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Is the 2023 CFM Manual Diverse and Inclusive?
It's a new year which for the Latter-day Saint Community means a new course of study and a new study manual. Well, in this case newish....

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Jan 4, 20235 min read
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Is the 2022 CFM Manual Diverse and Inclusive?
Hey, it’s me again, talking about the intersection of art, religion, gender, and race. Why is this a drum I beat so often? Because I...

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Jan 16, 20225 min read
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The Body of Christ: A conversation about and resources for addressing race in LDS art
By: Esther Hi’ilani Candari Esther is a lifelong member of the LDS church, an Asian-American, a fine artist, and an adjunct professor at...

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May 18, 20217 min read
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Christlike Love Is Not Blind
Buena Vista YSA 3rd Ward - October 29, 2017 Esther Hi’ilani Candari Shakespeare’s 116 sonnet states “Let me not to the marriage of true...

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May 18, 20218 min read
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Vulnerable: Solo Sculpture Exhibit
Video by Ben Whatcott on behalf of Ke Alaka'i at BYU- Hawai'i

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May 18, 20211 min read
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BFA Exhibit
Senior BFA exhibit at BYU- Hawai'i. Video by Ben Whatcott

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May 18, 20211 min read
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May 18, 20210 min read
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Why I Am Grateful I Graduated Without an Mrs. Degree
(Journal Entry) January 8, 2017 “Sometimes there are emotions and pains too sacred, too pure to describe. Innocent hopes that when...

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May 18, 20216 min read
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Divine Discontent
Aloha Brothers and Sisters, It is a common trope to begin a talk with some joke about receiving a call, often from an unknown number,...

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May 18, 20215 min read
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Why I Will Not Teach My Daughters To Be "Ladylike"
I was 13, I was sitting in the second row of Sunday school with a mix of 12-17yr olds, when I felt it again for the fifth time in as many...

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May 18, 20214 min read
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Swiped Off My Feet
All three of my most serious romantic relationships...and a plethora of other flings, friendships, and fiascos....were the result of the...

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May 18, 202111 min read
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Prayer: Coming to the Table With the Divine
Among the books beloved by American children for many decades is a piece titled “Are You My Mother” by illustrator and animator P.D....

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Mar 4, 20217 min read
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Bedtime Stories: My Dad is a Superhero
We had finished our chores early and my brothers and I had built the great and spacious building of blanket forts. My mother would...

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Jun 20, 20205 min read
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