MetroFocus: March 15, 2023

TONIGHT, THE OPERA IS NOT KNOWN FOR BEING RACIALLY INCLUSIVE.

A NEW PODCAST LOOKS BACK AT THE INVOICES THAT SHAPED OUR MUSICAL PAST.

THEN BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE ONSTAGE STORING PLATFORM THAT IS HELPING EVERYONE TO TELL THEIR STORIES WITHOUT A SCRIPT.

AS METROFOCUS STARTS RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS METROFOCUS . METROFOCUS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY -- THE PETER G PETERSON FUND AND BERNARD AND DENISE SCHWARTZ AND BY JODY AND JOHN ARNOLD.

THE AMBROSE MONELL FOUNDATION, THE JP B FOUNDATION .

WELCOME TO METRO FOCUS.

THE OPERA IS ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT TO COME OUT OF THE WESTERN CLASSICAL TRADITION.

IT IS NOT RACIALLY INCLUSIVE.

OPERAS HAVE RARELY FEATURED BLACK CHARACTERS AND WHEN THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TENDED TO BE BASED ON RACIST STEREOTYPES PERFORMED BY WHITE ACTORS IN BLACKFACE.

WQXR IS EXPLORING THE REPRESENTATION AND HIGHLIGHTING THE OVERLOOKED CONTRIBUTION OF MUSIC.

EVERY VOICE WITH TERRANCE McKNIGHT IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE YOU FIND YOUR FAVORITE PODCASTS.

JOINING US NOW ON THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN BLACKNESS AND OPERA.

HE IS THE HOST OF EVERY VOICE WITH TERRANCE McKNIGHT.

TERRANCE, WELCOME TO METROFOCUS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

FOR THE FIVE PEOPLE IN NEW YORK WHO DO NOT KNOW YOU, GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW YOU BECAME SUCH A FAN AND A STUDENT OF THIS FORM OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.

I WENT TO COLLEGE FOR MUSIC.

IN MOST PLACES IN OUR COUNTRY, IF YOU GO TO STUDY MUSIC IN COLLEGE, YOU STUDY WESTERN AND EUROPEAN MUSIC.

OFTEN TIMES, YOU BEGIN WITH MUSIC FROM THE RENAISSANCE, THERE IS A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE BAROQUE PERIOD . THAT IS HOW I WAS INTRODUCED TO OPERA AS A YOUNG PERSON AND I STARTED LOOKING AT IT AND THINKING ABOUT IT SERIOUSLY.

OKAY.

THAT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT.

THIS DID HAPPEN AT A HISTORICAL AND BLACK UNIVERSITY.

I THINK THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE IDEA OF CLASSICAL MUSIC, WHICH DOES COME OUT OF THE EUROPEAN TRADITION WOULD SEEM TO NOT INCLUDE BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK CHARACTERS, BLACK VOICES, ET CETERA.

WHAT IS YOUR PODCAST ILLUMINATING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE MISSED OR NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD?

THE THING IS THAT OPERA IS AND WAS ENTERTAINMENT.

THERE WERE NOT MANY OPTIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT BACK IN THE 1600S.

FOLKS THAT WERE OF A CERTAIN CLASS, WHO HAD MONEY, POWER, INFLUENCE , THAT WAS THE FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.

SHOWING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAD AND HOW MUCH POWER YOU HAD ANY RATTLE MUSICIANS WORKING FOR YOU.

THEY WROTE MUSIC TO ENTERTAIN YOU.

A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THAT COULD AFFORD OPERA COULD AFFORD TO HAVE A PERFORMED AND THEY WERE INVESTED IN THE SLAVE TRADE.

I FIGURED THAT THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT FORM AND THE MESSAGES COMING THROUGH THIS ENTERTAINMENT FORM HAD TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AND INDUSTRIAL THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING.

THE MUSIC SUPPORTED THEIR PHILOSOPHY AND IDEOLOGY ABOUT WHO THEY WERE AND TO THE FOLKS THAT WERE BEING CAPTURED WERE.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THEMES YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW BLACK CHARACTERS WERE PRO-TRADE FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT WAS INVESTED IN THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE?

THE FIRST ONE THAT WE DEAL WITH IS MOZART'S MAGIC FLUTE.

THE IN THE SECOND PART OF THE SERIES, WE COME BACK TO O TELLO, IT WAS WRITTEN BY SHAKESPEARE IN 1590 OR SO.

