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social change
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the Fundred Project
Read more: the Fundred ProjectThe Fundred Dollar Bill Project, initiated by artist Mel Chin, is a collaborative art project aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing action against the environmental and health threat of lead contamination. It encourages individuals to create their own unique interpretations…
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Expectations
Read more: ExpectationsJorge Rodríguez-Gerarda is a cuban Artist that was born in 1966. One of his projects was naed Expectations in which he did with sand and grave a massive image of Barack Obama, as a way to reflect all what this…
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Film projects for youngsters from the Neighborhood El Carmel in Barcelona
Read more: Film projects for youngsters from the Neighborhood El Carmel in BarcelonaThis project was made by the foundation Obra Social la Caixa with the intention to change the conversation and strategies while working with youngsters. Before this initiative, say the Director Claudio Zulian, the foundation would speak only about the lives…
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Find the Future
Read more: Find the FutureFind the Future: The Game is a pioneering, interactive experience created especially for NYPL’s Centennial by famed game designer Jane McGonigal, with Natron Baxter and Playmatics. Through a once-in-a-lifetime, overnight adventure played inside the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, and an…
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Garbage Collectors
Read more: Garbage CollectorsAfrika ARTS Kollective is a group of artists that decided to face Uganda’s demographic growth and the garbage problem of the capital, Kamala, with art. 30,000 tons of residues come out of this monthly and the Administration is being working…
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Art for Social Change Project (ASC!)
Read more: Art for Social Change Project (ASC!)What is Art for Social Change? There are many ways of defining art for social change. In each of these cases, art for social change strives toward effective engagement with social issues that integrate and celebrate imaginative thinking, helping people…
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Labs Creates Sustainable Music Studios in Unlikely Places
Read more: Labs Creates Sustainable Music Studios in Unlikely PlacesIt started as an experiment: what happens when you equip a vibrant youth community with the resources to express themselves through hip hop and electronic music? Last summer I traveled to Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo to find out and…
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Young Women For Change: Fashion as Activism
Read more: Young Women For Change: Fashion as ActivismFounded in April 2011, Young Women for Change (YWC) is an independent non-profit organization committed to empowering Afghan women and improving their lives through social, economical , political empowerment, participation, awareness and advocacy. YWC was co-founded by Noorjahan Akbar and…