Threaded together with continuing legal challenges across the country, however, their stories – and their bravery – tell an irrefutable truth about the American experiment: progress moves forward and back at the same time.
"It's interesting how we count the victories these days, in terms of things that they didn't roll back, as opposed to any kind of progress moving forward," said Joan Mulhern, legislative counsel for the Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund.
"We wanted to hook into a universal human truth about leading a successful life, progress, moving forward," said Richard Nichols, product group director for Johnnie Walker at Schieffelin & Somerset in New York.
LIKE the on-again, off-again construction of the city's Costanera Center, which will include South America's tallest skyscraper, Santiago is reaching for the skies while progress moves forward in fits and starts, thanks in part to natural disasters like the 8.8 magnitude quake that rocked the country last year.
After all, it means that we are tackling tasks, making progress, moving forward.
Engaged, connected team members keep progress moving forward; lonely, disconnected people may stall or even sabotage progress.
Bernie Sanders is the only one who could build on that progress moving forward.
Human progress moves forward when those who have a voice use it on behalf of those who do not.
However, the curators feel that ultimately, through shows like this, we're making progress, moving forward on the road to a more diverse and fluid art marketplace.
Change is inevitable and in reality, it represents progress, moving forward in a way that yields more efficiency and/or effectiveness.
