Sentences with phrase «social activism by»

Social activism by prominent athletes, particularly regarding issues that involve race, has taken off in the past year.

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CrowdRise, a for - profit site founded by the «Fight Club» star that fuses social networking with charitable activism, raised $ 23 million in its latest fundraising round.

The push for democracy in the Middle East labeled the Arab Spring was largely fueled by social activism.

Guerrilla Marketing To Heal The World is written by Shel Horowitz, a profitability consultant and copywriter for green and social change businesses, braids together 40 + years in both marketing and environmental activism.

Heimans and Timms spoke with MarketWatch by telephone recently about new power and its influence on government, corporate governance, social activism and public opinion.

The NEA failed to reach its goal, however, not just because it was dumb enough to finance the infamous Piss Christ, the anti-Catholic propaganda of homosexual activism, along with Robert Mapplethorpe's sadomasochistic sex photographs, but because it became somehow seized by the wrong - headed notion that art is good only when it sets itself against the political and social status quo.

From the AIDS crisis to transgenderism, it has assumed that medical technology and government activism will pay the mortgage on the debts — physical and social — created by behavior which exalts personal desire while eschewing personal responsibility.

The point I am leading up to is that for many laymen the gospel of liberal social activism offered to them by many pastors, denominational headquarters, and ecumenical leaders has not come as good news.

The achievements in the area of social justice, initiated by the socio - political activism of people such as Nelson Mandella, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, attest to the fact that God is present and when political activism, in the area of social justice is being carried out by Believers.

This point of view has been popularized by the phrase «Do your own thing,» and it has resulted in an affirmation of just about every goal imaginable within the plethora of possible objectives that people could choose — pleasure, power, wealth, prestige, even violent activism for social betterment.

But to say that councils dug their own grave by their excessive social activism certainly is an oversimplification.

In the age of celebrity activism, social justice and a renewed passion by the Church to get involved in practical outreach initiatives, it's easy to be overwhelmed with where to...

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Move Forward New York is a citizen action group committed to promoting social justice, preserving civil rights, and ensuring environmental conservation by encouraging participation in the political process on all levels through education, collaboration, and activism.

A number of features stand out: gender; left - wing identity; social liberalism; campaign activism; feelings about the leadership; and the possibility that the ranks of the newer members, and those that support Jeremy Corbyn, may have been swollen by what we call «educated left - behinds» — people who, given their qualifications, might have been expecting to earn more than they currently do.

Some are determined to prove that social and religious conservatism is driven by religious preaching inside the mosques and political activism undertaken by mainstream Muslim organisations.

Iran's regime knows first - hand how powerful online activism can be: street protests after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009 were in part fomented by social media.

The fat acceptance movement is currently experiencing its third wave, mostly fueled by online activism on popular social media.

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A crystal stage, clips of classic films and appearances by veteran stars projected a nostalgic glow, but the ceremony crackled with contemporary politics and social activism related to sexual misconduct and immigration rights.

Broncos» Brandon Marshall to Be Honored by Harvard for Stance Against Social Injustice (Denver Post) Brandon Marshall, an NFL linebacker, was awarded for his social activism at the 15th annual HGSE Alumni of Color ConfeSocial Injustice (Denver Post) Brandon Marshall, an NFL linebacker, was awarded for his social activism at the 15th annual HGSE Alumni of Color Confesocial activism at the 15th annual HGSE Alumni of Color Conference.

This article examines the case of the Winston Society, a short - lived wikispace created by a high school English teacher to foster collaborative knowledge - making and social activism among educators.

She was previously a high school teacher in Washington, DC, where she was inspired by students» political interest and activism and wondered what teachers could do to build stronger connections between history / social studies classes and students» political lives.

Featuring works by Emma Amos, Jeff Donaldson, Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Loïs Mailou Jones, Barbara Jones - Hogu, Samella Lewis, Lorraine O'Grady, Howardena Pindell, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others, the show presents a diverse group of artists who lived and worked at the intersection of art production, political activism and social change.

Early works from the 1980s emerged in the wake of explosive changes in political, social and cultural conditions marked by the AIDS crisis, a fervent discourse on sexuality and gender, and feminist activism.

An interesting panel curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist brought together three young African artists — Zanele Muholi, Nandipha Mntambo and Athi - Patra Ruga — who all use art to explore social, political and cultural activism of one sort or another.

Click here to read the first installment of Julie Martin «s essay looking at the roots of Robert Rauschenberg's social and environmental activism, and those ties with the ongoing Marfa Dialogues / New York program sponsored in part by the Rauschenberg Foundation.

Three photographs of Occupy protesters, the worldwide movement against economic and social inequality, by artist Alfredo Jaar pay homage to Golub's lifelong activism as both a citizen and an artist.

Social activism through art will be explored further with programming at both museums, inspired by Bradford's Art + Practice Foundation, which he founded with philanthropist and collector Eileen Harris Norton, and social activist Allan DiCSocial activism through art will be explored further with programming at both museums, inspired by Bradford's Art + Practice Foundation, which he founded with philanthropist and collector Eileen Harris Norton, and social activist Allan DiCsocial activist Allan DiCastro.

