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Case Studies: 6 Ways Progressive Movements Are Using Values-Aligned AI
What this technology looks like when it’s built by creative people who are actually in the fight. 1. DebunkBot One great example is Debunkbot, an AI tool that has the conversation you’ve been dreading with your uncle at Thanksgiving. The one about whatever conspiracy theory he’s onto now and all the details, unhinged arguments, gish-galloping –…
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The Powers of Art
Art is powerful. And social scientists can tell us why. A couple years ago, Center for Artistic Activism Executive Director Rebecca Bray started to research what social scientists tell us about the powers of art. She dug into the literature looking at the role art and creativity play in our world. Rebecca wanted to put…
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How Pop Culture Can Help Activists
Pop culture has a lot to teach us about successful creative campaigns. Reality dating shows, tabloid magazines, telenovelas, Bollywood movies, football matches, K-pop songs, video games, and that commercial you can’t get out of your head can all help you generate effective campaign ideas. Are we encouraging you to watch reality TV shows instead of…
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How South African Sex Workers changed the conversation
Discover how one organization harnessed the power of artistic activism to revolutionize the sex worker movement in South Africa. From fake political campaigns to skeleton bureaucrats, learn how artistic activism can effect policy, shift narratives, and inspire change. Dive into the story of how SWEAT’s collaboration with the Center for Artistic Activism led to groundbreaking…
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The Center Recommends: Art Works
💘 This week, the Center recommends “Art Works: How Organizers and Artists are Creating a Better World Together” (2023) by Ken Grossinger. According to our own Steve Duncombe, “focusing on stories of artists and organizers collaborating over a wide range of movements, in Art Works Ken Grossinger establishes the key principle for success when using…
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Get inspired with rats
Learn about Julius Hobson’s amazing 1960s artistic activism campaign As my home city of New York has appointed a rat czar and recently held its first Anti-Rat Day of Action to try to get our rat problem under control, I’m reminded of Julius Hobson and how he took on a rat problem in Washington, DC,…
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Have you Mapped your Creative Process?
We really love this simple illustration of the creative process we use in our creative advocacy trainings at the Center for Artistic Activism.
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How Creative Hoaxes and Pranks Can Inspire Your Next Artistic Activism Campaign
Inspiration can come from unexpected sources. In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, here’s a few hoaxes, pranks, and stunts that have inspired me, and might inspire an element of your next successful artistic action. Steve Lambert Czech Dream How two filmmakers pulled off a massive ad campaign for a superstore that turned out to…
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Unstoppable Voters: Pittsburgh DSA
Pittsburgh DSA created an Unstoppable Voters Project – a series of Center for Artistic Activism supported works that protect the freedom to vote with creativity and innovation. Pittsburgh DSA Pittsburgh DSA volunteers mobilized two months of deep canvassing, to hear neighbors’ stories of housing insecurity and help them register to vote and make voting plans.…
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Unstoppable Voters: MUNA and HeadCount on Tour!
The Ally Coalitions’s MUNA and HeadCount on Tour! is an Unstoppable Voters Project – a series of Center for Artistic Activism supported works that protect the freedom to vote with creativity and innovation. MUNA and HeadCount on Tour! Founded in 2013 by Jack Antonoff (Bleachers) and fashion designer Rachel Antonoff, The Ally Coalition (TAC) is…
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Unstoppable Voters: Spin the Vote
#ArtistsWhoVote’s Spin the Vote is an Unstoppable Voters Project – a series of Center for Artistic Activism supported works that protect the freedom to vote with creativity and innovation. Spin the Vote The collective #ArtistsWhoVote activated a variety of locations in and around Arizona State University in October and November 2022. Through a series of…
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Unstoppable Voters: Black Ballots, Black Futures
YBLOC’s Black Ballots, Black Futures 2022 is an Unstoppable Voters Project – a series of Center for Artistic Activism supported works that protect the freedom to vote with creativity and innovation. Written by Abdul Dosunmu, Founder & Chief Strategist of YBLOC Black Ballots, Black Futures 2022 In the 2022 midterm election, the Young Black Lawyers’…
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