FAD Magazine FAD Magazine covers contemporary art – News Exhibitions and Interviews reported on from London Markus Lüpertz – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is a fascinating commentary on the nature of abstraction the process of embodiment in figurative painting and the evolution of representative art over the last two centuries By placing two artists of radically different eras the show draws a unique point of comparison between the symbolism of Puvis de Chavannes and Lüpertz’s neo-expressionist work Drawing attention to the process of history the development of the figure of the artist and Lüpertz’s engagement with the past in his ongoing work Michael Werner Gallery presents a cerebral and challenging show characterised by the artist reflecting on his practice and his times Besides more direct instances of homage in Lüpertz’s paintings referencing forms and figures akin to those of Puvis de Chavannes on display the interplay between the show’s images is grounded in the abstraction undertaken by both artists the more present one can feel the hand of the artist and the process by which their images have been created outlining a clear chronological narrative between Lüpertz’s forerunner and his own paintings the more powerfully can one sense the role of the artist taking prescience over that of their subject The show in question is defined by these dualities moving back and forth across a developmental line trodden by many art historians tracing the rise of modern painting what is unique about Lüpertz’s understanding of this process is how he references the loss that occurs when the subject of an artwork is obscured by the burgeoning potency of its creator with the exhibition’s subtler narrative hinging on this fact.  The Lüpertz works on display abound in classical imagery From corpulent cherubs to voluptuous female nudes and their Arcadian pastoral lands the paintings exhibit a drive toward contact with the past only for the viewer to step closer and find something very deliberately and wonderfully amiss in their finer details Lüpertz’s figures require a much broader perspective to fully take shape; to decipher the visual information on the canvas getting too close to the canvas fragments its subject into abstract blocks of colour that challenge the sense of cohesion belonging to the overall image This deployment of a greater degree of abstraction necessarily distances the artist and their audience from the objects being represented the momentum of an exaggerated gap coming between the audience and the subject of his art that paradoxically grows the closer they come to it to tell a story concerning the unreachability of our past.  Modernity is often allied with individualism rising to new heights and structures in the name of serving those presently engaged in them the rise of expressionist and later neo-expressionist painting is one instance of how art has changed over the years its locus of action being translated from the depiction of beautiful and intangible abstract ideas to serving those performing and engaging with its practice this shift of the stage on which art is performed not toward and amongst the imagined gods and classical deities from the ideal and abstract to the present and tangible has been described by the increasing rise of abstraction in these new ‘grounded’ forms of painting and self-expression.  Lüpertz’s work has been made increasingly relevant by commenting on this shift and participating in it its studies of classical motifs are difficult to read outside of a sense of longing It doesn’t matter how close you get to the canvas; having been brought down to earth the ‘ideal’ seems impossible to retrieve.  what remains is the question of self-expression and to outline the role of Lüpertz himself as the artist engaged in all this the self is often considered as the simple by-product of a biological and chthonic process It can be seen in the rise of algorithmic image generation that is often wilfully misunderstood as producing ‘art’ through a complex system of averaging having been advertised as imitative of the process of the artist It can be seen in the leaps and bounds made in the fields of neuroscience which have given people the ability to articulate more precisely than ever the physical and psychic mechanisms that characterise their drives and experiences and how the internet has expanded the breadth of our ability to join the dots of how our present came to be What is conceived as human follows where these fields lead and is developed according to our systems of understanding bringing the unknown into ever more detailed consciousness.  The question of defining the ‘self’ in ‘self-expression’ remains paramount and Lüpertz’s painting engages directly in the lived experience of this philosophical process exploring a kind of ‘chthonisation’ in modern art that reflects broader cultural activity and poses an implicit question to its audience If the artist exerts more agency over the subject of their work today than ever before showcasing their role in creating great works and their utilisation of old ideals and yet simultaneously acknowledges their own grounding and being formed from worldly causes Lüpertz offers a direction for possible answers: for artists to explore a sense of loss a yearning for the imagined yet simple relationship between well-defined objects and subjects if there once existed a more direct intimacy with our ideals and dreams whether this might possibly be the case again The identity of the future artist and their art hangs in the balance.  Markus Lüpertz – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 14th November 2024 – 1st February 2025 Michael Werner Jasper Spires Jasper Spires is an arts writer based in London with articles that examine the philosophical mechanisms present in contemporary artworks and the cultures that surround them 6 must-see exhibitions ending this week – in New York London has announced an exhibition of new paintings by Peter Doig If you want fascinating early work in a two floor show by an established German painter – complete with umlaut – you have two current choices: Markus Lüpertz (born 1941) at Michael Werner or Werner Büttner (born 1954) at Marlborough London is to present an exhibition of early works by Peter Doig Join the FAD newsletter and get the latest news and articles straight to your inbox And I want the manager to hear me say that … More people are coming … and we’re going to make sure we terrorize you guys so good.” These words were shared on a Facebook livestream by antiabortion extremist Bevelyn Beatty Williams as she prepared to invade and harass a Planned Parenthood clinic in lower Manhattan in June of 2020 Chavannes was found not guilty in the same trial According to her indictment and conviction, Williams “threatened and used force” against patients and staff members of Planned Parenthood’s Manhattan Health Center on Jun Williams blocked both the patient and staff entrances of the clinic intimidating staff members and depriving patients of critical healthcare needs.  The next day, Williams and Chavannes returned to the clinic Williams “pressed her body against the door to the Health Center’s patient entrance and refused to move,” resulting in a staff member’s hand being injured The staff member had yelled that her hand was being crushed This is not the first time Williams has terrorized a reproductive care facility: Judge Rochon cited seven other criminal convictions as a factor in her sentence.   In January 2022, Williams traveled to Fort Myers, Fla., to harass patients entering the local Planned Parenthood clinic. A doctor from the clinic testified “that care was delayed for several patients scheduled to have time-sensitive procedures—or risk bleeding Later that year, in July 2022, Bevelyn Beatty Williams, her husband Ricky Williams, and Chavannes attempted to invade two reproductive health centers in and around Nashville Bevelyn Beatty livestreamed herself harassing patients and staff members asserting her intention to “terrorize” the building if she was not permitted to enter Ricky Williams was detained at the second location for trespassing As he was being escorted off the property by a police officer Bevelyn Beatty Williams demanded that her gun—strapped to her husband at the time—be returned to her: “That’s my gun.” In a separate state court proceeding, Bevelyn Beatty Williams, Ricky Williams and Chavannes were arrested and later found guilty of criminal trespassing In the federal case, prior to sentencing, Bevelyn Beatty Williams requested leniency, stating that she had “found religion as a source of inspiration.” However, Judge Rochon said “We are grateful to the U.S. DOJ for prosecuting these terrifying crimes against abortion clinics, staff and their patients,” duVergne Gaines, director of the Feminist Majority Foundation’s (publisher of Ms.) National Clinic Access Project we’ve seen a dramatic increase in clinic invasions Only through the vigorous enforcement of the FACE Act by this administration and the U.S DOJ are these extremists being brought to justice and these crimes deterred.” Waes “intentionally interfered with and intimidated employees of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio by threatening over the phone to burn down their building because they were providing reproductive health services.” you’ll receive the print magazine along with our e-newsletters We are grateful for your loyalty and ferocity Ms. is wholly owned and published by the Feminist Majority Foundation Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here. 