Tag: Speaks

090: Boston Speaks Up with George Deveney of Make-A-Wish

George Deveney is the Chief Advancement Officer at Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island, headquartered in Boston, MA. Make-A-Wish is a non-profit organization on a mission to create life-changing wish experiences for children with critical illnesses. In 2023, Make-A-Wish Massach...

Autism Speaks: Deception, Eugenics, and Abuse

If you search up charities for autism, Autism Speaks will probably be at the top of the list. If you use Instagram’s donation feature to fundraise for a charity, Autism Speaks is one of the first “popular charities” to pop up. Thousands of well-meaning people who wish to support th...

Nature Speaks: How Environmental Linguistics may help save the planet.

Nature spoke to Marta, telling her the lunar calendar days, when to gather nuts, where to hunt, and how to survive. And Marta spoke back to nature in her Tofa language, invoking the bear to fatten itself for the kill, offering tea to the campfire god for success in hunting, whistling the wood grouse...

Who Speaks Indian? (Part I)

Ask anyone what language they speak in a given major country, and it is typically not a hard question. Italians speak Italian, Swedes speak Swedish, and the Japanese speak Japanese. Most people know that Argentines speak Spanish, and it is broadly true that the language of China is Chinese. ...