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FILIPINO HIP-HOP ACTIVISTS TAKE A STAND IN OAKLAND/TAKE BACK OUR EDUCATION

Date:
Dec 23 2014

There is a large Filipino community in the Bay Area that organizes and fights for better workers’ rights and educating youth of color. There are groups within this community that address these issues through hip-hop. Kiwi Illafonte, 40, is a…

Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest

Practitioner:
Barnard

Date:
Dec 23 2014

“The Feminist Zine Fest showcases the work of artists and zine makers of all genders who identify on the feminist spectrum, and whose politics are reflected in their work. For the second consecutive year, Barnard proudly hosts the zine fest,…

NYC Artist Is Using Her Unapologetically Brown Identity to Empower Others

Practitioner:
Johanna Toruno

Date:
Dec 23 2014

You’ll find Johanna Toruno on the streets of NYC plastering pictures of her flower-filtered poetry, Kendrick Lamar, and Selena on blank walls, street lights and buildings. When I came across The Unapologetically Brown Series on Instagram I was intrigued not…

Two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities

Practitioner:
Another Life

Date:
Dec 23 2014

Both Johnson and Lewis recognize that the personal is political, and vice versa. By making connections between storytelling and activism, the two young women are using creative approaches to achieving justice and equity. Illuminating Another Part of the Story There…

Reclaiming the Domestic

Practitioner:
Mary Sibande

Date:
Dec 23 2014

The work of South African artist Mary Sibande tells the tale of her alter-ego Sophie, a domestic worker who finds refuge in dreams where she emancipates herself from the ghoulish realism of an ordinary existence, cleaning other people’s homes. Exploring…

Manifest Justice

Practitioner:
Manifest Justice

Date:
Dec 23 2014

Last August, as protesters marched in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old unarmed teen shot by a police officer, another group of activists began thinking about how to incorporate the creative community into the movement. The…

Love Has No Labels: Rethink Bias

Practitioner:
Ad Council

Date:
Dec 23 2014

R/GA AND THE AD COUNCIL CREATE “LOVE HAS NO LABELS” CAMPAIGN by IPG R/GA and the Ad Council, along with several top global brands, have launched “Love Has No Labels,” a public service campaign aimed at promoting diversity, inclusion and…

Faces of the Movement

Practitioner:
Faces of the Movement

Date:
Dec 23 2014

Faces of the Movement is a daily-release photo project that highlights the stories of everyday people who have joined together to fight for justice against police brutality in the United States. In news photos, they either have their faces covered…

LA Rebellion

Practitioner:
UCLA Film students

Date:
Dec 23 2014

In the late 1960s, in the aftermath of the Watts Uprising and against the backdrop of the continuing Civil Rights Movement and the escalating Vietnam War, a group of African and African American students entered the UCLA School of Theater,…

Mining the Museum

Practitioner:
Fred Wilson

Date:
Dec 23 2014

Wilson’s intervention was a correction of the museum’s identity in the sense that it made the underlying racism apparent. Using glass cases and neat labeling, Wilson’s installations mimicked the usual methods of museum display but with a twist so that…