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Browse here. she was appointed Trudeau’s parliamentary secretary within a couple of months But she says she was determined that she could do it Caesar-Chavannes says that her and Trudeau did not get off on the right foot “Yes,” to the question of whether or not she trusted his judgment “I realize at that moment the tension in the room got a little awkward,” she said But I had to appreciate him for whatever reason He raked me over the coals for that,” she said this sounds funny to anyone who understands what he was actually asking at this point Trudeau obviously wasn’t asking her for the kind of trust involved between husband and spouse Caesar-Chavannes comes off from the get-go as unnecessarily combative Every office has a Celina — someone who’s too big for their britches hasn’t yet put in their time for the type of respect and power they want to wield and who immediately sees fault in everyone but themselves someone in the top position in the country should have been able to deal with someone like Caesar-Chavannes with a light touch without becoming insulted Trudeau had only ever been a substitute teacher and does not appear to have acquired these real-world people skills When asked by Peterson who was actually running the show in the Liberal government when she was there “Canadians would remember that when Harper was PM that people kept saying that the prime minister’s office was really centralized all decisions were made there — nothing changed with Trudeau it was his principal secretaries: Gerry Butts I don’t think I’m the only one who would say this I think that when (former finance minister) Bill Morneau left Communications in the House of Commons were tightly controlled say what’s on this speech and don’t deviate.” She complained about cookie cutter tweets: “Everyone sends out a tweet and they all look the same.” “Between 2015-2019 I was the only Black female Canadian elected I didn’t want to ruffle feathers,” she told Peterson “something isn’t right.” She was told make sure she showed up for a picture on a certain date It turned out that it was to commemorate an occasion that involved Black history “I was invited to three events that were Black-focused What kind of trip does that play on your mind What does that do to the mind of a person when they know that the only thing that they’re there for is like “duped and betrayed,” by the Liberal government “If I’m here to fill any gender or racial gap within your cabinet In addition to having to deal with being used as a prop for her gender and race there was also the explosive childish antics that Trudeau has become known for which has sent ministers fleeing from his sinking ship Caesar-Chavannes came to Trudeau to make peace “Justin I’m s..,” the room became tense: “There was no words It was the exhalation of his voice… And I was stopped in my tracks with the glare I knew that this person actually could make or break the rest of my life.” Trudeau sounds like a human resources nightmare No wonder his cabinet never complains about his constant jet-setting and frequent absence in the House of Commons whose ego has been severely wounded and now constantly needs veneration he would so casually lie to the public,” and from her description of events nor did he value the importance of a foreign affairs minister Enter Mélanie Joly to help prove Garneau’s point Asked by Peterson why she didn’t go to the media about Trudeau’s behaviour towards herself and others at the time she suggested the media wouldn’t be interested: “The Canadian media has still managed to glorify this individual and not hold him to account.” Caesar-Chavannes felt that legacy media allowed Trudeau to evade the consequences of his behaviour and that these consequences ended up falling more on anyone who dared to stand up to the PM tnewman@postmedia.com transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy You can manage saved articles in your account Artlyst This groundbreaking exhibition pairs paintings of Markus Lüpertz (b one of the most important German painters of the post-war period with paintings and drawings of 19th-century French master Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (b Over the course of a nearly seven-decade career Lüpertz has created an expansive body of work which art historian Aimée Brown Price describes as “replete with staunch emotional and recontextualizes imagery with deep cultural and personal resonance often culling from the work of past artists “I live with artists I routinely retrieve from the recesses of history and then they become a part of my everyday life Lüpertz has been engaged with Puvis de Chavannes since 2011 connecting himself to a lineage of important renowned artists who have been inspired by the great French master Puvis de Chavannes created a space for modernism and influenced the work of Seurat he influenced Matisse as well as Picasso’s Blue Period Van Gogh called him the “master of us all.” On January 23, 2025, Bevelyn Beatty Williams walked as a free woman out of a federal prison in Alabama, and into the arms of her waiting husband Rickey, their young daughter, and her best friend and fellow pro-life activist, Edmee Chavannes It was a joyous moment full of gratitude following years of persecution (followed by prosecution) for her pro-life efforts “I was in the TV room,” she told Live Action News of the moment she learned newly inaugurated President Donald Trump had signed pardons for her and 22 other pro-lifers on January 23 “Breaking news came on and he started signing pardons and I started screaming ‘I’m going home!'” The news reached her at about 2:45 p.m. and she was walking out of federal prison by 11 p.m It had been three months since Williams first reported to a federal prison for being convicted of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act She had been sentenced to 41 months for charges relating to a two-day protest outside a New York City Planned Parenthood in June 2020 Williams, along with Chavannes, her co-founder of At the Well Ministries, was engaging in pro-life activism when Williams said during a live Facebook stream that she would “terrorize” Planned Parenthood. As Live Action News previously reported a criminal and civil litigation lawyer with Miedel & Mysliwiec stated that Williams’ words that day were “rhetorical,” adding that the women were “not threatening anyone with weapons “First Amendment speech doesn’t require you to be meek and modest,” he said “You are allowed to be loud and proud in somebody’s face and say things in a way that makes them uncomfortable.” Williams explained that while she was standing on the sidewalk a woman from inside the facility opened the door and “whacked me in the back.” Williams added ‘Excuse me’ or made me aware that she was there She didn’t go to Urgent Care until five days later and on the stand she said it was the right hand that was slammed but in the picture I don’t believe she’s being as honest as she should.” The incident was not significant enough to persuade the New York Police Department officers present at the protest to arrest Williams attorney’s office so much as questioned the women or Planned Parenthood things changed when the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022 overturned Roe v “It was 100% retaliation,” said Williams of the delayed federal charges It was December 2022 — two and half years after the protest but just six months after Dobbs — when the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) filed FACE Act charges against Williams and Chavannes for that June 2020 protest Before Dobbs, “Nobody from the U.S. attorney’s office does anything. Nobody thinks it’s worth their time,” Mysliwiec previously told Live Action News the district wanted a case to prosecute under FACE and went two years into the past It begs the question: If this was such a serious incident why didn’t they investigate in the weeks after it happened?” There’s only one reason Mysliewiec can see “It’s because Dobbs hadn’t happened,” he said “The key fact that changes their determination is what the Supreme Court Justices did which should not be the reason to go and prosecute Bev Williams.” After pardoning the pro-lifers, the Trump DOJ directed federal prosecutors to limit enforcement of the FACE Act it instructed prosecutors to enforce the law only in “extraordinary circumstances” or in instances when death Williams would like to see the entire FACE Act gone “Congress needs to vote,” she said “The whole thing needs to be repealed Williams also has some additional battles to face concerning her previous activism She wants to address the aftermath of a civil lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James that led to an agreement prohibiting Williams and Chavannes from entering an 18-foot by 30-foot area around Planned Parenthood of Greater New York’s Manhattan facility premises Any future violations of that agreement would result in a $5,000 fine per violation as well as all attorneys’ fees and related costs incurred by the Office of the Attorney General and the possibility of civil and criminal contempt She’s also dealing with a lawsuit from abortion business Carafem which sued her for calling them “murderers” because it claims her words amounted to an “assault.” She hopes to get that suit dismissed but doesn’t have an attorney working on it yet “They are taking freedom of speech and calling it assault,” she said but Williams still has activism on her mind that extends beyond the pro-life movement the staff “did Christmas dinner and New Year’s dinner and that was nice but I will say there has to be policy changes They are very antagonistic [toward the inmates] The inmates can’t curse at officers but officers curse at the inmates Once she has been home for a while and settled she would like to work to make multiple changes in the prison system to help inmates — but she’s not walking away from her anti-abortion work Williams understands better than most the need to protect both preborn babies and women — and she’s ready to begin again “I want to be able to go to the clinic and do what I’ve been doing and practice freedom of speech,” she said “There are more rallies to do and pro-lifers have to band together and be each other’s protection wall.” we have to stop criticizing each other and our different approaches and start working together Donations [to pro-life groups] should start being advocated towards the help of other pro-lifers — not to take away from other expenses and programs but there must be a way to help the little one out We have to start sticking together.” I was louder than [pro-lifers] were used to 150 abortions were scheduled and they were canceled because I was there I didn’t realize how powerful it was [to be present outside of the abortion facility] Williams is focused on being a wife to her “amazing” husband and a mom to her little girl who is “ecstatic” that her mother is home She and her family are getting acclimated to being “normal” again Williams sees him as “a hero’s hero” and she is “so grateful for him.” Live Action News publishes pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.  Learn More With so many of Planned Parenthood’s legitimate health care services plummeting over the past.. 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Learn More Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content would you sign the petition to help end taxpayer funding of the nation’s largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood performs almost 900 abortions a day the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association affirmed Friday NJSIAA assistant director Larry White said his organization had no choice but to enforce the organization's rule that any team with three or more player or coach disqualifications for unsportsmanlike conduct would not be allowed in that season's playoffs “Following the ejection of five members of the Patrick School (Elizabeth NJ) boys basketball team during a game on December 29 -- at the Under Armour Holiday Classic Tournament contested at San Diego's Torrey Pines High School -- the ejected players were given additional two-game suspensions by school administrators NJSIAA rules specifically stipulate that any varsity team accumulating three or more player or coach disqualifications for 'flagrantly unsportsmanlike conduct' -- which includes leaving the bench related to a dispute or altercation -- will not be permitted to participate in that season's NJSIAA tournament." The Patrick School's principal and head basketball coach said he was disappointed by the NJSIAA's inflexibility on the matter and hinted that it wasn't the last word on the matter "While we understand the NJSIAA's position we are displeased with the ruling," Chavannes said  The Patrick School would also like to thank the coaches fans and various media outlets that have shown support for The Patrick School / St Patrick and our student-athletes during this process." 