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Activism
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Project Impact
Read more: Project ImpactProject IMPACT is an 8-week leadership-through-storytelling workshop for teen survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. The goal of Project IMPACT is to introduce survivors to the idea that sharing their stories is a powerful advocacy tool that can impact the legislative…
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Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street Bull
Read more: Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street BullThe incident began when two clowns, Hannah Morgan and Louis Jargow, scaled the steel barricades protecting the landmark. The clowns began spanking and climbing the beast, traditional ways of coaxing a bull into anger in preparation for a Castilian corrida,…
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The Grace Period Blog/Performance
Read more: The Grace Period Blog/Performance“The Grace Period” is a live blogging platform with seven anonymous contributing bloggers called: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Through, videos, writings, and visuals they present multiple perspectives of landing/creating a meaningful job after school in a…
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Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social change
Read more: Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social changeBy Dr. S. O’Sullivan and C. McCausland On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat on a public bus. Parks purposely broke the law. As a black woman living in Alabama, she was required…
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Global Earth Exchange
Read more: Global Earth ExchangeOn Saturday, June 22, a group of friends will meet at one of the more than 4,000 natural gas wells that have been drilled by hydrofracking in Pennsylvania. Instead of picket signs, however, they’ll be carrying a picnic basket. For…
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Between A Rock and A Hard Place
Read more: Between A Rock and A Hard PlaceBetween A Rock And A Hard Place is a project consisting of a cleaning performance, a film and a big event on August 18, 2012. From the material recorded on this day, a film and a vinyl record will be…
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Green Maps for Resilient Cities Everywhere
Read more: Green Maps for Resilient Cities EverywhereHow Green is My City? Take part in mapping a fresh perspective on your community! Learn about the global Green Map movement and GreenMap.org. Created locally in sixty-five countries, hundreds of Green Maps highlight sustainable living resources and the natural,…
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Kit de Libertad de Expresión (Freedom of Speech Kit)
Read more: Kit de Libertad de Expresión (Freedom of Speech Kit)The KLE – Kit de Libertad de Expresión (or Freedom of Speech Kit), is a portable digital device that allows people from all over the world to participate to remote protests by sending and displaying text messages in public space.…
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Howitcouldbedifferent.org – a wikipedia of ideas for improvement and social change
Read more: Howitcouldbedifferent.org – a wikipedia of ideas for improvement and social changeHave you ever wanted to see current or potential innovations for poverty or the environment without having to do a lot of researching or reading? Have you ever thought of an idea and wanted to tell the world about it…
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People’s Tours: A social history of the South End walking tour
Read more: People’s Tours: A social history of the South End walking tourIn early 2012, a group of artists, activists and assorted other odd balls got together to form People’s Tours. The idea was to give walking tours in the Boston area. Standard enough. But instead of the usual history, we would…