Projects tagged "education"

Silent Strikes in Venezuelan Universities
Practitioner:
Autonomous universities in Venezuela
Date:
Mar 5 2014
In Venezuela, the far right opposition has protested against the leftist regime of Maduro. Violence has swept through the capital, Caracas, and other cities throughout the country. Meanwhile, the Western world has had its eye on Ukraine, and received relatively little news coverage of what is actually going on in Venezuela. An epidemic of misinformation has spread as a result.
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smArt Action
Practitioner:
Puerto Rican and New York based Students and artists
Date:
May 14 2012
Smart Action 
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Untitled - Ongoing series
Practitioner:
JillisBlack
Date:
May 7 2018
Sarcastic delivery spoken to black people talking about issues regarding black "progress" , media, consumption among other things https://www.instagram.com/jillisblack/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3Y-bQFc2a/?hl=en&taken-by=jillisblack
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Education vs Prison Costs
Practitioner:
Tal Yellin / CNNMoney
Date:
May 8 2013
By publishing publicly available census data regarding education alongside the economics of prison, CNN Money has activated many people to disperse this information online, and contribute to a larger conversation around the issue of the Prison Industrial Complex, and the general privatization of the prison industry within the United States. Source: U.S. Census Data and Vera Institute of JusticeGraphic: Tal Yellin / CNNMoney
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Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque
Practitioner:
Written and performed by Gigi Naglak (left) and Meghann Williams (right)
Date:
May 10 2012
Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueYou’ve never taken a sex-ed class like this one!
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The Freedom Trail on Trial
Practitioner:
Urbano Project
Date:
Nov 20 2011
In 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, and impartiality of public presentations of the city’s
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Necessity of "Moral and National Education" as curriculum
Practitioner:
Scholarism, Parents' Concern Group
Date:
May 29 2012
Moral 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).
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#BringBackOurGirls
Practitioner:
Social Media Users Worldwide
Date:
May 2 2014
On April 15 in northern Nigeria, 200 school girls aged 15-18 were kidnapped by an extremist Muslim group called Boko Haram, whose name in the Hausa language means “Western education is a sin.” In hopes of viral pressure on Nigerian authorities to try to recover the girls, campaigns have started on the White House website, on Change.org and on Facebook to demand: “Bring Back Our Girls.” The campaigns quickly gained global attention, with Michelle Obama,
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Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest
Practitioner:
Barnard
Date:
Mar 25 2018
“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, welcoming approximately 40 zine-makers eager to share their work.
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Periplus
Practitioner:
Comusitària
Date:
Oct 1 2013
PERIPLUS 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 connections in these three fields. ​
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Circus Amok
Practitioner:
Jennifer Miller
Date:
Jan 1 1989
Circus 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.
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Camp Mossandsticks
Practitioner:
Camp Mossandsticks, Alex Tsocanos
Date:
Nov 6 2012
Camp 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 camp hosts workshops to spark the attendees’ inner political flames, challenging them to confront disenfranchisement created by the status quo and to take matters into their own hands.
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Bruce High Quality Foundation University
Practitioner:
Bruce High Quality Foundation
Date:
Sep 19 2009
The Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU) is an unaccredited, free collaborative school founded by the eponymous artist collective and presented by Creative Time.
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The Bell Podcast
Practitioner:
The Bell, Taylor McGraw
Date:
May 1 2017
"We envision a nation that provides students from underprivileged backgrounds the same caliber of public education as students from privileged backgrounds.
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Young Activists Use Art to Fight for the DREAM Act
Practitioner:
Im:Arte, Julio Salgado, Pocho-1
Date:
Jun 11 2011
The federal DREAM Act is back. This week Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the longtime champion of the bill, chaired the first ever Senate hearing on the narrow legalization effort that would allow a select population of undocumented youth a pathway toward citizenship.
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Street Theater and Arrests Mark Fiesty Cooper Union Anti-Tuition Protest
Practitioner:
Cooper Union Students
Date:
Apr 26 2012
From ARTINFOBy Benjamin Sutton"Where are the cops?" So one Cooper Union student asked another as they crossed the plaza behind the Manhattan university's Foundation Building during yesterday afternoon's protest
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Mareas
Practitioner:
various groups
Date:
Dec 6 2012
El 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.
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The contentious Quebecois: province-wide student strike enters fourth month
Practitioner:
CLASSE (Association for Solidarity Among Student Unions)
Date:
May 4 2012
In arguably the most radical political climate north of the Rio Grande, a strike by university students in Quebec has led to the biggest upsurge in civil resistance Canada has seen in decades. There’s energy and uncertainty in the streets of Montreal, the province’s largest city. The symbol of the movement: the little red felt square (“squarely in the red,” as in, broke), is ubiquitous, pinned on the jackets and
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Connecting Peace Day and Valentine's Day
Practitioner:
Valentine Peace Project (VPP)
Date:
Feb 14 2013
Valentine 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 flowers to give out with their own written reflections or submissions selected from Valentinepeaceproject.org.
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Chilean Kiss-In
Practitioner:
Chilean students
Date:
Jul 6 2011
Chile Students Stage Kissing Protest Ricardo de la Pena, UPI.com
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Book Bloc
Practitioner:
students
Date:
Nov 1 2010
The 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 austerity measures.
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On Campus, Opening Up Conversations About Sex
Practitioner:
Sex Week at Harvard
Date:
Apr 16 2012
By 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 inflated condom back and forth like a balloon.
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A is for Activist: An ABC Book for Kids of the 99%
Practitioner:
Innosanto Nagara
Date:
Nov 5 2012
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 includes playful rhymes for each letter stressing the importance of civic engagement and a participatory democracy.
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Oakland Teachers and Community Members to Protest School Closures and Co-locations
Practitioner:
Oakland Teachers and Community
Date:
Mar 31 2020
Oakland public school teachers and community members held a virtual protest on Tuesday March 31st seeking to halt permanent school closures and charter school co-locations that they say would further destabilize students during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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OWS Subway Storytelling
Practitioner:
OWS, Occupy Wall Street
Date:
Nov 17 2011
In the Fall of 2011, after the Occupy Movement was in full swing, and meetings, actions and info sharing had expanded beyond Zuccotti Park, meaningful messaging and outreach tactics were were activated on a near daily basis.
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