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DJDS in MSNBC

MSNBC published a wonderful profile of Deanna Van Buren by reporter Julia Pepitone – “This architect went from creating luxury malls to imagining a world without prisons.”

NewsOne profile of DJDS

Check out this in-depth profile in NewsOne – “Oakland Architect And Activist Deanna Van Buren Uses Design As A Means For Restorative Justice.”

DJDS in New York Times

In a New York Times piece examining post-Rikers plans, Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces urged New York to invest in restorative justice spaces instead of pursuing “humane jail design.”

Doulagivers in PopSugar

After Riley Keough — granddaughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley — announced that she is on her way to becoming a certified death doula, PopSugar interviewed, Suzanne O’Brien, RN, the founder of the International Doulagivers Institute, for a story on what death doulas do.

Razan Al Mubarak’s Website Launches

PKPR developed a comprehensive website for HE Razan Al Mubarak, President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and United Nations Climate Change High Level Champion.

WNET, amNY preview RLW

Russian Literature Week landed coverage in key New York outlets in the lead-up to the festival, including am New York and WNET NYC-Arts

Flex is King at Dumbo

New York Times dance critic Brian Seibert reviewed Flex is Kings Live at the Dumbo Arts Festival, singling out performer Storyboard Professor as operating “on a level all his own” with “liquid flow” that was “otherworldly.” Seibert described the East Brooklyn-born flexing movement as expanding across boroughs, with bone-breaking contortions and mime-influenced moves that could […]

Oring on All Things Considered

As reported by Robert Smith on NPR’s All Things Considered, performance artist Sheryl Oring recently invited people in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to dictate birthday messages to President Bush.