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Click here to register Please check your spam or junk folder just in case Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Pro-life activist Bevelyn Beatty Williams reported to federal prison in Alabama last week to serve out her sentencing on charges of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) during a two-day protest outside a New York City Planned Parenthood in June of 2020 Williams was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for an alleged crime for which she was not arrested at the time (despite police officers being on the scene) and for which no investigation was opened for more than two years Based on the timeline of events – and based on the fact that Williams’ sentence is extremely harsh compared to some sentences handed down for violent assaults as well as heinous crimes against children –  there is reason to believe that the charges brought against Williams were politically motivated Those who have directly assaulted children (or violently assaulted other adults) have received lighter sentencing than Williams who sought to protect children before they were born and exacted violence upon no one Williams, along with her co-founder of At the Well Ministries, Edmee Chavannes, were protesting outside Planned Parenthood in Manhattan on June 19th and 20th in 2020 — a protest that was live-streamed on Facebook. During the protest, Williams stated that she would “terrorize” Planned Parenthood. As Live Action News previously reported stated that Williams’ words that day were “rhetorical,” adding that Williams and Chavannes were “not threatening anyone with weapons When a Planned Parenthood worker attempted to open the door of the abortion facility for a Planned Parenthood volunteer the door hit Williams and she pushed back on it without looking behind her the Planned Parenthood staffer did not ask Williams to move out of the way of the door or ask the NYPD officers who were present outside the facility to ask her to move the staffer initiated physical contact with Williams pushing the door into the back of Williams’ entire body the staffer chose “to start a physical altercation into Bev’s back… an extra push on it into the back of Bev’s body.” He then described the events “Bev is not looking at the door when the employee does that and reacts to that by pushing the door back The allegation is that the employee’s hand was caught in the door and that Bev kept pressure for longer than necessary Bev didn’t initiate the physical contact.”  Mysliwiec added that the employee did not have the right to physically move Williams and that this would be considered “an assault.” Mysliwiec noted The intent there was not to violate the FACE Act or attempt to cause fear or injury but to stop the person from slamming the door into her.” New York Police Department (NYPD) officers were on the scene throughout the protest and neither determined that an assault had been carried out Photo: At the Well Ministries (Facebook) – Bevelyn Williams and Edmee Chavannes The injured staffer did not seek immediate medical attention for the injury, which was later described as a bad bruise. During Williams’ sentencing in court this year, she told the judge I would have never wanted that woman’s hand to be hurt I am sorry for her hand being locked in the door.” The two were required to stay outside of the abortion facility’s buffer zone or face a $5,000 fine no criminal charges were ever filed and nothing would have ever come from it a major ruling was handed down by the Supreme Court Two years after that June 2020 protest took place and more than a year after the civil case was settled the Biden-Harris Department of Justice decided to open an investigation into the June 2020 protest and there is speculation that this had everything to do with the sudden charges brought against Williams and Chavannes — and other pro-life activists “What’s interesting about Bev’s case,” said Mysliwiec “is the incident occurred in June of 2020 and the government did not prosecute that until after Dobbs in 2022 two years went by and nobody from the Southern District of New York’s prosecution team — including FBI agents — nobody even talked to the Planned Parenthood in Manhattan during those two years It was not until a few weeks after the Dobbs decision that they began investigating Planned Parenthood had lawyers in June of 2020.” Nobody thinks it’s worth their time,” he said why didn’t they investigate in the weeks after it happened?”  “It’s because Dobbs hadn’t happened,” he said.“The key fact that changes their determination is what the Supreme Court Justices did which should not be the reason to go and prosecute Bev Williams.” that the Biden-Harris DOJ charged Williams and Chavannes with conspiracy to violate the FACE Act Williams was charged with violating the FACE Act through force and Chavannes was also charged with violating the FACE Act through threats of force and physical obstruction the Biden-Harris DOJ began filing similar charges under the FACE Act against other pro-lifers — including in Pennsylvania “The DOJ decided to proactively seek out more FACE Act prosecutions for their own reasons,” Mysliwiec believes “One might speculate that it was because they were unhappy with the Dobbs decision and wanted to take out that unhappiness on pro-life activists by charging FACE Act violations more aggressively than in the past that they should enforce FACE more aggressively than in preceding years.” As previously reported by Live Action News while Williams was acquitted on the conspiracy charge she was found guilty on the charge of violating the FACE Act through force She was sentenced to 41 months — more than three years — in federal prison. Hers is the second longest conviction of any of the pro-lifers recently charged with violating the FACE Act and far longer and more severe than any penalty meted out against the few pro-abortion individuals recently charged by the DOJ with violating FACE Even those who were convicted of “conspiracy against rights” in addition to FACE Act violations received more lenient sentencing all of these pro-life activists were convicted of “conspiracy against rights” while Williams was not — yet she received a longer sentence than all but Handy “The contrast is that with Bev’s case where — even assuming that the government’s version of the facts is correct — there was bruising of the wrist The employee did not seek medical attention that day Not a serious physical injury in terms of the way New York law defines it,” said Mysliwiec “This is the kind of injury that in New York would be misdemeanor assault The normal thing that happens with cases of that nature is they are reduced to non-criminal offenses and no one gets a jail sentence Three pro-abortion advocates who vandalized a pro-life pregnancy center in 2022 were sentenced to far less time than Williams and many of the other pro-life activists Caleb Freestone was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to injure threaten or intimidate – in his case – employees of pro-life pregnancy help centers were sentenced to 30 days in prison and 60 days of home detention Williams has a criminal history from the early 1990s said she took seven previous convictions into account when determining jail time for Williams — including previous arrests related to her pro-life advocacy work it is striking to see that much lighter sentences have been handed down for far worse charges in an incident the judge called “the most violent attack” she has seen Long-term effects of the conviction and sentencing Williams is appealing her conviction, as well as the decision of the judge to refuse her request to remain at home while her appeals case moves forward. In the meantime, she’ll be in prison, separated from her husband and their young daughter for the foreseeable future. On the day of her sentencing, Williams told the judge “I don’t want to be away from my baby girl So I want to be there for her… and I want to be there for my husband … I ask for mercy…”  But that mercy was not given. The judge denied Williams’ request to remain home on bail during her appeals process Williams’ case has far-reaching implications “This case should be important to any person in the U.S who cares about the government engaging in prosecutions based on viewpoints,” said Mysliwiec “Regardless of whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican this case should matter because the delay in prosecution and decision to begin investigation suggests strongly that in some way this case is retaliation by the executive branch (DOJ) for a Supreme Court decision that they didn’t like.” “And that should worry everyone in the U.S.,” he said “because there will be a time where a party controls the executive branch that’s not your party and a person is president or runs DOJ who does not hold your same beliefs and you need to decide if it’s acceptable for them to prosecute you because they have different views than you do.” He said it’s also important for the people who have a pro-life viewpoint to realize that the delayed investigation into Williams and her conviction and sentencing is “another chapter in the battle that’s playing out on the [abortion] issue with states and in courtrooms around the country.” “This is going to be a long fight,” said Mysliwiec “It’s going to take a lot of time and energy and it’s taking a huge toll on Bev and her family.” To donate to Bevelyn Williams’ defense and to support her family, click here Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill Image credit: Courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize Publicis Groupe Each week One Earth is proud to feature an environmental activist and hero from around the globe who is working to create a world where humanity and nature can coexist in harmony the local farmers could be empowered and help return their homeland back into a flourishing paradise.  