HE WORKS FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH AND ELIZABETH I AND QUEEN AN AND KING JAMES WHO TRANSLATED THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH.

SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR THESE FOLKS.

MOZART WROTE IN THE LATE 1790S.

THAT IS THE MAGIC FLUTE.

YOU HAVE THIS CHARACTER CALLED --AND HE IS DETECTED AS A -- GUARDING A PRINCESS, WIDE AND BEAUTIFUL AND THINGS THAT I AM BLACK, BLACK IS UGLY, WHITE IS BEAUTIFUL, I AM SMITTEN AND CAPTIVATED BY HER BEAUTY.

THERE IS A SCENE WHERE HE IS DOING HIS JOB AND SHE IS TRYING TO ESCAPE ANY CAPTURES HER, AND SAYS, I DID A GREAT JOB, HIS BOSS, DID A GREAT JOB.

I WILL REWARD YOU.

AND HE SAYS, I DO NOT DESERVE A REWARD.

HE SAYS, I WILL GIVE YOU 77 LASHES ACROSS YOUR FEET.

JUST BECAUSE HE COULD, TO SHOW HIS SUPERIORITY AND THIS IS THE LAUGH TRACK FOR THE STORY.

HE IS THE BUFFOON.

AND THAT BECOMES PART OF WHAT MAKES IT COMEDIC , HIS MINISTRY MAN HIS DESIRE FOR FAMILY AND LOVE AND THAT BECOMES THE LAUGH TRACK.

HIS INABILITY TO NOT BE CAPTURED AND CAPTIVATED BY THE SOUND OF MUSIC, NO MATTER WHAT HE IS DOING, IT MAKES THEM DANCE AND THAT BECOMES THE LAUGH TRACK AND SOME OF THE STEREOTYPES AND TROPES THAT WE SEE IN AMERICA THAT ARE PART OF OUR CULTURE NOW, WE BE SET UP IN OPERA IN 1791 AND IT SUPPORTS SYSTEM TO BLACKNESS BACK THEN.

HOW DO YOU INCORPORATE POSITIVE INSTANCES OF BLACK ARTISTS BEING INVOLVED IN OPERA WHEN A STORY LIKE THAT OR A THEME LIKE THAT IS SO PROFOUND?

I AM AMERICAN.

WE ARE AMERICANS.

WE LIKE UNDERDOGS.

WE LIKE TO SEE THE PERSON FROM THE BOTTOM COME TO THE TOP AND IN A CASE LIKE THIS WHERE THIS GUY IS CAST AT THE LOWEST RUNG OF SOCIETY.

IF WE AS AUDIENCE MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS AND CONDUCTORS CAN EMPATHIZE WITH WHAT THIS MAN WANTS, HIS DESIRE FOR COMMUNITY AND HIS DESIRE FOR AFFECTION , IF WE CAN BRING THAT TO THE FRONT OF OUR INTERPRETATION AND HOW THIS FITS INTO THE STORY, THERE CAN BE A SHIFT.

IF WE CAN SEE THAT ANEMIA MAYBE WE CAN HAVE MORE EMPATHY FOR THE MAN SITTING ON THE BENCH AT HOME.

IN THIS PODCAST I AM TALKING ABOUT, WE BRING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT INTO THE STREETS WHERE WE HAVE TO WORK AND LOVE TOGETHER.

IF WE CANNOT LAUGH AT HIM BECAUSE OF HIS DESIRE TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY IT CAN TRANSLATE TO HOW WE CAN TREAT ONE ANOTHER.

IS A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.

YOUNGER BLACK LISTENERS MIGHT WANT TO KNOW, WHY ARE WE FORCING A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE WILL LOOK LIKE ME WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN ROUTINELY DISRESPECTED FOR GENERATIONS, WHY IS THAT OF VALUE?

WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT CANCELING HISTORY, CANCELING BOOKS, CANCELING STORIES, THINGS ARE OFFENSIVE.

WHEN IN OPERA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 200 YEARS, IT WILL BE CONTINUING TO PERFORM.

AND IT WILL TRY TO OTHER THIS CHARACTER.

I THINK THERE IS A TEACHING MOMENT HERE.

I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT CHARACTER AND NOT ONLY TO SEE OURSELVES AND REALLY USE IT , AS I SAID, AS A TEACHING MOMENT.

