Projects with Clear Long-Term Goals

These projects have long-term goals for change. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
Anti-Abortion ‘Magical Birth Canal’ Videos
Practitioner:
Laura Klassen, CHOICE42
Date:
Jun 2 2018

This Anti-Abortion Influencer Is Using ‘Magical Birth Canal’ Videos to Supercharge the Movement

Laura Klassen is using props, satire, and a pink wig to pioneer a young and edgy approach to anti-abortion messaging in Canada.

By Valerie Kipnis and Elizabeth Landers
May 4 2020, 12:45pm

March For Our Lives Keeps Going, Despite the Pandemic
Practitioner:
March for Our Lives
Date:
Mar 25 2020

The original March For Our Lives event in 2018 formed the largest youth-led protests in American history, with turnout estimated at more than 2 million in 387 districts across the nation, protesting the lack of gun control legislation. Since then, the group that started locally in Parkland, Florida, has expanded, organizing more marches, sit-ins, and bus tours. They’ve become as a disrupting force in the fight against gun violence.

Climate strikes continue online: 'We want to keep the momentum going'
Practitioner:
Climate Change Activists, Fridays for Future
Date:
Apr 22 2020

The large crowds and brightly coloured placards of the school climate strikes became some of the defining images of 2019.

“There would be lots of chanting and the energy was always amazing,” says Dominique Palmer, a 20-year-old climate activist from London who has been involved with the strikes for more than a year. “Being there with everyone in that moment is truly an electrifying feeling. It’s very different now.”

Xiuhtezcatl
Practitioner:
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez
Date:
Aug 15 2017

The new wave of hip-hop has arisen a woke generation. From it, Xiuhtezcatl — seventeen-year-old Indigenous rapper and activist — has emerged, stirring the comatose with his music.

From performing at the Standing Rock encampment with Immortal Technique and Nahko to leading the Youth v. Gov. lawsuit against the Federal Government, Xiuhtezcatl’s actions show his music is more than words.

How This Indigenous Model Is Using His Platform for Climate Activism
Practitioner:
Haatepah Clearbear
Date:
Jan 27 2020

Indigenous designers often use fashion to celebrate their culture and raise awareness around key issues affecting their community. Now, the spirit has come to the modeling world. Haatepah Clearbear is a full-time model, based in Los Angeles, who is using his platform to uplift his people. The 22-year-old’s personal Instagram page serves as a hub for his activism work, where he highlights everything from climate change to indigenous rights.

Judy Chicago Launches ‘Create Art for Earth’ Campaign With Help From Jane Fonda
Practitioner:
Judy Chicago
Date:
Apr 20 2020

Judy Chicago, the pioneering feminist artist who made the iconic 1970s work The Dinner Party, has enjoyed a long and illustrious career rife with critical approval. Now, in anticipation of Earth Day 2020, Chicago is launching a new project called Create Art For Earth, wherein people from all over the world can submit their own creations to the campaign via a corresponding hashtag. “This is no time for abstractions,” the call for art reads.

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