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education
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Camp Mossandsticks
Read more: Camp MossandsticksCamp Mossandsticks, named after moss and sticks–two of the most rudimentary tools with which one can spark fire–is a site for young women and girls to become resourceful, defiant, and self-sufficient revolutionaries of today. Started on November 6, 2012, the…
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Periplus
Read more: PeriplusPERIPLUS is a transoceanic route through community arts (music, performing arts and interdisciplinary projects) across five continents. It aims to disseminate knowledge and enhance the visibility of education, social and artistic initiatives by critically analysing the synergies which arise from…
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Bruce High Quality Foundation University
Read more: Bruce High Quality Foundation UniversityThe Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU) is an unaccredited, free collaborative school founded by the eponymous artist collective and presented by Creative Time. At BHQFU, “students are teachers are administrators are staff.” BHQFU responds to what the artists behind…
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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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Connecting Peace Day and Valentine’s Day
Read more: Connecting Peace Day and Valentine’s DayValentine Peace Project (VPP) Community Valentine actions started on the streets of Los Angeles with the sharing of thousands of poems on peace and expressions of love given out wrapped around carnations and later Fairtrade roses. Students also made paper…
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Circus Amok
Read more: Circus AmokCircus Amok is a New York City based circus-theater company whose mission is to provide free public art addressing contemporary issues of social justice to the people of New York City. Directed and founded by Jennifer Miller, the group has…
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A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%
Read more: A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%A is for Activism is a children’s book developed by Innosanto Nagara, an author illustrator and founding member of the Design Action Collective, a worker owned cooperative design studio in Oakland that is dedicated to “serving the Movement.” The book…
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Book Bloc
Read more: Book BlocThe book bloc constitutes a line of demonstrators holding cardboard-polyurethane-and-foam shields that are made to resemble giant book covers. This tactic tends to be used in actions that oppose neoliberal reform of education and libraries, especially in the form of…
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Mareas
Read more: MareasEl movimiento 15M ha abierto la veda a una protesta insistente, que mantiene la presencia en la calle. Según la delegada de gobierno, Cristina Cifuentes, en Madrid hay ocho manifestaciones diarias. Una de las formas que toma la reclama callejera…
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Necessity of “Moral and National Education” as curriculum
Read more: Necessity of “Moral and National Education” as curriculumMoral and national education (MNE) s a school curriculum proposed by the Education Bureau of Hong Kong, transformed from the current moral and civic education (MCE). This curriculum evoked huge controversy in Hong Kong society for its “biased content” about…