Projects tagged
Projects with Clear Short-Term Goals
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Odyssey Works
Read more: Odyssey WorksIT all looked so normal: a dozen diners chatting over coffee and hash browns at an outdoor cafe near the waterfront here on an August morning. The cook flipped eggs, a dog sniffed for scraps, and the young woman in…
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Threads of Resistance
Read more: Threads of ResistanceA juried exhibition of fiber art created by the Artist Circle Alliance to protest the Trump administration’s actions and policies. This is a traveling exhibition to 13 venues across the U.S. All work in the exhibition, as well as the…
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P.A.I.N.
Read more: P.A.I.N.Anti-opioid activists unfurled banners and scattered pill bottles on Saturday inside the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which is named for a family connected to the powerful painkilling drug OxyContin. The protest, which was…
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Cruelty Cutter App
Read more: Cruelty Cutter AppCruelty-Cutter is cruelty-free shopping made simple! Cast away any doubts when purchasing items by using Cruelty-Cutter to scan an item and have an immediate response about its animal testing status. Share your results with friends on social media and also…
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“Jesus Was The First To Decriminalize Sex Work”
Read more: “Jesus Was The First To Decriminalize Sex Work”A big yellow banner hangs off the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town, South Africa proclaiming that *”Jesus was the first to decriminalise sex work – John 8:7″* “Reverend Alan Storey of the Central Methodist Mission, together with members of…
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How ‘Animal Farm’ Gave Hope to Stalin’s Refugees
Read more: How ‘Animal Farm’ Gave Hope to Stalin’s RefugeesReading the introduction to Animal Farm by Christopher Hitchens a few years ago, I was stunned to learn that George Orwell, then a struggling writer in London, worked by letter with a group of refugees to publish the novel in…
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Three Billboards—Beyond Ebbing, Missouri
Read more: Three Billboards—Beyond Ebbing, MissouriThe Oscar-nominated crime drama has inspired activists around the world to put up massive signs to call attention to social issues. In the fictional town of Ebbing, Missouri, it seems like everyone—the town priest, the kids at the local high…
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“STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” Oscars 2018
Read more: “STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” Oscars 2018The American rapper’s performance of ‘Stand Up for Something’ with singer Andra Day has gone down as one of the highlights of this year’s Academy Awards. Common used his Oscars performance to condemn Donald Trump’s “hate” and the National Rifle…
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3 Billboards Outside Grenfell, London
Read more: 3 Billboards Outside Grenfell, LondonActivism imitated art when Justice 4 Grenfell protesters drove three provocative signs through the streets of London. In a clever nod to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the Oscar-nominated film directed by Martin McDonagh, the billboards were bright red, with…
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Dying to Breathe: The Unseen Cost of Gold Mining
Read more: Dying to Breathe: The Unseen Cost of Gold MiningPhotographer Sim Chi Yin spent more than three years documenting a Chinese gold miner who is suffering from the deadly lung disease silicosis. Despite the odds, his loving relationship with his wife has kept him alive much longer than anyone…
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Polycom Development Project
Read more: Polycom Development ProjectIn a lively room in Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum, a group of women have gathered to discuss how to keep the upcoming Kenyan election free from violence. The women are not politicians, election officials or campaigners – they are grassroots…
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Chinese ‘naked’ wedding celebrations focus on love – not money
Read more: Chinese ‘naked’ wedding celebrations focus on love – not moneyTen couples covered in body paint wearing only their underwear have celebrated their “naked weddings” at Hangzhou Paradise amusement park in Zhejiang province. The couples, some of whom have been married for many years, said they were rejecting modern Chinese…