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education
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Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque
Read more: Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueChlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueYou’ve never taken a sex-ed class like this one!First performed in the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, followed by a run in Washington, DC in 2010, and in New York in 2012, CHLAMYDIA DELL’ARTE: A SEX-ED BURLESQUE is…
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UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public education
Read more: UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public educationOn Tuesday, May 8, in the midst of final exam week, a group of female first-year students performed a public art action at UC Berkeley to call attention to the UC Regents’ privatization of what was once the premier public…
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smArt Action
Read more: smArt ActionSmart Action – english – smArtAction is a collaborative art exhibition organized by a group of University of Puerto Rico and New York University student-activists. The exhibition will showcase artwork created during the 2010-2011 UPR student strikes or in conversation…
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EVOKE: Can young adults help solve global problems?
Read more: EVOKE: Can young adults help solve global problems?What happens when a game designer from the Institute of the Future teams up with the World Bank to create a “game for change”? EVOKE is what happens. In this “game” players from all over the world are immersed in a…
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It’s OK to Say Gay
Read more: It’s OK to Say GayMissourians are fighting against legislation that would essentially make it legal to bully against LGBT students in the state’s schools. From the activists’ site (http://oktosaygay.org/): Leaders in the Missouri House are supporting “Don’t Say Gay” legislation (HB2051) to eliminate discussions…
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Chilean Kiss-In
Read more: Chilean Kiss-InChile Students Stage Kissing Protest Ricardo de la Pena, UPI.com High school and university students staged a “Kiss in” outside the palaces of the city courts in Conception, Chile in response to Presient Pinera’s announcement on new government policies for…
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The Freedom Trail on Trial
Read more: The Freedom Trail on TrialIn the fall of 2011, Urbano’s teen artists and artist-in-residence Neil Horsky partnered with professional artists, educators, librarians, and historians to undertake a critical investigation of Boston’s Freedom Trail. During the investigative process teen artists questioned the assumptions, accuracy, comprehensiveness,…
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On Campus, Opening Up Conversations About Sex
Read more: On Campus, Opening Up Conversations About SexBy DOUGLAS QUENQUA CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For a table set up by a campus student group, this one held some unusual items: a gynecologist’s speculum, diaphragms, condoms (his and hers) and several packets of lubricant. Nearby, two students batted an…