismissal so his college application can be cleared.The Bishop James Chamberlain Baker Collection includes letters, documents, and articles about Japanese Americans during World War II. Subjects in the collection include Japanese Americans mass removal, Pearl Harbor and the aftermath, religion, and support from the non-Japanese American community. The collection was digitized and made accessible online by CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections
When People Parent Together: Let’s Talk About Coparenting
No full textFCS2277, a 7-page fact sheet by James McHale, Jason Baker, and Heidi Liss Radunovich, will help anyone who is "coparenting" children--raising children with the help of another adult. It explains why cooperative and respectful coparenting is key to the healthy development of children and will help coparents understand whether their coparenting relationship is in good health or in need of a tune-up. Published by the UF Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2007
Address by Lillian Baker
No full textText of Lillian Baker's speech to the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Orange County Chapter general membership luncheon. In the speech, Baker denounces redress and reparations, opposes the use of the term "concentration camp," and her belief that incarceration of Japanese Americans was right.The Japanese American Relocation Collection is composed of ephemera related to the relocation program during World War II. Items include the official government report of Manzanar Relocation Center, a photo album, post-war activism materials related to preserving and remembering the camps, various clippings, and documents. The strength of this collection is found in its many perspectives on the controversial relocation program and how it has been presented since World War II
U.S. Immigration, Demography, and Citizenship in a Digital Age
No full textA snapshot of demographic profiles and trends among the foreign-born (immigrant) population in the United States. Working paper presented at the Baker Institute Latin America Initiative conference "Immigration Reform: A System for the 21st Century."What role has immigration played in crafting the current demographic fabric of the United States? What will future flows of the foreign-born mean for the future makeup of the country? To what degree are new foreign-born arrivals to the United States becoming citizens, a key indicator of integration? What does citizenship mean for immigrants and the country in the digital age? Answers to these and other related questions are central to understand immigration policy reform in the United States. Blending public-use data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this paper presents a snapshot of demographic profiles and trends among foreign-born (immigrant) population in the United States. The paper also examines U.S. naturalization patterns as an indicator of civic integration of the foreign-born and discusses a set of barriers to naturalization within the framework of new scholarship on “digital citizenship.” The paper concludes by exploring several of the key implications of these findings by sketching two divergent potential immigration and citizenship policy pathways
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