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		<title>We Can’t Deny, Fashion Empowers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Let’s face it, fashion inspires us as women &#8211; our own stylings as well as that of other women.  I reflect on this as I</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Most women will tell you, fashion empowers!  Racial discrimination blends with gender inequality and affects women not just nationally but globally. Even the United Nations</p>
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		<title>Musicians Launch &#8220;Dear American Orchestras&#8221; Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As Routes concludes its indepth series covering the many concert offerings of the Gateways Music Festival this year, we find ourselves part of a movement</p>
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		<title>Julia Bullock Uploads History&#8217;s Persistent Voice</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The recent premiere of the new contemporary opera “Upload,” by ​​Michel van der Aa at the Park Avenue Armory confronted the audience with the idea</p>
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		<title>The Gateways Music Festival Triumph and A. D. Lee Koonce</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>During the month of April, the Gateways Music Festival presented a series of concerts at venues throughout Manhattan. ROUTES followed the festival sending several of</p>
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		<title>The Dance Theatre of Harlem Brought-it-on at City Center!</title>
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		<title>AfroFuturism: Chimurenga Renaissance and Fatoumata Diawara</title>
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