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Thai youth takes creative defiance into election

Practitioner:
Young campaigners in Thailand

As the No. 59 bus hurtled down Ratchadamnoen Klang road in Bangkok’s Old Town, its passengers diverted their attention from the intense midday heat to a small crowd on the concrete below. About 25 people were marching and chanting, photographers…

A street art project paints a brighter future for Syrian refugee camps

Practitioner:
Awareness & Prevention Through Art (AptART)

Following on from Ruben Shanchez’s mural on the Syrain boader, we head back to the same subject with Awareness & Prevention Through Art (AptART) is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to give vulnerable children an artistic experience with an opportunity…

Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in Syria

Practitioner:
Syrian citizens

One of the most significant aspects of the wave of protests and uprisings that began in Syria in 2011 was the use of the cell phone camera as a tool of documentation, political activism, and creative expression. With professional journalists…

Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless People

Practitioner:
and Living Earth Structures, Artists Building Communities, Essential Food and Medicine

Members of three organizations – Artists Building Communities, Essential Food and Medicine, and Living Earth Structures – have built a kitchen, clinic, free store, stage, toilet, oven, and shower with and for a homeless community near Wood Street in West…

The Crossings

Practitioner:
Anne Basting

Using Performance Art to Alert Drivers to Look Out for Pedestrians A series of three street performances taking place this Thursday and Friday carries a simple message – remember to see and stop for pedestrians. UWM Professor Anne Basting has…

Tom of Finland

Practitioner:
Touko Valio Laaksonen

Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by the pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized erotic art, and influenced late 20th-century gay culture. He has been called the “most…

Not Ready to Make Nice: 30th Anniversary of Guerrilla Girls

Practitioner:
Guerrilla Girls

NOT READY TO MAKE NICE: GUERRILLA GIRLS BIRTHDAY 30 YEARS AND STILL COUNTING! BLOWOUT PARTY WITH DJ AND CAKE! Friday, May 15 8-10 PM • ABRONS ARTS CENTER 466 GRAND ST, NY ALSO AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER 466 GRAND ST,…

RAPtivism

Practitioner:
Aisha Fukushima

AISHA FUKUSHIMA is a Singer, Speaker, Educator, and ‘RAPtivist’ (rap activist). Fukushima founded RAPtivism (Rap Activism), a hip hop project spanning 20 countries and four continents, amplifying universal efforts for freedom and justice. She is a multilingual, multiracial African American…

Movimiento de los indignados( MADRID 15m)

Practitioner:
ciudadanos, estudiantes

El movimiento 15M fue formado por una series de protestas apartidistas con la intención de promover la democracia y la voz de las masas. Las asambleas se organizaron en plazas centrales en Madrid. A sus inicios, las protestas fueron organizadas…

Horrible bosses: masked activists publicly shame businesses in Bologna

Practitioner:
Il Padrone di Merda

On a warm summer afternoon in the Italian city of Bologna, a group of around 15 young people march through the crowded city centre to a high-end pastry shop in Strada Maggiore. Once there, they don white plastic masks, and…

#TeamTrees

Practitioner:
MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) and Mark Rober

When And Where Will #TeamTrees Plant 21.5 Million Crowdfunded Trees? Two months after reaching one of the most ambitious crowdfunding goals in YouTube history, #TeamTrees is getting closer to delivering on behalf of its 800,000+ unique donors. According to a…

Music’s influential role on Egypt’s presidential campaign

Practitioner:
Egyptians

When the revolution began in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, music played a big role in galvanizing young people and giving them a voice. So it’s not surprising that music continues to play an important role in Egyptian politics as the presidential…