Projects tagged
Shifts (culture)
Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.
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V-Day
Read more: V-DayV-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the…
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Reverse Graffiti
Read more: Reverse GraffitiReverse graffiti is form of street art that involves carving into the dirt and dust that surrounds us. Artists subtract from a surface in order to create a negative image within the positive, often quite dark layer of grime. They…
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Circus Amok
Read more: Circus AmokCircus Amok is a New York City based circus-theater company whose mission is to provide free public art addressing contemporary issues of social justice to the people of New York City. Directed and founded by Jennifer Miller, the group has…
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Young Women For Change: Fashion as Activism
Read more: Young Women For Change: Fashion as ActivismFounded in April 2011, Young Women for Change (YWC) is an independent non-profit organization committed to empowering Afghan women and improving their lives through social, economical , political empowerment, participation, awareness and advocacy. YWC was co-founded by Noorjahan Akbar and…
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Gangnam Style Used in Protests in China
Read more: Gangnam Style Used in Protests in ChinaIn early January, constructions workers in Wuhan, China staged a Gangnam Style protest in front of their employer’s building. Using the Gangnam Style dance, the men sought to bring media attention to their mounting unpaid wages. Several men are owed…
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Out in Schools
Read more: Out in SchoolsOut in Schools is a high school outreach initiative that has received acclaim from parents and educators across British Columbia since 2004. The Out in Schools program uses age-appropriate film and video presentations to engage youth and educators on issues…
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POC Zine Project Presents RACE RIOTS TOUR!
Read more: POC Zine Project Presents RACE RIOTS TOUR!This piece is about multiple layered “creative activism”. There is art, activism, and community building. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, a zine is a “noncommercial often homemade or online publication usually devoted to specialized and often unconventional subject matter.”…
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Mom Pinup Calendar
Read more: Mom Pinup CalendarSpanish Moms Raise School Funds With Pinup Calendar January 26, 2013 Copyright ©2013 NPR. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Europe’s economic problems have forced a lot of people to think creatively about money. The hardship is especially acute in Spain. Some municipalities…
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Big street barbecue for the distinct people
Read more: Big street barbecue for the distinct peopleIn São Paulo, just like in many other metropolitan regions, public transport is not as effective as it could be. Buses and trains usually run overcrowded, late and on limited hours, so that owning a car increases a lot one’s…
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Reclaim the Streets occupy Camden High Street
Read more: Reclaim the Streets occupy Camden High StreetA collective resistance movement dedicated to reasserting communal ownership of common spaces, Reclaim the Streets staged its first action on Camden High Street in 1995, when activists closed the road to vehicle traffic to make way for a street party.…
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San Francisco Mime Troupe performs L’amant Militaire
Read more: San Francisco Mime Troupe performs L’amant MilitaireThe San Francisco Mine Troupe has been staging radical political theater for over fifty years. In 1967, the Troupe toured campuses across the midwest, performing L’amant Militaire – a satirized adaptation of an old anti-war play, updated to critique US…
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Sao Paulo goes completely ad-free with Clean City Law
Read more: Sao Paulo goes completely ad-free with Clean City LawMayor Gilberto Kassab passed a Clean City Law that banned all public advertising in Sao Paulo, one of the world’s most populous cities. The mayor gained the support of the city’s elites in pressing the law as an anti-pollution measure…