Haiti became massively deforested with trees covering a mere 2% of the land every storm depleted Haiti’s topsoil more and more fertile land becomes barren which leads to food shortages Haiti’s economic well-being depends on preserving its fertile topsoil many rural communities were forced to fell the few remaining trees to sell as charcoal which was the only way they could make money to survive at a traditional konbit- a communal work day spent building walls to conserve soil Within 30 years of working alongside peasant farmers, Jean-Baptiste expanded on Haiti’s traditional working groups and over 60,000 community members participated in sustainable agricultural practices, including 20,000 women and 10,000 youth members Farmers learned how to use natural fertilizers and built low-cost erosion-prevention structures Their work resulted in an increase of long-term crops which decreased dependence on imported foods It fostered a healthy society by protecting vital water supplies and reducing malnutrition rates in children The MPP also taught solar manufacturing to provide clean energy for the farmers and planted over 20 million trees their work decreased poverty levels in central Haiti and the MPP successfully protected the environment This movement became one of the most effective environmental movements in Haitian history Subscribe to receive monthly updates on climate solutions, environmental heroes, and the profound beauty and wonder of our shared planet Earth. 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I had tried to run my campaign as a seasoned politician when I should have been running it as the business woman I was I needed to remember who Celina was and gently nudge her to the edge of the deep end where I would be the one pushing her in but not if I kept pretending to be someone I wasn’t The Celina who could win was the woman who was more than capable of managing complex problems and coming up with creative solutions for her clients The one who looked up at the night sky and did not see stars but connected the little bright dots and saw the constellations If that Celina did not show up and give it her all the results would be the same.  The next time I was supposed to head to my campaign office before I went out to knock on doors summer dress with a red and white design on the bodice I made sure my make-up was done properly When I pushed open the door and made my entrance Clearly,  I was not wearing my canvassing clothes.  AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT“Hey What’s going on?” someone called.  “You look great,” another blurted Had I looked like shit when I’d gone canvassing before? I announced to my volunteers that we were suspending the campaign for the rest of the day because going forward we needed to do things a little differently I confessed my fears around politics and told them that for us to have any chance of winning — and for the victory to mean anything if I eventually did win — I needed to run the campaign my way I was totally on board with the main Liberal message we need to do it differently,” I said but I need to change the shape of this campaign.”I went to the board and circled the date of the election on the calendar What do we have to do to get a win on Election Day?” To make it work in terms I understood and with tactics I’d employed successfully for my clients writing down all of the necessary steps to win.  Next I would not act as the candidate but as CEO of the campaign The Chief Financial Officer would be responsible for fundraising and understanding how much money we needed to raise to achieve our goals purchase signs and print other materials The Human Resources Manager would recruit volunteers learn their skill sets and assign them accordingly.  Everyone who came to volunteer would be given a job so his job became to tutor me for half an hour every day in  French I decided that fifth graders Evan and Hazel another couple of kids who knew more about politics than I did were more than capable of canvassing door to door by themselves Their parents may have thought I was crazy but I put them in charge of canvassing their own polls The Marketing and Communications teams were responsible for deciding which communication materials went to which parts of the riding once we had divided it up into appropriate sections depending on the demographics and which signs to use.  AdvertisementADVERTISEMENTAfter I was done assigning duties to the core team I told them that I was confident in the ability of each of them to execute their part of the overall strategy and recruit the right volunteers to help them because my job was to be the face of the brand and to go out “selling the product” by knocking on doors having made these changes and committed the team to campaign in the best way I knew how “If we wake up on the morning of October 20 and the results are not what we expected and that will be good enough for me.” There were still some dark moments going forward but none of them were about the campaign I even took one of them as a kind of compliment: My company ReSolve Research Solutions got audited three times between the by-election and the general election Was the Conservative government so threatened by the gains I was making as a candidate in a riding they’d viewed as secure that some one had a word with someone 2015 — Election Day.  “ The confident defiant person in that leather dress was about to clash with the history of colonialism racist immigration policy and present-day structural violence and all the lessons I’d learned from my past -- A federal judge in Tennessee has extended a restraining order against 10 anti-abortion activists and all members of Operation Save America This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing A .boston.gov website belongs to an official government organization in the City of Boston The Boston Preservation Alliance hosts the 2017 Preservation Achievement Awards at Fenway Park on September 19 Boston Public Library also received a BPA award this year for its Central Library Renovation of its Johnson building “Boston Public Library is honored to receive this award from the Boston Preservation Alliance as caring for and preserving all our Special Collections so that they remain accessible This mural is an integral component of the McKim building and viewed and appreciated along with the Sargent and Abbey murals by millions of visitors each year,” said David Leonard “Our founders wanted a library that would inspire; and where would we be without Philosophy as a muse?” Pierre Puvis de Chavannes’ panels were painted on linen canvas in Paris and adhered on the library walls in 1895-96 using the “marouflage” technique binding canvas to plaster support with an adhesive paste the plaster and adhesive behind Philosophy weakened Head of Conservation at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and a conservator in private practice carefully removed the panel from the wall in February 2016 and restored the work addressing areas of paint loss and lining the canvas with a rigid aluminum honeycomb support to protect the art The ambitious procedure has rarely been attempted on a marouflaged canvas as artwork adhered in this way is not expected to be removed once permanently affixed to its backing structure French artist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is considered one of the preeminent European artists of the 19th century and the Central Library contains his only mural installation outside of France Philosophy is one of eight allegorical scenes – each depicting an academic discipline – that surround the Central Library’s grand staircase Other panels in the cycle include Astronomy broader panel flanks the entrance to Bates Hall and depicts “The Muses of Inspiration Welcoming the Spirit of Light.” Boston Public Library offers free daily tours highlighting the architecture of its famed Central Library buildings by Charles Follen McKim and Philip Johnson as well as the art treasures within, including works by Daniel Chester French and John Singer Sargent. The schedule of tours and more information about the art and architecture of the BPL can be viewed via www.bpl.org/central/tours.htm Image Credit (at far right): Sheryl Lanzel  617.859.2319, news@bpl.org A former Shorewood School District employee has filed a federal lawsuit against his former employer and its insurance company over what he says was retaliation for coming forward with text messages he discovered that were sent between staff members and included "deficit-based language" toward other staff members "Deficit-based language" is language that reinforces negative stereotypes 1 in the Eastern District of Wisconsin court against the school district and ABC Insurance Co Chavannes alleges he was fired in May 2022 in retaliation for bringing to the district's attention messages sent between former district employees Tammy Rasco Sam Coleman and current employee Shari Tucker said the messages contained "deficit-based language" targeting white employees with terms such as "cracker," "white folk," "white ladies," "white devil," "minority Jewish" and more Coleman and Rasco said the messages were response to racism they and other Black colleagues had experienced Chavannes was the district's director of information technology Rasco was principal of Lake Bluff Elementary School; Salem was the Shorewood School District's director of human resources and Coleman was the Shorewood School District's director of curriculum and instruction All three have since resigned from the district Tucker is still employed as the district's director for equity retaliation and interference with benefits Chavannes is seeking compensatory and punitive damages as well as attorney's fees and reinstatement to his former job Shorewood School District communications specialist Katelin Watson said in an email the district has not yet received notice of the lawsuit but said when it does it will "respond to it in the manner required by law." the Shorewood School District will not comment or respond any further at this time," said Watson Online court records show a court date has not been set yet It's unclear how long the district has to respond since the district has not yet been been formally served Chavannes had access to school laptops as part of his job duties Coleman and Tucker led trainings on the district's equity initiative "which focuses heavily around addressing deficit-based language," the lawsuit said Chavannes' subordinate alerted Chavannes to text messages found on Rasco's district-issued laptop which "contained deficit-based language directed toward staff members." Chavannes reported the messages to his supervisor saying they "could be interpreted as creating a hostile work environment of administrators toward staff." 