FOR ME, USING MOZART TO BRING OUT ASPECTS OF BLACK HISTORY AND HUMAN HISTORY IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

THERE ARE CANCELLATIONS OF CERTAIN STORIES AND CERTAIN HISTORY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT FOLKS WILL CANCEL MOZART.

I'M GOING TO FIND A WAY TO BRING A BROADER PERSPECTIVE AND BRING MY OWN PERSONAL HISTORY INTO THAT STORY TO INSPIRE SOMEONE ELSE.

OF COURSE.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TITLE OF THE PODCAST.

IT IS EVERY VOICE, WHY DID YOU TITLE THE PODCAST EVERY VOICE?

I GREW UP IN CHURCH.

MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO WALK IN THAT DOOR ON SUNDAY MORNING.

TO FIND A WAY THROUGH YOUR MUSIC OF MINISTERING TO EVERYONE NO MATTER IF YOU KNOW THEM OR NOT, YOU NEED TO USE YOUR MUSIC TO HELP SOMEBODY AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH WHEN THEY WALK THROUGH THIS DOOR.

WITH MY OPPORTUNITY FOR RADIO, THAT IS SORT OF MY FOCUS.

IT IS EVERYONE.

IT IS ALL OF US.

WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

I WANT YOU TO HIGHLIGHT THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU SHOW.

IT WAS TITLED LANGSTON AND BEETHOVEN, BLACK AND PROUD.

WHEN I READ HIS POETRY , THEY HAD SO MANY THINGS IN COMMON.

THEY REALLY LIKED COMMON PEOPLE AND WORKING-CLASS FOLKS.

HE WOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND IDENTIFY WITH THEM AND WRITE ABOUT THEM.

HE WAS VERY SIMILAR, THERE WERE CASES WHERE PEOPLE TRY TO CALL BEETHOVEN --HE LIKES TO LISTEN TO FOLK MUSICIANS AND IF I CAN BRING THESE TWO GUYS TOGETHER AND WITH A FORCED INTEGRATION OF CULTURE ACROSS TWO DIFFERENT CENTURIES THAT THEY BOTH HAVE THIS ABILITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY FROM THEIR HEART TO THE HEARTS OF THE LISTENERS.

BEETHOVEN'S MUSIC AND LANGSTON'S POETRY TOGETHER THE WAY THAT I WAS HOPING TO BRING TWO DIFFERENT AUDIENCES TOGETHER.

GOES BACK TO GROWING UP IN THINKING OF WAYS TO MINISTER AND CONVERT AS MANY PEOPLE.

THAT IS THE NOTE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT ON.

TERRENCE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT IS CALLED EVERY VOICE WITH TERRANCE McKNIGHT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PODCAST AND THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

> EVERYONE HAS A STORY.

WHO WILL TELL IT ? AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE MOTH HAS PEOPLE TELL THEIR STORY TO A ROOM OF STRANGERS.

HE CAN MOVE THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS, THE GIFT OF GOOD STORYTELLING CAN.

WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE STORYTELLER AND HER COACH AT A RECENT MOTH EVENT IN HER CITY.

THE MOTH IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND IT IS DEDICATED TO THE CRAFT OF PERSONAL STORY.

THESE PERSONAL STORIES HONOR THE COMMONALITY OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE HUMOROUS, SOMETIMES THEY ARE HEARTBREAKING.

MOST OF THEM, FOR THE POINTS IN BETWEEN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE STORYTELLERS.

I WAS A SOLDIER.

WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT SERIES, THE FIRST ONE IS THE MOTH MAINSTAGE.

THAT IS WHERE WE HEAR THE MOTH RADIO HOUR AND WE HAVE SLIM NIGHTS THAT ARE NOW IN 26 CITIES.

WE HAVE THE MOTH COMMUNITY PROGRAM.

BRINGS PERSONAL STORYTELLER WORKSHOPS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS IN THE STATE.

ALSO IN AFRICA.

TOMORROW NIGHT THE THEME IS GLOBAL STORIES OF WOMEN AND

WHAT IS YOUR SUPERPOWER?

SHE SAID THE PERFECT ANSWER.

SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, BEING A WOMAN.

PLEASE WELCOME KUSUM THAPA.

ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL, ON AN ASSIGNMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT --

I AM KUSUM THAPA AND I AM A GYNECOLOGIC IS .

THE MORE THAT YOU CAN VISUALIZE IT AND THE MORE YOU CAN PUT US INTO THE MOMENT WITH FEELING . ALL OF THE STORYTELLERS ARE PART OF PERSONAL STORYTELLER WORKSHOPS.

FIND THESE PERSONAL STORIES THAT THE STORYTELLERS CHOOSE TO TELL AND TO HELP THEM CRAFT THE STORY.

THEY ALSO WANT TO TELL THOSE STORIES AND OTHER PERSONAL STORIES OUT IN THE WORLD.

LET'S TRY IT.

I WILL TAKE SOME NOTES AND WE CAN TRY ME.

ON A REGULAR BASIS WE CAN TALK TO HER.

SHE IS CREATING HER OWN STORYTELLING.

I'VE BEEN HELPING OUT IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD.

I FINISHED A SURGERY AND I WAS RESTING OVER A CUP OF TEA.

EVER SINCE I WAS A SMALL GIRL, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD BE A DOCTOR ONE DAY.

AND THAT WAS WHAT MY DREAMS WERE.

IN MY COUNTRY, SO MANY WOMEN ARE DYING.

THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO DO GYNECOLOGICAL --I GRABBED THE PHONE BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS FROM HOME.

I HEAR A STRANGE MAN'S VOICE ON THE OTHER END.

I WANT YOU TO CHANGE THE REPORT OF A YOUNG GIRL THAT YOU EXAMINED TWO MONTHS BACK.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE THE REPORT IS ONE OF HER CAREGIVERS AND IS IN CUSTODY AND WE WANTED SEXUAL ASSAULT THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DO NOT.

I WAS FRIGHTENED.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT FOR ME.

IN THE WORKSHOP, WE TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO FIND THE BIG DECISIONS THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE THAT CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR LIFE.

THE GIRL KEPT COMING TO MY MIND.

SHE WAS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD AND NOW AT GUNPOINT I WAS MADE TO CHANGE MY DECISION.

ALL ALONG, I KNEW WHAT MY DECISION WOULD BE.

I WANT TO BE AS CLOSE TO YOU AND YOUR STORY AS POSSIBLE.

TELL ME HOW THAT FELT.

GIVE ME ALL OF THE FEELING.

IT BLOCKS THE PLOT POINTS, IT IS NOT AND THEN, AND THEN.

I AM NO LONGER DOING CLINICAL PRACTICE.

THAT IS MY WHOLE LIFE.

I WAS AN OBSTETRICIAN .

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MY LIFE.

YEAH, YOU HAD TO GIVE IT UP.

I JUST GET EMOTIONAL.

LET ME ASK YOU, WHY DO YOU EMPOWER THE HEALTH WORKERS AND WHY DO YOU TEACH THEM LIKE YOU DO?

THE REASON BEING IS THAT THEY ARE CONFIDENT AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.

ONCE WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO PULL OUT ALL THE PIECES, WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN SO THAT THERE IS A DEFINABLE PERSONAL ARC.

THESE GIRLS DESERVE JUSTICE, THEY DESERVE TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND I DECIDED I WOULD BE THEIR VOICE.

IN THE END, THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO ME AND HELD MY HANDS AND REALLY CONGRATULATED ME.

THE EXPRESSION WHICH THEY HAD OF LIVING THOSE MOMENTS WITH ME.

TWO EMPOWER THEM SO THAT THEY CAN STAND FOR THESE GIRLS AND THEY CAN STAND FOR THE SURVIVORS.

NO MATTER WHAT THE RISK.

NO ONE WILL EVER TURN THEIR BACK ON THEM AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

> NOTHING IS MORE DAMAGING TO A COUNTRY THEN A CIVIL WAR.

THIS WAR HAS GARNERED FEWER HEADLINES BUT THE BRUTAL CONFLICT HAS BEEN JUDGING ON FOR THREE CATASTROPHIC YEARS.

I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR IN YEMEN.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE CONFLICT , 10,000 YEMENIS HAVE DIED AND OVER 10,000 INJURED LEAVING 22 MILLION IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, HALF OF WHICH ARE CHILDREN.

