Learn about our Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator cohort Our Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator fills a gap in voter engagement work. Traditional tactics are struggling to move the people who’ve disengaged or been shut out of civic processes. This program is here to change that, providing expert guidance, tools, and funding to help leaders bring more …
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A Recap: Forging Anti-Fascist Futures
All about our political imagination workshops with Mushon Zer-Aviv “If there’s one thing to remember: the future does not exist. There are always futures.” That was Mushon Zer-Aviv’s central message in Forging Anti-Fascist Futures, a political imagination workshop series we hosted with him in January and April. When we asked participants why they wanted to …
Forging Anti-Fascist Futures Part 2: What For?
A Political Imagination Workshop applying Future Screenshots to strategic action After two inspiring offerings of Future Screenshots, Part 1 of Forging Anti-Fascist Futures, we’re excited to move into Part 2: What For? with Mushon Zer-Aviv. What For? will take place Monday, April 20, 2026 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET. Learn more below and …
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Back by Popular Demand: Forging Anti-Fascist Futures
A two-part political imagination workshop series At the start of the year, we offered Forging Anti-Fascist Futures: A Political Imagination Workshop to dream up a way forward. The workshop filled up almost immediately. Now we’re offering it again — and going deeper with a two-part series: Developed by Mushon Zer-Aviv, Future Screenshots is a method …
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Innovative Leaders Leading the Way
Learn about the amazing members of our Innovation for Impact Leadership Intensive Our Innovation for Impact Leadership Intensive is offering something rare in today’s challenging advocacy landscape. With needs for change high and typical strategies not working, our program provides space, tools, and expert guidance to think bigger and lead smarter. Launched in September, the Innovation for …
Winning with Creativity: How to Use the Powers of Art to Have More Impact
A free session as part of Netroots Nation open to all in New Orleans Join us for our Netroots Nation pre-conference workshop Wednesday, August 6th3-5 pm CT New Orleans Convention Center, Room 391 Creative campaigns win hearts, change minds, and move people to act. In this interactive workshop, expert trainers from the Center for Artistic Activism will …
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Audience Energizer Lab
Our upcoming workshop to help you reach the folks you want — and move them to act Join the Audience Energizer Lab Wednesday, July 16th | 6-7 PM Want to reach more people — and keep them coming back for more? This Lab is for you. You’ve got a powerful cause or urgent campaign — …
2025 Field Tests
Rigorous experimentation to win big We believe in the power of creative civic action — not just to inspire, but to deliver results. In a moment when democracy is under threat and movements are pushed to respond faster than ever, we need to know what truly works to reach and move people. Our 2025 Field …
Action Energizer Lab
A free workshop designed to give you practical tools and inspiring ideas to level up your activism. Register now! Join the Action Energizer Lab On Wednesday, June 25th from 6-7 pm ET, learn 9 simple techniques to make your actions more exciting, more engaging and get results. The Action Energizer Lab is a 60-minute, fast-paced workshop designed to give you practical tools and inspiring …
Event Recap: Teaching Creativity to Inspire Social Good
Watch the recording, read key takeaways, and get helpful resources On Thursday, April 17, 2025, we partnered with Project Pericles for Teaching Creativity to Inspire Social Good. This uplifting webinar focused on how creativity is a powerful tool for civic engagement and inspiring social good. During the event, participants: The webinar was for faculty and …
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From idea to impact: Watch what your support makes possible
LoudLight is a scrappy advocacy group in Kansas. A few years ago, they asked for our help because a vote was coming up that threatened Kansan’s right to abortion. LoudLight wanted to encourage young people to get involved, and the stakes were high. The vote was happening right after the Supreme Court had overturned Roe …
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Teaching Creativity to Inspire Social Good
A special event to spark innovative ideas for your civic engagement work Join us Thursday, April 17, 2025 from 4:30-5:15 pm ET as we partner with Project Pericles for an uplifting webinar about how creativity is a powerful tool for civic engagement and inspiring social good. Hear from faculty about how they’ve used innovative creative …
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Event Recap: Creative Election Engagement
Across the Curriculum and Across Your Campus This Fall On Friday, September 27th, we teamed up with Project Pericles for Creative Election Engagement Across the Curriculum and Across Your Campus This Fall. This dynamic session explored fun and interactive ways to spark creativity and get students engaged with the upcoming 2024 election. During the event, …
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Get Creative with your Election Engagement!
Join our event for educators On Friday, September 27th from 1:00-1:45 pm ET, we’re teaming up with our friends at Project Pericles for Creative Election Engagement! Join us for a dynamic exploration of interactive ways to incorporate creativity and election engagement in your classes this fall semester. At Creative Election Engagement, you’ll: This event has already …
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Faculty Fellowship: Fall 2024 Edition
Exciting updates and opportunities for engaging students this fall With U.S. Election Day fast approaching, empowering the student vote has never been more crucial. Our Unstoppable Voters Faculty Fellows are working hard to meet the moment. Our nine Fellows have spent the entire year pioneering innovative strategies to inspire and mobilize their students. This fall, …
15 Key Takeaways from our 2024 Faculty Fellowship
Let our Faculty Fellows’ pilot programs inform your teaching for the fall and beyond We’re thrilled to share the pilot projects and key takeaways of our inaugural cohort of Unstoppable Voters Faculty Fellows! This diverse group of nine exceptional faculty members from across the nation received specialized training in artistic activism and strategies for infusing …
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Creative Civic Learning: Special Event Recap
Faculty-Led Ideas to Strengthen Democracy in 2024 Presented by the Center for Artistic Activism and Project Pericles As campus educators, how can we help students overcome mental and logistical challenges to make sure their voices are heard in this major election year? By embedding creative civic learning in the classroom! Faculty across the nation are …
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Special Event! Creative Civic Learning
Faculty-Led Ideas to Strengthen Democracy in 2024 Presented by the Center for Artistic Activism and Project Pericles This event has ended. Access the full recording, takeaways, resources, and more here. As campus educators, how can we help students overcome mental and logistical challenges to make sure their voices are heard in this major election year? …
2023 Opioid Justice Campaign
Join our campaign equipping public health advocacy groups to deliver justice through creativity and culture. Finally, hard-won opioid settlement money can make it’s way from the pharmaceutical corporations held accountable for their irresponsibility to the harm-reduction groups and treatment centers working to end the overdose crisis. But fair equitable, research-based policies and practices responding to …
Back By Popular Demand: Learning Labs!
Applications are now open for our 2023 Art of Activism Learning Labs You already know the transformative impact creativity can have on social change, and now it’s time to take action. Join our global cohort in the Art of Activism Learning Lab and apply your creativity to make a real difference in the issues you’re …