'what if it was a white administrator using the 'N' word toward any staff members' and that there needed to be a repercussion for using the same 'type of word towards white staff members,'" the lawsuit said Sternke did not ask Chavannes to write a report or file a complaint per the district's whistleblower policy but instead told Chavannes to keep the laptop in a safe place Chavannes backed up the laptop's contents onto a USB drive to keep it safe per Sternke's request Chavannes discovered additional messages on the desktop computer in Rasco's office between the four Black administrators referring to white employees by derogatory terms Tucker and Coleman responded to the messages with "various laughing emojis," the lawsuit said There was also a message with an image of Coleman drinking during work hours Chavannes backed up those messages onto another USB drive Chavannes was placed on administrative leave with no reason given "other than 'potential misconduct that [called] into question [his] ability to perform [his] job responsibilities as an administrator in the District,'" the lawsuit said In a letter to Shorewood School Board President Paru Shah saying Chavannes violated "directives" from her in handling the situation Representing the district at a school board hearing attorney Sarah Hanneman said Sternke ordered Chavannes not to speak to anyone else about the text messages and not to do anything with the laptop except set it aside on a shelf Hanneman said Chavannes violated those directives the next day He was placed on administrative leave and was given more directives including not to have any contact with any district employee during his leave and not to engage in conduct that would interfere with the district's investigation Hanneman said Chavannes violated those additional directives The lawsuit maintains Chavannes "was fully within his job duties in reporting the discriminatory messages found on Ms Rasco’s laptop" and that "data found on a work device is not subject to privacy." The suit also says that despite violating a policy that says district property must only be used for district-related business none of the administrators were suspended or placed on leave there is no expectation of privacy for employees using the district's internet system The lawsuit also said the district discriminated against Chavannes when it fired him based on his age when it hired someone younger than 40 years old to replace him and that the district knew Chavannes "would be eligible for specific benefits at the start of the next school year" after he turned 50 Chavannes was eligible to receive a $25,000 a year benefit that would begin when he turned 50 years old and that benefit would be paid from age 50 to 57 That money goes into a health reimbursement account and the employee is able to access it once the employee turns 57 and retires from the district District takes action after messagesThe district conducted staff training about race and equity and planned to disable iCloud on district technology according to interim Superintendent JoAnn Sternke we must hold ourselves and each other to a heightened standard of excellence for communication both in public and private," Sternke said in a prepared statement in fall the identified text messages failed to meet this expectation."  Sternke said the district does not condone the "use of racial and inflammatory language" found in some of the text messages Contact Alec Johnson at (262) 875-9469 or alec.johnson@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter at @AlecJohnson12 Two of the three people arrested at the Cape Coral City Council meeting Monday night are members of a small non-profit religious organization known as At The Well Ministries that travels the U.S said they initially came to Cape Coral to visit family who live and have properties in Southwest Florida and in Colorado after they caused a disturbance and attempted to enter City Hall via a restricted stairway Beatty said she and Chavannes are co-founders of At The Well Ministries and visit cities across the U.S. The ministry also posted links asking for donations to assist the two women after the arrests. Their Facebook page shows Beatty and Chavannes protesting in other cities and speaking about their ministry Beatty, president and CEO of the ministry said the ministry is based in New York City and doesn't have members as much as they have what she called disciples adding they became interested in the Cape Coral situation because it mirrored topics they are interested in "We really just wanted to speak," Beatty said She said the trio had to "sneak" up to the council chambers after she said they were denied entry Beatty said they did not resist arrest because they were not being arrested the trio had caused a disturbance and attempted to enter City Hall via a restricted stairway After officers unsuccessfully tried multiple times to have Beatty Edmee and Scott enter properly through security the three were advised they would need to leave City Hall property or be placed under arrest for trespass after warning Chavannes and Beatty walked into City Hall via the restricted stairway Beatty and Scott were detained and escorted from the building while still resisting In case you missed it: Cape Council votes down plan for mandatory masks And: New COVID-19 testing site to open in Cape Coral Cape Coral police said Scott was arrested and charged with trespass after warning and resisting an officer without violence Chavannes and Beatty were also charged with trespass after warning and resisting an officer without violence as well as both being additionally charged with disturbing a lawful assembly They were subsequently transported to the Cape Coral Police Department for booking All three have been released from Lee County Jail Edmee and Beatty on $3,750 bond and Scott on $3,000 bond The two women said they would be visiting with the Scotts until next week and then return for the arraignment "We are very happy with the outcome," the council's decision to not mandate masks "We really feel validated," Chavannes said Chavannes said she and Beatty were fighting to help those opposed to being mandated to wear a mask "The people who were against the masks could not get in," Chavannes said "We wanted to make sure the other side was represented Connect with breaking news reporter Michael Braun: MichaelBraunNP (Facebook), @MichaelBraunNP (Twitter) or mbraun@news-press.com Journalism matters. Your support matters. Subscribe to The News-Press. The power to walk away, to say no, to never settle, comes with a deep understanding of who you are and what you bring to any situation or organization. 9 years agoDuration 12:39MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes shares her personal story with depression9 years agoNewsDuration 12:39'I'm going to let [Canadians] know I'm a little vulnerable, but I'm also not afraid to speak up.' Why Trump's vision to bring home all U.S. manufacturing is 'almost impossible'About That |8 hours agoVideo2:44 The Breakdown | Honouring Canadian heroes + Negotiating with Donald TrumpThe Breakdown - Full Show |May 5Trending NowVideo2:17 Video evidence, NHLer testimony raise questions in world junior sexual assault trialThe National |May 2Video11:28 Trump repeats 51st state taunt as Carney prepares for White House visitThe National |May 5Video1:19 It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem If you wanted diversity you could have had it It’s quite easy because the population is diverse and the only way to do that is by transforming the culture of the institution.” On the types of people she thinks are needed in politics now: “We need people who are not afraid to break glass ceilings but not because they want the fame of breaking the glass ceilings but because they know that if they are closest to the glass it's going to fall   Suite C1-310 Danforth AveToronto ON M4K 1N6Canada Celina Caesar-Chavannes recently stepped down from her role as parliamentary secretary to the minister of international development due to negative attention Q: What took you from a medical research entrepreneur to a politician A: I was doing an executive MBA at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School in 2013-14 so they were talking about the degradation of environmental policy in Canada and our image at the United Nations and I’ll see if I can influence policy around this.” I’m thinking I’ll just tickle their fancy They were doing a drive to recruit women into politics I know a woman.” It’s really like I tripped and fell in I didn’t know how to run a campaign or anything about politics and then I started getting comfortable in my job once I figured out that I don’t need to know everything; I just need to be good at what I do know Q: You’ve been open about the subtle racism you’ve experienced on Parliament Hill such as building staff always demanding to see your security pass while your white colleagues are allowed to sail through A: I want it to be clear that these stories were not necessarily about me I put those stories out there for every person standing around the same water cooler some people talk about the show they watched last night and some people talk about real issues in their workplaces or communities that impact them on a daily basis “I can’t wear my hair poofy to work because it’s seen as unprofessional,” or “Every time I come here in my traditional clothes ‘I didn’t know it was costume day today!’” Whether you blatantly tell someone “That hairstyle is godawful!” or you do it more subtly but consistently We hold the hurt and hold it until somebody says “Don’t steal my wallet,” and then your mind explodes Q: The story you shared about this particular incident last December — of a woman who came into the office bathroom while you were doing your makeup placed her wallet on a ledge and told you not to steal it — generated a wave of responses on social media A: I put something on Facebook not because I was expecting it to go viral I did it because if I’m experiencing this as a member of Parliament what about the people who are afraid to say anything because they won’t get the promotion or because they don’t want to be seen as a mad Black woman My sharing that story allows some people to say This is the story I face on a daily basis.” It gives other people hearing the story the opportunity to then say “How do we change this to make you feel more included?” Let’s have these conversations as human beings Would you tolerate this treatment on a daily basis Q: You’ve sparred on these issues with MP Maxime Bernier who accused you on Twitter of thinking “the world revolves around your skin colour.” How has this public spat and the backlash to some of your comments affected your state of mind at work and I have three kids to get through school Being branded as someone who only talks about racism Talk about hyperbole.” I feel like it’s possibly made me a less courageous member of Parliament I have to walk around with a GPS tracker because people have made death threats It’s all great to say whatever you want on Twitter behind some anonymous avatar but I’m a public face and have to adjust my entire life to accommodate people who don’t like what I say Q: You recently stepped down from your role as parliamentary secretary to the minister of international development I started to feel like my ability to fulfil my roles as both parliamentary secretary and local MP was being compromised by the negative attention I was getting from trolls on social media Every time I tweeted to support an event or a cause the racist!” and it just wasn’t fair to anyone I have a responsibility to represent