WITH A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS INCREASING, GROUPS LIKE CARE ARE NEEDED.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RELIEF WORK IS BUSHRA ALDUKHAINAH AND DESPITE BEING READ -- DISPLACED, SHE JOINS ME NOW.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

I WANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT WE ARE MISSING FROM THE HEADLINES WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAR IN YEMEN.

IS BEING FORGOTTEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

IT IS NOT BEING REACHED WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WHAT IS GOING ON.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED OF HELP IS NOT THOUSANDS OR SOMETHING, IT IS 22.2 MILLION THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

DEATH AND LIFE FOR CHILDREN AND WOMEN WHO ARE DYING ON A DAILY BASIS.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING STARVED, ARE THEY EXPOSED TO A LOT OF DISEASE?

WHAT KIND OF HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

IT IS MULTIPLE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

PEOPLE ARE DYING EVERY DAY, STARVING, 11 MILLION PEOPLE ARE IN THE BRINK OF FAMINE AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR INCOME, RESOURCES, THEIR LIVES, THEIR HOUSES, THEIR BELOVED ONES, PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING FROM AIRSTRIKES OR DISEASES LIKE CHOLERA OR BACTERIA, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED WITH THE RELIEF ORGANIZATION WHEN YOU WERE A VICTIM OF THIS CONFLICT?

I JOINED CARE INTERNATIONAL AND SINCE THEN I STARTED MY CAREER WITH THEM.

WHEN THE LATEST EVENTS HAPPENED IN 2015, I WAS DOING HUMANITARIAN WORK AND I WAS DISPLACED FROM THE AREA THAT WE WERE LIVING , I WAS OVERSEEING MORE THAN 20 STAFF AT THAT TIME AND WE WERE PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE DISPLACED PEOPLE.

AT THAT TIME, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

THE DAY THAT I MOVED OUT OF MY HOUSE, LEAVING EVERYTHING BEHIND TOYS WITH ME , HE WAS TELLING ME, CAN WE TAKE THE TOYS WITH US?

WE HAVE LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO LEAVE.

I HAVE TO ORGANIZE EVERYONE'S DEPARTURE AT THAT TIME.

IT WAS REALLY CRITICAL, AIRSTRIKES WERE SO HEAVY, WE HAD TO RUN FOR OUR LIVES.

I TOLD HIM THAT WE WILL COME BACK FOR IT IN TWO WEEKS OR MONTHS BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED.

EVERYTHING WAS JUST DESTROYED.

THAT SOUNDS DEVASTATING.

FOR A YOUNG CHILD THAT ALL OF THE YOUNG CHILDREN THAT ARE LIVING THROUGH THIS CRISIS, IT IS THAT MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL.

CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT THIS IS BEEN LIKE FOR YOUR OWN SON?

IT IS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM.

IT IS SO HARD FOR HIM TO ADOPT AND LIVE A NORMAL LIFE LIKE ANY

WOW.

I HAVE TO ASK, HOW IS THE U.S., WHICH CONSIDERS ITSELF TO BE A VERY GENEROUS COUNTRY, HOW ARE WE VIEWED IN YEMEN RIGHT NOW?

CONSIDERING WHAT IS GOING ON.

THERE IS HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FROM U.S.

ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE HUMANITARIAN FACTORS IN YEMEN.

THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT SHOULD BE DONE DURING THE CRISIS RIGHT NOW.

WHATEVER SUPPORT CAN BE PROVIDED TO YEMEN IS NOT ENOUGH.

PROVIDING PEACE TOO MANY PEOPLE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 22.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN NEED.

PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEING THIS SOMETHING, WHAT CAN THE AVERAGE NEW YORKER DUE TO SOME OF WHAT THE PEOPLE IN YEMEN?

EVERYONE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR PEACE FOR YEMEN IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SOME SUPPORT TO THE HUMANITARIAN WORKERS IN YEMEN.

I WOULD TALK PEACE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHAT DOES PEACE LOOK LIKE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

AND DATING THE DEATHS OF INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

THAT IS THE PIECE I AM TALKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT STORY TO THE FOREFRONT.

IT DOES NOT GET NEARLY ENOUGH ATTENTION.

DOES NOT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS INTO THE WORLD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, BUSHRA.

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METROFOCUS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PETER G PETERSON FIND , BERNARD AND DENISE SCHWARTZ, BARBARA HOLT ZUCKERBERG, AND BY JUDY AND JOHN ON HOLD.

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