Projects tagged
Demonstration & Protest
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Latin Party at Racist Aaron Schlossberg’s UWS Apartment
Read more: Latin Party at Racist Aaron Schlossberg’s UWS ApartmentAction as a response to viral video of Attorney Aaron Schlossberg’s racist rant against Spanish speaking customers and employees at a midtown restaurant. The “Latin Party” included food, music, and dance celebrating Latina/o culture in the US. From FB event…
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Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in Cuba
Read more: Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in CubaMEXICO CITY — Of the half-dozen pieces that form Tania Bruguera’s series “Tatlin’s Whisper,” the one that the Cuban government silenced may have resounded most. An attempt by Ms. Bruguera, a New York-based Cuban artist, to stage an open-mike performance…
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RAISE IT UP, MAKE AN IMPACT!
Read more: RAISE IT UP, MAKE AN IMPACT!IMAPCT are youth activists who view the creative arts and leadership training as a way to develop ourselves and change the world in a positive way. They believe that they must be the message that bring through hardwork, focus, discipline,…
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Action Day Against Racism and Xenophobia in Spain – No Hate Speech
Read more: Action Day Against Racism and Xenophobia in Spain – No Hate SpeechThe No Hate Speech campaign has come to its fourth anniversary this week, because it was on the 18th of March 2013 when the Spanish Institute for Youth IMG_9707(INJUVE) officially launched the campaign in Spain, to commemorate the 21st of…
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A Handmaid’s Tale of Protest
Read more: A Handmaid’s Tale of ProtestIn state capitals and street protests, women’s rights activists have been wearing red robes and white bonnets based on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the 1985 novel that is now a series on Hulu. Silent, heads bowed, the activists in crimson robes…
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Environmental group to carve Donald Trump’s face into the side of Arctic iceberg
Read more: Environmental group to carve Donald Trump’s face into the side of Arctic icebergThe stunt aims to show the impact of climate change by live streaming the sculpture melting. A climate change group is raising half a million dollars with the goal of carving President Donald Trump’s face into an arctic iceberg. The…
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Shine MSD
Read more: Shine MSDShine, written by Stoneman Douglas students Sawyer Garrity and Andrea Peña in response to the tragic shooting at their school on February 14, 2018 to inspire unity, hope, and change. MSD alum Brittani Kagan collaborated with students and faculty to…
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Using Art to Stop a Pipeline
Read more: Using Art to Stop a PipelineIt’s not easy to stop the construction of natural gas pipelines, but several years ago the ecological artist and activist Aviva Rahmani came up with an ingenious idea: what if you could protect threatened landscapes by turning them into art?…
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Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization Commission
Read more: Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization CommissionOn Sunday, April 29, dozens of protesters occupied the Beaux-Arts Court at the Brooklyn Museum as they reiterated demands for a decolonization commission, about which the art institution has remained silent. The calls for the commission come after the criticisms…
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Undocubus
Read more: Undocubus“The No Papers, No Fear ride for justice. Riders are undocumented people from all over the country, including students, mothers and fathers, children, people in deportation proceedings, day laborers, and others who continue to face deportation, harassment, and death while…