people that’s all I’m trying to do by speaking out It’s not to indict institutions or to say that Canada is a bad place as an immigrant who is here with a whole lot of privilege Q: What advice can you give to those of us with privilege on how to be better allies we first need to recognize the privileges we have I understand that I’m a member of Parliament so I don’t even go into my own Black communities and purport to dictate what people should or shouldn’t do I always talk about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and we will never get to a point of reconciliation with Indigenous people if we’re not willing to listen to and accept the truth We must come to grips with our past in this country and how it has dictated our current situation Q: You’re a Catholic who is also pro-choice How has your faith played into your personal life and your political life which has been one of the most difficult and heartbreaking decisions I’ve ever made It’s because we’ve had protests at my church where they’ve named me specifically as not being able to receive communion so I assume that other people go to church for peace My faith has carried me to this point in my life and the fact that I cannot go and plug into my faith is damaging me more than anything else The priest at my church said we should come back Q: Do you have any advice for women who want to enter politics to effect change in Canada Who is going to put in those progressive policies We have a generation of kids who need to see what resilience and standing up looks like The time for sitting and waiting and hoping is over This interview has been edited and condensed This story first appeared in The Observer’s November 2018 edition with the title ‘Stories are sticky only if you tell them.’ Hillhurst United now draws hundreds every week Banned for life from the Ontario legislature's public gallery for his protest Jeffrey Dale is an outspoken advocate for safe-consumption sites Imam Abd Alfatah Twakkal challenges accusations that equate criticism of Israeli policies with anti-Semitism food security means more than just low-cost food and access to grocery stores Mariann Edgar Budde took advantage of her chance to address the U.S president during the inaugural prayer service Immigration rules say would-be Canadians with disabilities can put an ‘excessive demand’ on the medical system What living with a disability for 70 years has taught me about myself Puvis de Chavannes And Lydia Corbett – London Reviews – Edward Lucie-Smith Pierre-Cécile Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) has turned into a kind of orphan in art historical terms His career overlapped with all sorts of things that were happening in French art at a time when Paris was the world centre for artistic creativity He studied briefly (two weeks only) with Delacroix And made work that influenced a whole array of major names: Van Gogh He is recognised as one of the chief figures in the Symbolist Movement with an influence rivalling that of Gustave Moreau but is felt to have somehow stopped half way in rather accusing tones that “In his works just like his personages and landscapes.” Make of that comment what you will Puvis de Chavannes remains accessible through his large mural compositions The National Gallery owns four of his paintings It hangs in the vestibule as you go in as if those in charge didn’t know quite where to paint it in the historical sequence It represents The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist and is best described as a kind of Symbolist paraphrase of a Florentine Renaissance altarpiece a work deliberately not quite of its own time you might even see Puvis in this as being the father or grandfather of 21st-century Appropriation A new exhibition at Michael Werner offers more enlightenment It shows how carefully  constructed his paintings but also gives a clue as to why he has – at least here in Britain – tended to drift out of our collective consciousness The rather creepily subdued colouring characteristic of hid finished works is little present here – most of the drawings are in monochrome ad one is able to see just what a good draughtsman he was powerfully drawn fragments of human bodies make him seem as much Surrealist as he was Symbolist Yet the prophetic link does call one’s attention to the undoubted connection between Symbolism and Surrealism This is a quiet show – you have to study it Lydia Corbett’s big show at the Mall Galleries – it fills the whole of their large available space – arrives at a particularly crucial moment in the story of Post Modern art In the first place we have the continuing debate about Appropriation – now This has been going on since the 1980s and implies not merely copying in all its various forms – artists have always done that – but a wholesale takeover often amounts to a claim that making images that are in every respect and without any concealment unoriginal amounts to a new and radical form of artistic originality A female artist Appropriating the work of some male predecessor makes a claim on half of her sex The claim is: “Once you know this is the work of a woman you have to look at it differently – it acquires a whole series of new meanings.” Lydia Corbett’s work complicates the debate in a new way She is better known to art history under the name Sylvette David was the young model who obsessed the ageing Picasso why she survived the Minotaur of the Modern Movement so successfully in pretty much exactly the form in which Picasso created it it seems reasonable to speak of Re-Appropriation rather than of simple Appropriation the Sylvette-now-Lydia who obsessed the ageing master for this brief period in the immediately post-war years represented a new generation of free-spirited young women Sylvette was the archetype of the girls of that time in the years that followed she successfully stole herself back Which of them was truly responsible for creative theft This big show doesn’t confine itself to self-portraits It holds up a mirror to what has been a rich and complicated bohemian life – husbands which I suspect Picasso might have found strange PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES Works on Paper and Paintings 21 September through 10 November 2018 MAYFAIR Read More Visit Celina Caesar-Chavannes is a business consultant She currently serves as the Senior Advisor EDI Initiatives and Adjunct Lecturer at Queen’s University.  Her forthcoming book She was the former Member of Parliament for Whitby Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development My first job ever was… working in the children’s department at Brampton Public Library Minimum wage was around $3.50 and within a few weeks I decided to be an entrepreneur because… I had applied to 732 jobs after completing my first MBA around 2013 and zero jobs (because I was overqualified and had no managerial experience) I decided to go full force into launching my company I made the decision to enter politics because… after close to ten years of running the company I decided to do a second MBA at Rotman in September 2013 and part of the program had a politics component — the first politics course I had ever taken as I knew I could bring my business acumen love of research and passion for people into the political role I signed up to become a member of a political party for the first time in February 2014 My time as a politician taught me… to be myself in a place that was not designed for me to be there in the first place.  My proudest accomplishment is… my three children Candice (16-year-old who photographed and came up with the concept for the cover of my book — she also got the contract with Penguin Random House Canada to do so) and Johnny (12-year-old who is a gifted student in math and science My boldest move to date was… intentionally stepping into my authentic self in September 2017 and deciding to speak up against microaggressions and racism in Ottawa.  I surprise people when I tell them… that I am an introvert or a well-trained extrovert I hate crowds and much prefer to be cuddled in my bed with a glass of champagne My best advice to people starting out in business is… understand your brand and do everything to protect it The best thing about being an entrepreneur is… the flexibility to be at home with my children as they were growing up (and the money!!) you still wouldn’t know… how much I love taking care of my front lawn The one thing I wish I knew when starting my business… is to never take the first offer and therefore have learned to never sell myself short I stay inspired by… my children and the courage of the young people of the world Learn more about our coveted award programs and talent at our carefully curated events © 2023 Women of Influence.All rights reserved Chris Chavannes motions toward the basketball court in front of him The Patrick School president and head basketball coach is remembering the day he discovered Kyrie Irving Irving had not yet emerged as a top recruit but he could still put on a show with the basketball his talent stood out so evidently that Chavannes called head coach Kevin Boyle to the court immediately looking out at the hardwood floor inside the small New Jersey school always a Celtic” is visible across the gym the architect of the program’s rise to the mainstream Beneath all the signs of a rich basketball history students can sit and watch the action from a stage but Chavannes urges them to stay away from the padding he desperately wants to preserve He has been focused on survival for almost a decade now forcing life back into a school once declared dead Irving’s personal logo overlooks the court the most obvious sign of how much his New Jersey alma mater now relies on him when the Archdiocese of Newark decided to close the original St Patrick’s School over dwindling enrollment and a pile of debt a name change and a constant fight for renewed life the mere existence of The Patrick School stands out as a wondrous accomplishment As much as the school has relied on the donations of others Irving has emerged as the biggest benefactor When rumors of the school shutting down initially began the star point guard was determined to save the culture he says taught him the toughness and grit necessary to stand out at the highest level of basketball Irving made a promise to Chavannes: If I make it I’m going to take care of you and the kids Chavannes tells the remarkable story of how The Patrick School has reinvented itself since then relying on gifts from anyone willing to help weight room and locker rooms — for boys and girls — all renovated or donated by Irving Chavannes emphasizes the lengths to which Irving has gone to deliver on his vow Patrick’s opened Irving’s eyes after he transferred there as a high school junior Kyrie needed to take a two-hour-and-30-minute bus trip home He had never experienced the world of public transit before “Around the school and when I was on my bus rides It would have been simpler to attend high school elsewhere After two years at Montclair Kimberley Academy Irving wanted to transfer to West Orange High School but his father wanted Kyrie to think bigger Kyrie had averaged close to 30 points and 10 assists at Montclair Kimberley a small suburban school where he served as the undisputed star “You’re going to give up the opportunity to go play against the best every day,” Drederick said Go get hip checked into a radiator. The pickup games at St. Patrick’s could be vicious. By the time Kyrie registered there, the school had already emerged as a national powerhouse. His junior year, he joined a team that featured Kidd-Gilchrist (now with the Charlotte Hornets) and Dexter Strickland (eventually a three-year starter at North Carolina) in addition to several other Division I recruits Almost everybody in the school played basketball — and did so very well Nobody wanted to lose minutes or touches to Irving the new kid with the fancy ballhandling skills “I’m laughing because, yo, it was really crazy in there,” Irving said last week while sitting down in one corner of the Celtics practice facility And that’s what gave me my edge on the court really fuck me up when I first came to the school you’re not taking my spot.’ So I became that same person The hard lessons didn’t just come from other players Chavannes lit up Irving in front of everyone failing to take over the game like the coach knew he could Chevannes guessed the team would have won by 40 points it was with such ease and such grace,” Chavannes said “But he was more about being a facilitator that day The actual message involved harsher language Irving knew he would receive a different type of basketball education at St When he failed to match an opponent’s intensity Chevannes would scream at him not to be so soft When Irving would skip a workout to play pickup elsewhere Chevannes would tell him he didn’t work hard enough started showing up to school early for extra drills with a couple of their teammates parents lined the sidelines to holler advice at the players Those weren’t the only voices Irving heard you’re not playing against regular (guys while at St it was like I was playing against hood schools So it gave me an edge for sure,” Irving said Newcomers learned quickly how different St. Patrick’s basketball could be. Within a week or so of moving into the area from North Carolina in 2011, Bembry, now an Atlanta Hawks forward the second overall pick the following year Games like those — in a tiny gym like that — spat out everyone except the strongest Pat’s and being in that nitty-gritty school.” the head coach during Irving’s time at the school top prospects from the surrounding areas flocked to St Alumni marvel that the coach built such a powerful program that players from New York City wanted to commute to an urban community in New Jersey Kansas and Kansas State would show up to monitor them “Coach K came to downtown Newark,” Irving said To get Mike Krzyzewski to come to downtown Newark Irving sang in the choir and acted in the school play said he was a “phenomenal” student with an obvious talent for writing he would sometimes spend the night at Chavannes’ place in Elizabeth the coach’s cooking reached legendary status Bembry calls Chavannes one of the world’s five best chefs Irving used to shovel down pasta with vodka sauce until his stomach hurt really took care of me when I wasn’t able to go home,” Irving said Though not immediately comfortable flashing all his powers on the court Irving earned a vehement supporter in Boyle The coach could be hard on his blossoming star privately but publicly proclaimed Irving would be the best guard to come out of New Jersey “He just really made some bold statements about me before I even showed the whole entire state or world what I was capable of doing,” Irving said “There’s nothing like hearing encouragement from a head coach or your coaching staff Especially when you have that relationship where he can be hard on you Irving found what he calls a “brotherhood” to test him mold him and strengthen him for the challenges ahead In a graduating class of 60-something students he found the inspiration he sought when changing schools “Everybody was trying to make it for their families It taught me if I’m not working my ass off then my opportunities will be lost,” Irving said “There were a bunch of basketball players there to try to make a name for themselves and go to college The lowest moment for Chavannes came March 1 Patrick’s dropped a sectional quarterfinal to Gill St Then the opposing coaches lined up to attempt poaching his players Along with the days his grandmother and his brother passed away Chavannes considers that the worst night of his life Boyle had left a year earlier to take over national powerhouse Montverde Academy The Archdiocese of Newark had announced the previous week it would close St but the news didn’t hit Chavannes in full until the season’s final basketball game “I remember being nervous on the sideline,” Chavannes said the clock’s ticking down and then that’s going to be it That was going to be it for these kids to play with that name across their chest but I remember tearing up going to the locker room Bembry said he considered transferring for “maybe two days.” He knew he could have landed at another private school in New Jersey but trusted Chavannes would do whatever it took to keep the St The rest signed up for a journey of uncertainty betting Chavannes’ tireless work ethic would help the school’s culture survive any type of move “I’m surprised (the school has survived),” said longtime Elizabeth Mayor J “But passion can never be measured in dollars Passion can never be measured when there’s opportunity that could be lost.” the school was one of the longest standing parochial schools in New Jersey The program had captured seven state championships and five Tournament of Champions titles during Boyle’s 23-year tenure which Boyle created and Chavannes tried to carry on had weight throughout the surrounding areas and beyond a former businessman and avid supporter of the program which renamed itself after losing its affiliation with the church sold trophies and apparel for some additional cash Kidd-Gilchrist and other former players pledged to help did whatever they could to reopen the place as The Patrick School they moved into a former Social Security building some students later called “the box.” Bollwage said the city helped handle permits to ensure the school would be operational in time Former graduates dating back to the 1940s and 1950s reached out to friends who could assist with construction Renovations needed to be done so quickly that when the school first reopened Chavannes would bang on the door until it was slightly ajar before walking through some students were forced to count their steps — or miles — from the local train station en route to class every day a quirk that somehow conformed to state rules the renovated school and its 11 classrooms were beautiful life without a gym meant piling into cars some days to travel up to 90 miles just to practice the players would meet in a parking lot behind the school to work on strategies in the cold Home games were played anywhere the team could gain access to a gym which causes symptoms that mimic those of a brain tumor Irving subsidizes tuition for more than half of the school’s 128 students “We would not be able to make our ends meet if it wasn’t for his support,” Chavannes said The Patrick School moved again briefly before settling in its current home at 397 Columbia Ave Irving visits at least once per year and makes a point to organize pickup games with the current players One year he slammed home an alley-oop on defender Bryan De La Cruz Players say Irving will also chew them out over mistakes “If you don’t make the right cut or the right pass he’ll get on you about that,” said Al-Amir Dawes Irving wants to hold this generation’s players to the same standards he learned back at St. Patrick’s, but not all his love is tough. This past winter he and Nike hosted the inaugural Kyrie Irving Invitational, which allowed six high school teams, including The Patrick School, to play at the Barclays Center, home to the Brooklyn Nets Chavannes says when Irving returns to The Patrick School he will spot areas of need and they will “miraculously get filled.” Two summers ago Irving decided the gym needed some renovations he and Nike paid for The Patrick School’s teams to practice elsewhere for a brief time in order to surprise the players with an updated gym plus a brand new weight room and locker rooms who has experienced part of the school’s winding road .@KyrieIrving renovated the weight room at the @patrickschool and the team is Seeing it now pic.twitter.com/OiOv3NUaj3 — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) January 6, 2018 .@KyrieIrving paid for a complete renovation of the gym, locker room and weight room at his Alma Mater @patrickschool and the team just saw the lockers pic.twitter.com/t5AN56Fw5K — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) January 6, 2018 the school announced plans to open a basketball academy in September Students will attend classes for a portion of the day will all be much different from the current Patrick School He hopes the revenue from the new development will help support the current school and lighten the load on Irving’s shoulders Chavannes marvels at how much Kyrie and his father who joined his son in the quest to support the school have done to help the entire basketball scene nearby acknowledging how much work Chavannes has put in to keep the school’s heart beating throughout the years Chavannes said it would bother him if Irving only supported the school from afar He’ll bring goodies like basketball sneakers and Nike gear when he does When one of this year’s players sent Irving an Instagram message about the star’s new shoes Irving responded asking for an address to send a pair Irving has called Chavannes to say he’s nearby and intends to attend a game that night with Irving sitting on the end of the bench The Patrick School got off to an ugly start Irving directed a camera crew to leave the locker room because he knew the team needed to have a “big boy chat.” The Patrick School responded with a strong second half but Chavannes didn’t necessarily blame the players for the mess before then “You have this god on your bench,” Chavannes laughed Some visitors do look up to Irving as some sort of god people with no affiliation with the school will wander in just to take a photo with Irving’s logo If it weren’t for the obvious basketball history Chavannes knows the school — still small and in a gritty part of New Jersey — would never be a tourist trap He used to work in the cafeteria partly to monitor which students couldn’t afford to bring food that day Irving and all the other visible alumni mean more than the money they donate “(Students) have all sorts of issues that they’re dealing with so when you have someone that comes and either gives you something