Projects tagged
Sustains (change)
Support and celebrate change that has already been won and needs to be sustained.
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Butterflies for Bealtaine
Read more: Butterflies for Bealtaine*We would like to thank everyone who who participated in a very successful first Butterflies for Bealtaine* For the month of May, we invited all ages to creatively respond to the theme of The Butterfly and to share a change…
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Kony 2012
Read more: Kony 2012In 2004, the United Nations called the LRA crisis in northern Uganda the “most forgotten, neglected humanitarian emergency in the world.” Invisible Children was founded to change that and to fight against the false notion that our responsibility to each…
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Drag Out the Vote
Read more: Drag Out the VoteDrag Out The Vote™ is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works with drag performers to promote participation in democracy. We educate and register voters at drag events online and offline, by organizing local and national voter activations. Led by fierce…
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#IRUNWITHAHMAUD
Read more: #IRUNWITHAHMAUDThe running world will come together for a virtual run on Friday, May 8, to celebrate and honor the life of Ahmaud Arbery, who was reportedly shot and killed while out on a run on February 23. According to a…
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Armed Activists Escort Black Lawmaker in Michigan
Read more: Armed Activists Escort Black Lawmaker in MichiganA black Michigan lawmaker was escorted to the state Capitol by armed guards Wednesday, after protestors carrying long guns descended on the building last week to rally against the state’s extension of stay-at-home orders meant to stop the spread of…
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Women’s Center to Showcase art of Sexual Assault Survivors
Read more: Women’s Center to Showcase art of Sexual Assault SurvivorsOne in three women and one in four men are victims of sexual violence, the CDC reports. Martha Lluch is an artist and a survivor. Art is how she’s taken control of her healing and of her life. “This was…
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AS AMAZON, WALMART, AND OTHERS PROFIT AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, THEIR ESSENTIAL WORKERS PLAN UNPRECEDENTED STRIKE
Read more: AS AMAZON, WALMART, AND OTHERS PROFIT AMID CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, THEIR ESSENTIAL WORKERS PLAN UNPRECEDENTED STRIKEAN UNPRECEDENTED COALITION of workers from some of America’s largest companies will strike on Friday. Workers from Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods, Walmart, Target, and FedEx are slated to walk out on work, citing what they say is their employers’ record…
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Meet the Italians Making Music Together Under Coronavirus
Read more: Meet the Italians Making Music Together Under CoronavirusThe language of music is common to all generations and nations,” Gioachino Rossini, the virtuosic opera composer, once said. “It is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart.” In recent weeks, Italians have embraced the language of…
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How one small Barbie doll took on the art world
Read more: How one small Barbie doll took on the art worldMuseums and art galleries are not usually the sites of feminist political protest. Yet over the past couple of years, before the lockdown, gallery visitors all over the UK had noticed a small, determined activist whose modus operandi is “Small…
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Climate strikes continue online: ‘We want to keep the momentum going’
Read more: Climate strikes continue online: ‘We want to keep the momentum going’The large crowds and brightly coloured placards of the school climate strikes became some of the defining images of 2019. “There would be lots of chanting and the energy was always amazing,” says Dominique Palmer, a 20-year-old climate activist from…
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Danish Michelin Star chef cooks to make a difference
Read more: Danish Michelin Star chef cooks to make a differenceA couple of weeks ago Danish chef Rasmus Munk made Michelin-starred dishes, now he prepares pasta salad and tartlets for the homeless in Copenhagen. In the past few weeks, COVID-19 has forced several restaurants in Denmark to close, including the…
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These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a Movement
Read more: These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a MovementWhen Bay Area activists Moms 4 Housing began their campaign, they were fighting gentrification and institutional poverty. Now, as California’s housing crisis compounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, their work has taken on new significance. In Oakland, the Bay Area’s deep-rooted…