Projects tagged
Education
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César Chávez and the Migrants
Read more: César Chávez and the MigrantsThe play celebrates the life and legacy of the Mexican-American labor activist César Chávez. His early life as well as his partnership with Dolores Huerta, activism with the National Farm Workers Association, the 1968 grape boycott, and his ongoing commitment…
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National AIDS Memorial
Read more: National AIDS MemorialThe Quilt was conceived in November of 1985 by long-time human rights activist, author and lecturer Cleve Jones. Since the 1978 assassinations of gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Jones had helped organize the annual candlelight…
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Books (Please)! In All Branches of Knowledge, 1924
Read more: Books (Please)! In All Branches of Knowledge, 1924Seattle Times: In 1921, just four years after the Bolshevik Revolution, American journalist Albert Rhys Williams wrote: “The visitor to Russia is struck by the multitude of posters — in factories and barracks, on walls and railway-cars, on telegraph poles…
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Street Art Activism: What White People Call Vandalism
Read more: Street Art Activism: What White People Call VandalismIn this article, author Caroline Choi highlights different grafiti artists and their stories. These artists use their talent to tell their stories, ones that might not get to be told otherwise. She goes into the history of grafiti, and how…
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CFA San Francisco Member Brings Black Art and Activism to Students
Read more: CFA San Francisco Member Brings Black Art and Activism to Students“As an educator, I want people to have a sense of empowerment. I want them to have ownership of their own creative experience. It’s a very humane thing knowing we are inherently creative.” CFA member Mark Allan Davis’s “artivism” is…
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I’ve just received an honorary doctorate at 18 – but that doesn’t matter
Read more: I’ve just received an honorary doctorate at 18 – but that doesn’t matterThis week, I got to make history. At 18 years of age, I received an honorary doctorate from the University of London for my work in climate justice, making me the current youngest holder of the award globally. Having not…
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The Great Migration Series
Read more: The Great Migration SeriesNational Public Radio (NPR): There’s no historical marker outside Jacob Lawrence’s childhood home in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. But Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has an idea of what it might…
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‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protest
Read more: ‘It’s critical the message makes it to the mainstream’: Nasa climate scientist speaks on his tearful protestA Nasa scientist who went viral over his tearful protest on the climate crisis has told The Independent that his activism comes from a sense of desperation to “find something that actually has an impact and moves the needle”. Peter…
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1-800-273-8255
Read more: 1-800-273-8255Rapper Logic’s song “1-800-273-8255” may have helped prevent a significant number of suicides around the time of its release, according to a study published Monday. The song’s title is the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The study,…
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Michael Moore demands nationwide boycott of Walgreens for not selling abortion pill: ‘Bigotry and misogyny’
Read more: Michael Moore demands nationwide boycott of Walgreens for not selling abortion pill: ‘Bigotry and misogyny’Filmmaker Michael Moore has called for a nationwide boycott of Walgreens after the pharmacy chain announced it would not sell abortion pills in 20 states. n February, 20 Republican state attorneys general wrote to Walgreens Corp. threatening legal action if…