Projects with Clear Short-Term Goals

These projects all have short-term goals. Ideally each contributes to a campaign with a clear, well-defined path to a goal. Ideally, there are targets—people, institutions—that the project (and/or campaign) pressures and which, if pressured, can help achieve the goal.
Educational architecture: a floating school in Bangladesh
Practitioner:
Mohammed Rezwan
Date:
Jan 1 2010

What inspired you to build a school on a boat?

Gandhi Begins Fast in Protest of Caste Separation
Practitioner:
Mahatma Gandhi
Date:
Sep 16 1932

On September 16, 1932, in his cell at Yerwada Jail in Pune, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste.

Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive path
Practitioner:
ustin Pearson
Date:
Apr 18 2023

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he'd be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting. Nor did he predict that he'd be propelled into the national spotlight, placing his state at the forefront of the conversation on gun regulations.

Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive path
Practitioner:
ustin Pearson
Date:
Apr 18 2023

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he'd be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting. Nor did he predict that he'd be propelled into the national spotlight, placing his state at the forefront of the conversation on gun regulations.

Spotify removes Neil Young's music after he objects to Joe Rogan's podcast
Practitioner:
Neil Young
Date:
Jan 27 2022

Spotify has removed famed singer-songwriter Neil Young's recordings from its streaming platform.

Abortion Series
Practitioner:
Paula Rego
Date:
Jan 1 1998

In 1998 Portuguese born artist Paula Rego created a series of work entitled Untitled. The Abortion Pastels. Rego created her work in response to a referendum to legalise abortion in Portugal, which was very narrowly defeated. Each canvas depicted the image of a woman undergoing an unsafe abortion. When the series was exhibited in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, Rego recalled the whispered secrets of women in the gallery while looking at her artworks.

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