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We Are the Asteroid

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Justin Brice Guariglia’s We Are the Asteroid employs a highway message sign to bring attention to how anthropocentric, or human-centered, attitudes have allowed for unsustainable systems that contribute to climate change. The artist generated the slogan for this work with…

Breathing lights

Practitioner:
Adam Frelin and architect Barbara Nelson

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In October and November 2016, Breathing Lights illuminated the windows of hundreds of vacant buildings in Albany, Schenectady and Troy, NY. Warm light filled each window with a diffuse glow that mimicked the gentle rhythm of human breathing. Concentrated in…

RED CARD TO VIOLENCE Juventus and Serie A stars have red marks on face in campaign to stop domestic violence against women

Practitioner:
Juventus, Lega Serie A, WeWorld Onlus

Date:
Apr 28 1991

SERIE A players are once again doing their bit to raise awareness for a campaign against violence to women. They have teamed up with Italian organisation WeWorld Onlus, and will promote the cause at all ten Serie A matches this…

DEMAND BETTER HATE CRIMES DATA IN NEW YORK STATE

Practitioner:
Madeleine White

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In New York, laws that are designed to protect vulnerable communities could in fact be harming them. Criminal penalties for hate crimes exist to prevent discrimination, harassment and violence against LGBTQ people, people of color and other marginalized communities. But…

Bad News: the game

Practitioner:
DROG

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In Bad News, you take on the role of fake news-monger. Drop all pretense of ethics and choose a path that builds your persona as an unscrupulous media magnate. But keep an eye on your ‘followers’ and ‘credibility’ meters. Your…

Org Brings Women Menstrual Products & Education To Global Level

Practitioner:
Days for Girls International

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Although we are in the supposedly modern and advanced year of 2020, there are still at least 500 million women and girls that lack adequate facilities for menstrual hygiene management, according to the World Bank Organization. One of the specific…

Mind Over Media

Practitioner:
Media Education Lab

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Mind Over Media is a crowdsourced educational platform that contains diverse examples of contemporary propaganda on a wide range of social, political, economic and environmental topics. 1. ACCESS AND SHARE EXAMPLES. Timely resources for classroom discussion are important. By using…

Thousands of Shoes Honor Hurricane Maria’s Victims in San Juan

Practitioner:
Puerto Rican citizens, Rafael Acevedo

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Walking the rows of shoes—favorite slippers, old Army boots, gold stilettos—it’s the baby shoes that stop you cold. Shoes began to fill a plaza opposite Puerto Rico’s Capitol building, and by Sunday morning, there were more than 3,000 pairs, a…

RAPtivism

Practitioner:
Aisha Fukushima

Date:
Apr 28 1991

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…

Invisible Women – A World Designed for Men

Practitioner:
Caroline Criado Perez

Date:
Apr 28 1991

The problem with feminism is that it’s just too familiar. The attention of a jaded public and neophiliac media may have been aroused by #MeToo, with its connotations of youth, sex and celebrity, but for the most part it has…

Not Your Honor

Practitioner:
ABAAD

Date:
Apr 28 1991

To honor their battle, Lebanese women’s rights organization ABAAD launched a powerful song and music video titled Not Your Honor. The clip was launched on the occasion of the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” initiative which took off…

Girls at Dhabas: challenging issues of safety, or ‘respectability’ in urban Pakistan?

Practitioner:
Girls at Dhabas

Date:
Apr 28 1991

We are sitting at a dhaba – a roadside tea-shop in Pakistan often frequented by lower-to-middle income men. At our table: four women and camera crew. The reporter from ‘one of the most globally viewed’ [read: western], mainstream British outlets…