Projects tagged
Education
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Party #CierraBankia (Shut down Bankia)
Read more: Party #CierraBankia (Shut down Bankia)First cut the banks! In 2012 Bankia declared itself bankrupt and, almost immediately, asked the Government of Spain for €23 billion. The Government accepted, yet that very same week ordered €20,000 million worth of cuts in health and education. It…
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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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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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Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friends
Read more: Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friendsThis article was published on the guardian website: -Russia not amused at Red Army statue re-invented as Superman and friends- Clenched teeth in Moscow over 1950s war memorial in Sofia given makeover by spray-painting street artist By Tom Parfitt in…
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Book Bloc
Read more: Book BlocThe book bloc constitutes a line of demonstrators holding cardboard-polyurethane-and-foam shields that are made to resemble giant book covers. This tactic tends to be used in actions that oppose neoliberal reform of education and libraries, especially in the form of…
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Self-barricading for Free Education
Read more: Self-barricading for Free EducationEleven students have locked themselves in the Peter Cooper Suite of the eighth floor of the Cooper Union building to protest the institution’s decision to charge graduate students tuition. “We’re hoping this will show the administration that they aren’t able…
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Necessity of “Moral and National Education” as curriculum
Read more: Necessity of “Moral and National Education” as curriculumMoral and national education (MNE) s a school curriculum proposed by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong, transformed from the current moral and civic education (MCE). This curriculum evoked huge controversy in Hong Kong society for its “biased content” about…
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AIDS Memorial Quilt
Read more: AIDS Memorial QuiltIn June of 1987, a small group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to…
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Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque
Read more: Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueChlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueYou’ve never taken a sex-ed class like this one!First performed in the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, followed by a run in Washington, DC in 2010, and in New York in 2012, CHLAMYDIA DELL’ARTE: A SEX-ED BURLESQUE is…
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UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public education
Read more: UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public educationOn Tuesday, May 8, in the midst of final exam week, a group of female first-year students performed a public art action at UC Berkeley to call attention to the UC Regents’ privatization of what was once the premier public…