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Sit-Down Strike for Rhythm
Read more: Sit-Down Strike for RhythmAt the New Orleans Swing Dance Festival the all African-American dance troupe The Rhythm Ambassadors were presented along side an African-American iteration of the Preservation Hall All-Star band with African-American vocalist Taryn Newborne to deliver the message that the African-American…
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The Protest Banner Lending Library
Read more: The Protest Banner Lending LibraryThe Protest Banner Lending Library is a space for people to gain skills to learn to make their own banners, a communal sewing space where we support each other’s voices, and a place where people can check out handmade banners…
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Namo Nazi
Read more: Namo NaziNamo Nazi Namo Nazi is a group which is dedicated to the cause of spreading awareness about fascism. They create anti-fascist T-Shirts and say this about themselves: “One AntiFascist T-shirt is Worth a Thousand Votes. Please Buy Two. We design…
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Project Row Houses, 1993-2018, Houston (Texas)
Read more: Project Row Houses, 1993-2018, Houston (Texas)Collective Creativity in the Beginning Project Row Houses (PRH) is, and has always been, a unique experiment in activating the intersections between art, cultural and historic preservation, affordable and innovative housing, community engagement and development, neighborhood revitalization, and human empowerment.…
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Pamparadio
Read more: PamparadioAs part of USAID’s “My Comunidad-Mi Agua” program in Peru, “Pamparadio” was a radio show run by two adolescents from the community of Iquitos, a jungle province. Armed with a gigantic speaker on the top of a community center and…
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Shine MSD
Read more: Shine MSDShine, written by Stoneman Douglas students Sawyer Garrity and Andrea Peña in response to the tragic shooting at their school on February 14, 2018 to inspire unity, hope, and change. MSD alum Brittani Kagan collaborated with students and faculty to…
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8-Year-Old Creates ‘Buddy Bench’ For His Classmates Who Don’t Have Playmates
Read more: 8-Year-Old Creates ‘Buddy Bench’ For His Classmates Who Don’t Have Playmates“Eight-year-old Christian Bucks from Roundtown Elementary School noticed that some of his classmates did not have any friends to play with during recess. His solution was to introduce a “Buddy Bench”, where lonely classmates could choose to sit if they…
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Benjamin Lay spills blood at 1738 Quaker Meeting
Read more: Benjamin Lay spills blood at 1738 Quaker MeetingIt was September 1738, and Benjamin Lay had walked 20 miles, subsisting on “acorns and peaches,” to reach the Quakers’ Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Beneath his overcoat he wore a military uniform and a sword — both anathema to Quaker teachings.…
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DebtFair
Read more: DebtFairOccupy Wall Street’s art offshoot, Occupy Museum, has a new initiative: deconstructing the commercial art fair model. They are calling this art fair antithesis the DebtFair. Last May at the Frieze Art Fair, Occupy Museum distributed flyers and protest literature…
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FACELESS
Read more: FACELESSFACELESS was produced under the rules of the ‘Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers’. The manifesto states, amongst other things, that additional cameras are not permitted at filming locations, as the omnipresent existing video surveillance (CCTV) is already in operation. The UK…
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A Dallas Drinking Fountain
Read more: A Dallas Drinking Fountain“FOUNTAINS: A public artwork in three parts by lauren woods The Monument: A working public water fountain at the Dallas County Records Building triggers a projection of digitally-altered newsreel footage of 1960s civil rights protests under the remains of a…
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Immortal Fans
Read more: Immortal FansFrom this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27632527 A campaign by one of Brazil’s biggest football clubs to encourage fans to become organ donors has led to a massive rise in the number of life-changing transplants and reduced waiting lists for organs in the…