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[Global Grassroots @GrassrootsViews]

A collective of street performers in Kinshasa turns their bodies into living sculptures & uses the amazing results for political ends.

Cool @Actipedia entry via @theC4AA abt creative #grassroots #activism tactics raising awareness to bring about change: https://t.co/oNBUrWvRMr

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Behold the endless creativity & bravery of the protestors resisting the military coup in #Myanmar

#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #HearTheVoiceOfMyanmar

[Latt Thone Chaung @LattThone]

Protestors troll police by circling around the intersection - at one point everyone stopped to tie their shoe laces. #trollthecouo #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #HearTheVoiceOfMyammar

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

“When you start looking closely, every successful activist movement involves creativity, culture, and innovation...what we realized in the end is that *all successful activism is artistic activism*" - @srduncombe

https://t.co/wHALJftxId

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

As we listen to closing arguments from the trial of Derek Chauvin, we remember this beautiful action honoring George Floyd - "They're Going To Kill Me" (2020) from @jammielholmes

Planes carrying Floyd's last words flew over 5 US cities

https://t.co/MOmYuuc3hZ

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Happy #freethevaccine Friday!

We love this footage from the London Carnival March - July 27, 2020

#cuteness as an act of resistance 💕

Sign the pledge for a People’s Vaccine:

https://t.co/iM2LiAwJOI

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Rain of Poems dropped thousands of poems written by local and Chilean poets over cities previously bombed in military conflict. A poetic act of reclaiming history and international solidarity.

What other #poeticactivism has moved you?

https://t.co/8svPaaAIU6

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

We simply love to see poetic activism!

Hurray for @TrapetaMayson + @FreeLibrary + @kellywritershse for creating a hotline where you can hear poems AND be connected to wellness services.

https://t.co/4g0nqOkc4H

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Here we see @SumOfUs creatively placing big tech at the scene of the crime, amplifying the issue of accountability + activating folks to learn more about the role of big tech in the Jan 6 riots and online extremism

https://t.co/6fYNj3FDsL

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

We’re looking for new entries of inspiring moments of artistic activism!

Submit Now: https://t.co/GX8yJ0AhIu

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Happy International Women’s Day to all women + womxn + girls + grrrls 💕

We’re inspired by this 2018 action from @WomanProjectHQ & artist Tammy Brown that led to the codification of Roe v. Wade into Rhode Island law

Quilts + Performance = Change 🔥

#InternationalWomensDay

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Extinction Rebellion @XRebellionUK floated a house down the Thames this weekend. It's our latest featured project on Actipedia:
https://t.co/SkQHqn3KfX

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Glory to Hong Kong - Protesters create their own national anthem. (And perform it as an orchestra.)

https://t.co/VfeN98uVqH

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Intervention by Karyn Alzayer at the Boston public gardens. She put chicken wire cages around the iconic “Make Way for Ducklings” statue, separating the baby ducklings from the mother duck at the head of the line https://t.co/YYDajfVEnl #childseparation #artistactivism

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Featured Project: Central Methodist Church helps de-stigmatize Sex Workers in South Africa with giant banner: JESUS WAS THE FIRST TO DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK.
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https://t.co/HU4Z9CGKgg

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Featured Project: The Teddy Bear Catapult - Activists opposing the FTAA began gently lobbing teddy bears into lines of riot cops. https://t.co/vN8YSs8KMG @BTroublemakers #Actipedia

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Red Cross of Argentina stages melting men on sidewalks to raise climate change awareness. The men hand out fliers urging spectators to use public transportation, conserve water, and be more energy efficient. https://t.co/nGOmJS99HF @Federation #Actipedia

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Featured Project: The People’s Republic of Stokes Croft is using street art to preserve the identity of Bristol’s most culturally diverse neighborhood and counteract the amount of corporate advertising. https://t.co/OuqWatJFPI @PRStokesCroft #Actipedia

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Beat Making Labs creates sustainable music studios with youth in PBS Digital Studios web series. https://t.co/axzYUBIuf8 @BeatMakingLab #Actipedia

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Featured Project: Making the Wall Disappear - the San Diego Symphony performs John Luther Adams percussion work, "Inuksuit" at the U.S. - Mexico border. https://t.co/SwO2J6UiB0 @SanDiegoSymph #Actipedia

[Actipedia @Actipedia]

Featured Project: Activist group @Avaaz borrows tactic from “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” to raise gun control awareness. Three red billboards read: "Slaughtered in school? And still no gun control? How come, Marco Rubio?" https://t.co/nIswUVpZk4 #Actipedia