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Lidè Haiti
The LIDÈ Haiti Foundation is an educational initiative in rural Haiti that uses the arts and literacy to empower at-risk adolescent girls and help them transition into school or vocational training. Established by actor Rainn Wilson, author Holiday Reinhorn, and executive director Dr. Kathryn Adams in response to the earthquake of 2010. LIDÈ currently serves almost five hundred at-risk girls in rural Haiti with a Haitian national staff of 26 teachers and apprentices, plus additional coordinating, managing, and support staff. LIDÈ partners with local grassroots organizations and communities. Visiting artists LIDÈ has hosted writers, actors, filmmaker, and photographers who come to share their skills with teachers, apprentices and students in master classes. These artists have included: David Choe, Saelee Oh, Emily Baldoni Emily Baldoni (née Fuxler, born October 18, 1984) is a Swedish actress currently living in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic. To its south-west lies the small Navassa Island, which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration."Haiti" ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Haiti is in size, the third largest country in the by area, and has an estimated population of 11.4 million, making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainn Wilson
Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom '' The Office'', for which he earned three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Born in Seattle, Wilson began acting at the University of Washington, and later worked in theatre in New York City after graduating in 1986. Wilson made his film debut in '' Galaxy Quest'' (1999), followed by supporting parts in '' Almost Famous'' (2000), Steven Soderbergh's '' Full Frontal'' (2002), and '' House of 1000 Corpses'' (2003). He also had a recurring part as Arthur Martin in the HBO series '' Six Feet Under'' from 2003 to 2005. From 2018 to 2021, he starred as Trevor on the CBS sitcom ''Mom''. Wilson was cast as Dwight Schrute in ''The Office'' in 2005, a role which he played until the show's conclusion in 2013. Other film credits include lead role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holiday Reinhorn
Holiday Reinhorn (born March 12, 1964) is an American fiction writer known for her short stories. Biography Reinhorn was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author of ''Big Cats'', published by Free Press in 2005. ''Big Cats'' received largely positive notice in ''Seattle Times'', '' Post Magazine'', ''Kirkus Reviews'' and '' Publishers Weekly''. It was a Powell's bestseller. Her work has been published in '' Ploughshares'', '' Zoetrope: All-Story'', ''Gulf Coast'', and many other literary magazines. She is married to actor Rainn Wilson, whom she met while both were students at the University of Washington. The couple married on the Kalama River in Washington in 1995 and have one son, Walter. They are both adherents of the Baháʼí Faith. In 2009 Reinhorn was invited by Sean Penn's charity J/P Haitian Relief Organization to hold writing workshops for girls. While in Haiti she co-founded Lide (Haitian Creole for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Haiti Earthquake
A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest department, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake. Death toll estimates range from 100,000 to about 160,000 to Haitian government figures from 220,000 to 316,000, although these latter figures are a matter of some dispute. The government of Haiti estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. The nation's history of national debt, prejudicial trade policies by other countries, and foreign intervention into national affairs contributed to the existing poverty and poor housing conditions that increased the death toll from the disaster. The earthquake caused major damage in Port-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Choe
David Choe (born April 21, 1976) is an American artist, musician, and former journalist and podcast host from Los Angeles. Choe's work appears in a wide variety of urban culture and entertainment contexts. He has illustrated and written for magazines including '' Hustler'', ''Ray Gun'' and ''Vice''. He has an ongoing relationship with the Asian pop culture store-cum-magazine ''Giant Robot''. He once hung his work in a Double Rainbow ice cream shop located on Melrose Avenue. His figurative paintings, which explore themes of desire, degradation, and exaltation, are characterized by a raw, frenetic method that he has termed "dirty style." Early life and education Choe was born in Los Angeles, California. His parents are Korean immigrants and born-again Christians. He spent his childhood in Koreatown, Los Angeles.Jaime Wright,Choe Jams: The Purity of David Choe" ''Comfusion Magazine'', Winter 2002. He has been spray-painting on the streets since he was in his teens. He briefly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Baldoni
Emily Baldoni (née Fuxler, born October 18, 1984) is a Swedish actress currently living in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wor .... Before her marriage, she was credited under the name Emily Foxler, a variant spelling of her birth name, Emily Fuxler. She is best known for her leading role in the 2013 film ''Coherence''. Personal life She is married to actor and director Justin Baldoni. In June 2015, she gave birth to their first child, a daughter. In October 2017, she gave birth to a son. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1984 births Living people Swedish television actresses People from Uppsala Swedish Bahá'ís Swedish expatriates in the United States Swedish film actresses 21st-century Swedish actresse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
