Projects tagged
Race & Ethnicity
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Sambhaji Bhagat: Voice of Dissent
Read more: Sambhaji Bhagat: Voice of DissentThe Voice of Dissent “I am not here to entertain you; I am here to disturb you. Those who are here for entertainment, I request them, please go.” It’s unusual, if not rare, for a live performer to begin by…
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In Search of Dignity and Justice
Read more: In Search of Dignity and JusticeIn Search of Dignity and Justice About 30,000 conservancy workers, also known as sweepers, are employed by the Great Bombay Municipal Corporation. These workers collect the city’s garbage, sweep the streets, clean the gutters, load and unload garbage trucks and…
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Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater in “Full Still Hungry”
Read more: Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater in “Full Still Hungry”Contra-Tiempo’s first Miami dance performance will bring Ana Maria Alvarez back to her roots. Her father’s family settled in Miami after leaving Cuba in the early ’60s. Most of them, including his four siblings and their spouses and children, still…
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#IHaveADream
Read more: #IHaveADreamI really enjoy the events that we host at The Sanctuaries. They’re well planned but not over-planned, so there’s space to just be yourself. On Monday, January 19th, we held a wonderful event that celebrated the teachings and life of…
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Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Read more: Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock MusicalHair: The history of the first rock musical by Eric Andrews-Katz – SGN Contributing Writer From its very first moment, the musical Hair was a thing of controversy. From its conception as a staged musical protest to the show’s eventual…
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“Glory” Performance at the Academy Awards
Read more: “Glory” Performance at the Academy AwardsSee below for a link to the performance of the song at the Academy Awards. From Salon: How Common and John Legend’s performance of “Glory” fired up Oscar night’s idling empathy machine by Sonia Saraiya The primary feeling to come…
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Africa’s Political Cartoons
Read more: Africa’s Political CartoonsTejumola Olaniyan founded Africacartoons.com, the first continent-wide digital encyclopaedia of political cartoons by African artists. The primary motivation for starting Africa Cartoons was to stimulate more scholarly interest in African cartoons. The secondary motivation was to entertain enthusiasts of cartoons…
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Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)
Read more: Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)Mansour began rapping in 2003 and has gained recognition in the Middle East, Europe and the United States for her own songs and collaborations with other artists. She performs wearing a traditional Palestinian thawb and has said that she considers…
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Guerrilla Girls: Oscar Billboard
Read more: Guerrilla Girls: Oscar BillboardTHE ANATOMICALLY CORRECT OSCAR…HE’S STILL WHITE, STILL MALE, JUST LIKE THE GUYS WHO WIN! OSCAR UPDATE: After our billboard went up in Hollywood in 2002, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won Oscars for their performances. In recent years, Mo’Nique, Octavia…
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Nana Van
Read more: Nana VanThe Nanny Van is a public art initiative run by REV- and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. This project aims at shorting distances, gaps and obstacles between domestic workers and the proper information of their rights. Therefore, Nanny Van is…