Sentences with phrase «make social activism»

AW: Our goal should be to make social activism for social progress sexy.

The idea is to make social activism more seamless.

Not exact matches

The more serious effort to concern itself primarily with ethical rather than theological problems, as the followers of Bonhoeffer have done, has led them outside the framework of biblical language and judgment, and has tended to dissolve their religious answers either into personal morality or social activism which, while serious in its intention, has made them weathercocks turning freely in the cultural winds.

A much more popular medium in Tunisia than Twitter, it was also a more visual one — photos and videos posted on Facebook made the protesters» case in a visceral way (for instance, Nour said that it was an online video that provoked «a physical response» that persuaded her to make the jump into open activism) as they spread through people's online social circles.

Leaders in the social - justice, nonprofit and activism sectors made up a disproportionate share of those appointed to help the mayor - elect choose top administrative officials, advise on policy ideas and even help guide his approach to the budget.

Both principal actors have a strong enough sense of their characters, even as they're pulled into increasingly harrowing places, to make the film a more successful one than Loach's last few, but it's still schematic and predictable, and it aggressively stacks the deck against Blake and Kattie in a way that makes it more effective as social activism, and less so as drama.

«Teaching to make pajamas is one thing but to see a kid excited about activism, social justice, and art is another thing entirely,» she says.

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.

What comparisons can be made between the animal activism movement and other social movements, such as civil rights and environmental movements?

Other exhibitions such as «It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice: With Emory Douglas, and the Black Panther Party, Africobra, and Contemporary Washington Artists» at American University in Washington, D.C., and «Ruddy Roye: When Living is a Protest» at Steven Kasher, make the connection between earlier black rights movements and today's Black Lives Matters activism.

Seen through the eyes of collective discussion and decision - making, the collection at its center articulates the politicized engagement against right - wing social and economic policy that emerged in 1980s and 90s New York, not least the activism that solidified around the AIDS Crisis.

«It's not often that artworks that emerge out of community activism and social practices get center stage in art galleries, which makes the latest exhibit at Otis College of Art and Design a particularly unique and poignant one.

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.

Johns says the Zilkha Center is also partnering with the Davis Center, the college's social justice and activism hub, to look at how students can make real change on environmental issues.

Margarita Cabrera's socio - political multi-media art combines studio practice and social activism, often as a means of «venerating the lives of Mexican immigrants, paying careful attention to the contributions of the women who make consumer goods that are sold in the United States.»

Youth groups from all over the Twin Cities have been working with the Guerrilla Girls to create Made Here window showcases in the downtown Minneapolis Cultural District that express young perspectives on social issues, art and activism.

Tillmans's embrace of an overtly aesthetic approach to image making alongside a personal commitment to political activism and social justice may have suggested to Klein an alternative way of working to the more rigorously institutional critique - driven aspects of his New York environment.

The Ohio - born, Los Angeles - based Bowers has created an exhibit at the intersection of social justice, political activism and art making.

Several of the New York School painters who first made American art a cultural force in the world were in rebellion against an earlier generation committed to social activism in art and communism in politics.

In five essays, renowned art historian and critic Terry Smith describes how today curators take on roles far beyond exhibition making, to include reimagining museums; writing the history of curating; creating discursive platforms and undertaking social or political activism, as well as rethinking spectatorship.

From even these cursory observations, we see that the simple dichotomous view of «international» vs «grassroots» activism makes less and less sense.In one «workshop» about 40 of us shared what frustrated us and what we appreciated about our own and each others» social and environmental activism across the spectrum.

The show's focus on not only politics but activism and social justice are sure to make it a winner and provide a unique place in the growing world of political podcasts.

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