Social activism and art will be explored further through programming at both museums, inspired by Bradford's Art + Practice Foundation, which he founded with philanthropist and collector Eileen Harris Norton and social activist Allan DiCSocial activism and art will be explored further through programming at both museums, inspired by Bradford's Art + Practice Foundation, which he founded with philanthropist and collector Eileen Harris Norton and social activist Allan DiCsocial activist Allan DiCastro.

Talking to Action: Art, Pedagogy, and Activism in the Americas (2017) / $ 20 / Distributed for School of the Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago Social Practice History Series Available for purchase online at The University of Chicago Press http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo28124825.html Softcover 175 pages 51 halftones, 1 line drawing 6 x 9 inches ISBN: 9780930209445 Edited by Bill Kelley, Jr. and Rebecca Zamora, with Contributions by Maria Fernanda Cartagena, David Gutiérrez Castañeda, Bill Kelley, Jr., Grant Kester, André Mesquita, Karen Moss, Jennifer Ponce de León, and Paulina Varas.

A new exhibition, on view April 9 — August 21, 2011, entitled Unsettled: Photography and Politics in Contemporary Art, in the Julien Levy Gallery in the Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents work by nine artists who used photography to address some of the most salient political and social issues of the late 1970s through the early 1990s, including feminism, racism, the AIDS crisis, and gay activism.

Traversing mediums such as performance, photography and social activism, Liu dissects the tense relationship between the individual and society by «disappearing» into environments which are sites of intrigue, contention and criticism.

Inspired by Civil War reenactments, recent performances have combined art and social activism to stage modern - day musters (rallies), asking uniformed participants, «What are you fighting for?»

YBCA presents a conversation with artist Lynn Hershman Leeson and filmmaker, artist, and writer Eleanor Coppola, moderated by art historian, critic, and curator Amelia Jones, that brings focus to Hershman Leeson's early pioneering works of radical social performances and activism of the 1960s — 1980s.

Work by KP Brehmer and Ludmila Seefried - Matejkova who were active in West Berlin during that time period are presented along side Suzy Lake's Boundaries series from 1985 and which were made in reaction to her disillusionment with the social activism she was involved in while working with the Sandinistas in Nicaragua.

Nicholas Cohn Art Projects is pleased to present Art and Social Activism, a group exhibition featuring an international roster of artists working in a range of media, from painting and sculpture to video and performance, connected by their focus on social issues of national and global coSocial Activism, a group exhibition featuring an international roster of artists working in a range of media, from painting and sculpture to video and performance, connected by their focus on social issues of national and global cosocial issues of national and global concern.

Works variously informed by social and political questioning, countercultural histories, the deconstruction of media and art history images include sculpture by Eva Rothschild and installations by Alan Phelan and Garrett Phelan for whom political and ecological activism is central.

By exploring how the roles of these artists cross into the realm of activism, the show brings to the fore timely political tensions and social movements that are unfolding across the country.

The same year, objecting to a work that exposed New York slumlords because the museum was not a proper place for social and political activism, Mr. Messer canceled a show by Hans Haacke shortly before it was to open, leading to accusations of censorship.

Judithe Hernandez and Patssi Valdez: One Path Two Journeys through January 28th Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona in participation with Pacific Standard Time: La / LA By Mario Vasquez What happens when two women artists, whose artistic practice involved political and social activism, begin painting?

Join Moroccan - French visual artist Bouchra Khalili and American interdisciplinary filmmaker Cauleen Smith (Corbett vs. Dempsey), moderated by Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum Alison Gass, for a conversation about national identity and social activism in moving image and media.

PROTEST RALLY SOCIAL ACTIVISM HONG KONG Many protest rallies are occurring around the world this weekend, of of which are calling for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, taken into custody by Chinese police last week.

Playing on feminist themes that Chicago has explored throughout her career, local artists Niomi Fawn, Thais Mather and Lucy Madeline will illuminate the continued vitality of the powerful social movement that was bolstered by Chicago's artworks and activism.

Unsettled presented work by nine artists who used photography to address some of the most controversial political and social issues of the late 1970s through the early 1990s, including feminism, racism, the AIDS crisis, and gay activism.

I find comfort in being with people who are concerned and interested in learning more about what they can do, and I am inspired by people who are organizing efforts such as letter writing campaigns, marches, stream clean - ups, and social justice activism.

Whether it's the social media - driven activism of # 2MinuteBeachClean, the commerce - financed clean ups of United By Blue, or the high - tech, High Seas clean up arrays of Boylan Slat, we inevitably hear complaints that clean up is simply a band aid solution.

My province is the Canadian, and perhaps the North American, epicenter of two important social movements — environmentalism and rights activism by aboriginal peoples.»

They have been replaced by a new set of moldable beliefs, which accommodate scientific advocacy and activism for the social good.

It is only propped up by the billions of vested interests in all derivatives of the CO2 scheme and now that post modern science has been unmasked for what it is - a pretext -, the true face of political activism, the social sciences in which you pulled your «denier» term, is showing up, eagerly expecting that after years of brainwashing, fear mongering, propaganda spewed on the masses through main stream media - often linked to vested green interests Thomson Reuters for instance -, that «action» will come thanks to uneducated zealots, incapable of understanding the science, eagerly parroting arguments of authority and willing to serve their new masters.