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Campaign aims to make Hong Kong a key player in fight against slavery
Read more: Campaign aims to make Hong Kong a key player in fight against slaveryAt least three international companies have committed to join the fight against slavery in a campaign that aims to make Hong Kong the hub in Asia to tackle human-trafficking. The Slave Free campaign is being launched by Hong Kong law…
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Indigenous Cooking
Read more: Indigenous Cooking“a dinner cooked by six indigenous chefs, members of tribes from around North America, who are meeting together for the first time this week to launch a new indigenous activist group, called the I-Collective. Thursday’s dinner will be at Dimes,…
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Sit-Down Strike for Rhythm
Read more: Sit-Down Strike for RhythmAt the New Orleans Swing Dance Festival the all African-American dance troupe The Rhythm Ambassadors were presented along side an African-American iteration of the Preservation Hall All-Star band with African-American vocalist Taryn Newborne to deliver the message that the African-American…
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Visible Trans
Read more: Visible TransA set of interactive experiences at the Sziget festival in Budapest, aimed at social change to improve every day life of trans and gender-nonconforming persons. External sources: http://transvanilla.hu/ https://www.youtube.com/user/transvanilla
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TRANSummer Camp and the Ethical Clinic for Gender and Sex Characteristics
Read more: TRANSummer Camp and the Ethical Clinic for Gender and Sex CharacteristicsThe TRANSummer Camp on the Croatian coast inspired members of the Croation trans community to become creative activists, and led to a public media campaign, video series and event advertising the “opening” of a (fake) clinic for trans health. The…
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10 Rappers Turned Social Activists-Vince Staples
Read more: 10 Rappers Turned Social Activists-Vince StaplesVince Staples mentioned Long Beach’s Ramona Park approximately 80 times on his debut album Summertime ’06 and even allotted the park two of its own tracks: “Ramona Park Legend Pt. 1” and “Ramona Park Legend Pt. 2.” “The sun come…
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A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas
Read more: A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas“A Night of Philosophy and Ideas is a thinker’s lollapalooza. The free, 12-hour weekend lyceum at the Brooklyn Public Library includes spirited debate, live music, theater, performance art pieces, and film screenings. At any given hour, five or six different…
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Decolonize this Museum: Anti-Columbus Day Tour Attended by Hundreds at the American Museum of Natural History
Read more: Decolonize this Museum: Anti-Columbus Day Tour Attended by Hundreds at the American Museum of Natural HistoryAbout: Hundreds of people came out to attend a decolonization tour of one of New York’s most popular museums. Written by Elena Goukassian on October 10, 2017 Protesters try to encircle the Roosevelt statue in front of the American Museum…
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Art Therapist for Human Rights
Read more: Art Therapist for Human RightsWe demand that AATA respond to Karen Pence’s stated commitment to our field by asking her to publicly take action for the rights of LGBTQIA people, Native people, Black and Brown people, Muslims, survivors of sexual assault, people with disabilities,…
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The Democracy Wall in Carroll Gardens
Read more: The Democracy Wall in Carroll GardensThe “Democracy Wall” in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York was established in 2009. This wall is a long-term, community art activist project that is part wall mural, part past information archive. The project features paintings, photographs, newspaper…