or shares their presence with you and takes your mind off of all that stuff It’s not just about helping out the school with financial support or sending gifts — it’s about giving people hope In some ways, Irving still needs the school, too. Shortly after the Cavaliers traded him to the Celtics in the summer of 2017 and The Patrick School gym was the first place he played It was humid that day and Chavannes had left the door open to keep the gym as cool as possible the coach grabbed his mop and cleared out all the condensation just like he used to at the old school building back when Irving was just a young kid with big dreams and obvious basketball talent “It was just like it was nine or 10 years ago,” Irving said He and so many others intend to preserve that feeling for as long as they can (Top photo of Irving: Brian Babineau / Getty Images) Jay King is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the Boston Celtics. He previously covered the team for MassLive for five years. He also co-hosts the "Anything Is Poddable" podcast. Follow Jay on Twitter @byjayking have been charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) with violating the Freedom Of Access To Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act at a Planned Parenthood facility in Manhattan According to a DOJ press release Bevelyn Beatty Williams and Edmee Chavannes were both charged and indicted with violating the FACE Act as well as “conspiring to do the same in connection with a multi-year campaign to interfere with individuals seeking to obtain and provide lawful reproductive health services in New York and in several other states.” For years, both Williams and Chavannes have attempted to reach out to abortion-minded women largely at the Manhattan Planned Parenthood facility police were dispatched as Williams and Chavannes were allegedly not practicing “social distancing.” URGENT: For every dollar given, 34 more people can be reached with the truth about abortion. Will you join us in this life-saving work as a monthly donor today? “[Planned Parenthood is] not following social distancing mind you — the person I’m standing with I actually live with so we don’t need to follow social distancing But the police were saying we were violating social distancing and the only ones that are supposed to be there are the ones that work there,” Williams told Live Action News at the time “And we told them we’re not moving because it’s a public sidewalk and we have a right to be there They could be there because they work for Planned Parenthood but we work for Jesus so as long as this is a public sidewalk In 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the two women leading to a requirement for them to stay outside of the abortion facility’s buffer zone This long-time pro-life advocacy is what the DOJ is alleging amounts to “conspiring” to carry out a “multi-year campaign” of intimidation and harassment the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation accused the women of using threats and force to keep women from entering the facility and said they injured a Planned Parenthood staffer on one occasion While Williams and Chavannes have been clear about their role as self-proclaimed pro-life abolitionists they have previously denied claims that they are protesting or picketing abortion facilities; instead Williams said their goal is to help both mother and baby “We’ve been at that clinic for a while standing for children’s lives and bringing the gospel to these women,” she said in her previous interview “because they need help just as well as the babies.” TEHRAN– Celina Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician expressed hoped that world can finally see the backside of Trump and applaud his exit. George Floyd, an unarmed American black man died on May 25, 2020, after a police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.  His death by the US police has caused a ripple of protests throughout the US, turning the country into a battlefield between police and demonstrators. Rallies have turned violent in some US cities, where the police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets against the demonstrators. US President Donald Trump threatened the use of force in dealing with protests against the death of George Floyd, referring to participants as “thugs” in a tweet that was later hidden by Twitter for "glorifying violence." But the former President Barack Obama issued a statement on Floyd's killing via Twitter and pleaded for Americans to open their eyes to the ongoing racial injustice that plagues the country. Growing unrest against police brutality across the country, Obama said to demonstrators that this moment is politically advantageous for protesters who are calling for widespread police reforms and large-scale institutional change. Simultaneously with all the protests in the US, thousands of people of all colors, creeds, ages, and walks of life took to the streets across the world to show their anger over the racism and police brutality. In an exclusive interview with Mehr News Agency, Celina R. Caesar-Chavannes, a Canadian politician and former Member of Parliament for the riding of Whitby in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2019, shared her views on the racial violence and police brutality in light of the brutal killing of George Floyd. Justin Trudeau & Celina Caesar-Chavannes Following is the text of our interview with her: Historically speaking, black people were brought to the US for slavery, and, as this has been against their will, these people have been involved in constant rebellion while the US security forces have been seeing them as a threat. Why the US policies have failed to change this perspective since the era of slavery has long passed as we are still seeing violence against African Americans? Where do you think these protests across the US will eventually lead? Do you see any hope for a change of behavior towards African Americans?  Celina Caesar-Chavannes, former Whitby MP and parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, shook hands with former US President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C. on March 10, 2016 Former President Obama asked American people to continue protests until changes happen. What do you think of his viewpoint? We know racism has been institutionalized in the US so can this be useful to achieve the goals? Can these developments in the US affect Trump’s political fate in the upcoming Presidential election in the US? I would hope so. I hope that Americans finally see their leader as the racist, inflammatory, bigot that he has always been. I hope the world can finally see the backside of Trump and applaud his exit. It’s about time.  Looks like Justin Trudeau has more trouble with women Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada Don't have an account? Create Account The PM who has billed himself a feminist leading a feminist government is dealing with fallout from two powerful women resigning from cabinet over claims of inappropriate pressure on former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to stop prosecuting Quebec company SNC-Lavalin on bribery charges We apologize, but this video has failed to load.Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.Play VideoArticle contentWhile speaking at a news conference on Thursday Trudeau repeatedly said that he didn’t know there was a problem for Wilson-Raybould and said she should have come to him with her concerns “I believe real leadership is about listening learning & compassion...central to my leadership is fostering an environment where my Ministers caucus & staff feel comfortable coming to me when they have concerns” I did come to you recently Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox On Twitter, Toronto-area MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes tweeted out the PM’s comments as a quote and then added her own comment. “I did come to you recently. Twice. Remember your reactions?” Caesar-Chavannes said. The MP recently announced that she would not seek re-election. At first she denied that the decision had anything to do with the current controversy surrounding the government but on Monday, after Jane Philpott also resigned from cabinet, Caesar-Chavannes seemed to indicate differently. “I believe real leadership is about listening, learning & compassion...central to my leadership is fostering an environment where my Ministers, caucus & staff feel comfortable coming to me when they have concerns” I did come to you recently. Twice. Remember your reactions? She retweeted Philpott’s statement on the resignation and added her own comments. “When you add women, please do not expect the status quo. Expect us to make correct decisions, stand for what is right and exit when values are compromised,” she tweeted. Trudeau has built a good part of his brand on dealing with women’s issues and his feminist ideals. His reaction to losing two strong female cabinet ministers, and a backbench MP, has been damaging to his image. A recent Ipsos poll showed women leaving Trudeau’s Liberals for the Conservatives and the NDP. Caesar-Chavannes could not be reached for comment. A little known, and little followed, Government of Canada Twitter account created waves on Thursday with what looked like a shot across the bow of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS), the independent prosecutors at the core of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, only joined Twitter in January. Until Wednesday, they had never tweeted. Then not long after Justin Trudeau gave his “sorry, not sorry” media appearance, the PPS issued a tweet many are taking as directed at him. “Prosecutorial independence is key to our mandate. Our prosecutors must be objective, independent and dispassionate, as well as free from improper influence — including political influence,” the tweet said, accompanied by a link to the organization’s website. The PPS is central to the SNC-Lavalin story because it was a decision of the head of the organization that Trudeau wanted overturned. https://twitter.com/PPSC_SPPC/status/1103679348689776640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1103679348689776640&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Fpublic-prosecution-service-provocative-tweet-1.5046884 The director of the PPS reports to the attorney general. While not involved in the day-to-day decision making of the PPS, the attorney general can overturn certain decisions related to criminal prosecutions. Trudeau wanted Wilson-Raybould to overturn the director’s decision with SNC. Wilson-Raybould has maintained that she was subjected to inappropriate pressure to bend to Trudeau’s will. The PPS was created by the former Harper government in 2006. The Conservatives had promised the office in the wake of a Liberal sponsorship scandal, saying that prosecutors needed to be freed from political interference. This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy