Movements
Explore social, political, and cultural movements that have shaped history and continue to drive change today. Access multimedia archives including documentaries, speeches, protests, art, and cultural productions that capture the spirit, strategies, and impact of movements fighting for justice, equality, and social transformation.
Jessica Thornton / Graphic Artivist
On today's episode we welcome Jessica Thornton. Graphic Artivist based out of Anchorage, Alaska. We discuss Jessica's work with the Native Movement along with the unique journey they took to finding their community. From Finland, to Amsterdam, to Anchorage, Jessica describes the importance of intersectionality to the work she does. Insta: @jessicathorntondesigns @native_mvmt jessicathorntondesigns.com
Kyle Roman
On Reproductive Rights and Subverting the 1%, Pt. 1
Anonymous "Doc" from Denver, CO, is a Family Medicine practitioner who lists termination of pregnancy as one of the services he provides and has been providing for the past 25-plus years. In addition to earning his MD, he also has a degree in Public Health. He practices family medicine, teaches, and takes on interns who wish to learn about the historical facts, public health effects, and procedural techniques of terminating pregnancies. Doc has first-hand accounts of the threats to the safety of providers and women seeking abortion services, a deep appreciation for radical feminist literature, and is doing important work to keep women alive, intact, and safe.
BodyPolitic
Aruna Rao | Activist, feminist and co-founder of Gender At Work
“We need to centre care, care in the widest sense of the word, as we try to rebuild in this post COVID era.”Aruna Rao is a feminist, an activist, and the co-founder of Gender At Work, an international network dedicated to building new cultures of equality and inclusion.In a passionate and wide-ranging conversation that opens with Aruna’s rendition of the spiritual Wade in the Water, Kumi and Aruna explore hope, fear, Black Lives Matter, intersectionality and structural change. They ask whether we have been failed by the institutions that were set up to protect us – the police, social services, the UN, development charities and aid agencies – and whether it’s better to try to change them from within, or tear them down and start again?This episode was recorded on Juneteenth 2021, a date that celebrates African American culture and the end of slavery – as well as the first Juneteenth to be recognised as a US federal holiday.----------------------Produced by the Green Economy Coalition,...
Power, People and Planet
Ashish Kothari | Environmental activist and co-founder of Kalpavriksh
“Understanding that actually power lies inherent in us. It’s the responsibility and the rights and the beauties and the power to actually change society from within and outside.”Ashish Kothari is an Indian green activist, scholar and co-founder of the Kalpavriksh Environmental Action Group. He has served as chair of Greenpeace India, on the board of Greenpeace International and has been active with a number of people’s movements. He has also been part of the Indian government’s Environmental Appraisal Committee and other government initiatives. In this episode, Kumi and Ashish discuss alternatives to how societies can govern themselves, the need for radical ecological democracy and how activists can fight back against increasingly hostile governments.----------------------Produced by the Green Economy Coalition, the world’s largest movement for a green and fair economy: https://greeneconomycoalition.orgAshish Kothari on Twitter: @chikikothariKalpavriksh website: https://kalpavriksh....
Power, People and Planet
Disha Ravi | Climate and Environmental Activist
“There are no prisons big enough for ideas. They can’t put our ideas behind bars. Your movement and what you work for will always be bigger than you.”Disha Ravi is an Indian climate and environmental activist. She is a founder and active member of Fridays For Future India with a focus on “MAPA” (most affected people and areas). Her arrest and detention by the Indian government in February of 2021 was met with widespread international condemnation. In conversation with Kumi, Disha shares her perspective as a youth climate leader from the Global South. She explains what it means to be part of a movement that is bigger than oneself, how the climate struggle differs between rich and poor countries, and speaks passionately about what brings her inspiration and keeps her fighting.----------------------Produced by the Green Economy Coalition, the world’s largest movement for a green and fair economy: https://greeneconomycoalition.orgDisha on Twitter: @disharaviiDisha on Instagram: @dishara...
Power, People and Planet
Artivism Dance Theatre Presents| MOVEment for change ( Trailer)
A night of socially themed Art. May,19th- 21st,2017. At: 1941 Arts St, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA For More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movement... For more information contact us on: artivismdancetheatre@gmail.com Follow us: Facebook: / artivismdancetheatre Twitter: / artivismdance Youtube: / @artivism_dance Instagram: / artivismdance Music: Louis Armstrong - Ain't Got That Swing (Steezmonks Remix) • Louis Armstrong - Ain't Got That Swing (St... Download / Buy: https://steezmonks.toneden.io/spotlig... NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use
Artivism Dance Theatre
Slow Down
This performance and video project was created during the artivism Gathering in Budapest, October 2020 "Our life today has accelerated to an unbelievable speed. We built a world and a system based on consumption, greed and thoughtlessness. We produce to then throw away, we drill and dig until there is nothing left, we keep animals in cruel circumstances to slaughter them, some of which then we simply just throw in the trash, while we drive other species to extinction. We make our fellow humans work as slaves for our luxury , while we preach love and care, shutting an eye on reality. The human, sitting on what our kind produced and left to rot, which is now taken back by nature. Imagining the constant destruction we created , it walks us through a trip in their mind. Each act pressures the planet, each act takes us closer to decay. Building up towards the total crash, now is the time to slow down. Now is the time to change, to take action, to lighten the weight which we put on this world. Now is the time to wake up. Through this change, the human thinks about life where we are not exploiting our resources, it imagines a life where we create harmony between nature and humans , where we care for what we take, and we respect it."
Artivism Dance Theatre
Time to Choose Our Future: #NoMVP
On December 11, 2021, more than three hundred water protectors gathered at Dogwood Dell Amphitheater in Richmond, Virginia for a Violation Vigil to bring visual and spoken witness to the hundreds of harmful water violations already committed by the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Their conclusion? The State Water Control Board must not approve a new water permit for this fracked gas construction project when it meets Tuesday, December 14 in Richmond. The Violation Vigil featured keynote speaker, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II of the Poor People’s Campaign and Repairers of the Breach, as well as coalition leaders, powerful musical performances, puppetry and art. Perhaps most powerful was the reading by 300 individuals from across the region of one documented violation - where and when it occurred and what kind of damage was caused. This ritual gave voice to a large and diverse community of mutual respect and fierce determination. If completed, MVP greenhouse gas emissions would equal 23 coal fired power plants and would damage the habitats of endangered and threatened species, inevitably adding more harm and further clogging of pristine and sensitive waterways with sediment and construction runoff. The Virginia State Water Control Board will vote to either approve or deny this Clean Water Act permit on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 in Richmond, Virginia. Water protectors are needed. Details are below: State Water Control Board Meeting Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 10:00 AM Gallery, Community College Workforce Alliance 1651 East Parham Road, Richmond, VA 23228 The Violation Vigil to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline featured: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II Co- Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival President, Repairers of the Breach Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck 7 Directions of Service Russell Chisholm Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights (POWHR) Delegate Sam Rasoul Virginia House of Delegates, 11th District David Sligh Conservation Director, Wild Virginia Emily Satterwhite Appalachians Against Pipelines Sonya Taylor Sunrise Movement Roanoke Yara Allen Director of Theomusicology & Cultural Arts, Repairers of the Breach Co-Director of Theomusicology & Movement Arts, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Joe Troop No BS! Brass Band Members of After Jack & of the SUN SiNG Collective “Weaving Waters” was written by Bernadette “BJ” Lark and performed by the SUN SiNG Collective. Videography: Sarah Hazlegrove Films The Violation Vigil Project was a collaboration between 7 Directions of Service, Appalachian Voices, ARTivism Virginia, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Earthfolk Collective, Food & Water Watch, Friends of Buckingham, Green New Deal Virginia, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Protect Our Water Heritage Rights, Repairers of the Breach, Richmond Interfaith Climate Justice League, S.A.V.E., Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, Virginia Organizing, & Wild Virginia. Visit ARTivism Virginia on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/artivismvirginia Instagram: www.instagram.com/artivism_virginia Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/artivismvirginia YouTube: / artivismvirginia #TimeToChooseOurFuture #WaterIsLife #ManiBiwa #ManiEnIse #NoMVP #NoMVPSouthgate #WEWILLWIN
ARTivism Virginia
Arachne’s Weavers: Making Fiber Arts Accessible, Building Community, & Inspiring Change
Adelphi University Student organization, Arachne’s Weavers, a fiber arts organization is dedicated to creating an inclusive, accessible space on campus where students can explore and share their love for fiber arts, regardless of level of experience, making these centuries old arts accessible while learning more about them from each other. A central mission of the organization is to make fiber arts accessible by providing materials, resources, and workshops, ensuring these time-honored crafts are available to everyone. We celebrate and promote a variety of fiber arts from diverse cultures, acknowledging the cultural significance and social impact of these practices. Founded on the belief that fiber arts can foster community, creativity, and social change, this presentation highlights our journey, from our founding to the initiatives that use fiber arts as a tool for bridging cultural divides and inspiring positive social impact. Presenters: Wallie M.: Arachne Weavers Founder and President of Arachne’s Weavers, Wallie has a lifelong background in fiber arts, having grown up with a South Asian seamstress in the house, she learned how to sew by the age of 6 solely by using fabric scraps and borrowed needles/thread, spending countless recesses mending classmate’s stuffed animals and clothes. She learned how to crochet by the age of 9 after stumbling across an old crochet hook once belonging to her relatives and it made her wonder how many other arts she could be proficient at if she had access to more materials at that age. Inspired by the accessibility challenges of fiber materials and the cultural value of these skills, Wallie aims to make fiber arts more accessible & to educate the community on all the little ways they show up around the world and in our daily lives. Wallie is currently studying Psychology & Computer Science (Information Security) at Adelphi University, blending creative and technical skills to lead Arachne’s Weavers in meaningful projects. Tahreem Shah: Treasurer of Arachne’s Weavers, Tahreem has self-taught herself many forms of fiber art such as embroidery, sewing, and crochet when she was young. However, throughout middle school and high school she mainly focused on 2D art. With her background in 2D art she is now re-teaching herself fiber arts alongside members of the club. Tahreem aims to show members of the club the beauty of the process of learning a new skill. She believes that the most important step is taking the courage to start, and hopes that with her learning alongside her peers, she can foster a supportive environment that welcomes mistakes. Tahreem is majoring in Computer Science (Software Engineering) and double minoring Graphic Design and Video Game Design at Adelphi University. She hopes to blend technology and art to help create and support new projects in Arachne’s Weavers. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
Artivism 4 shared humanity
Exploring the Energy of Colors, Danielle Chery
Where Colors Do the Talking Exploring the energy of colors with Danielle Chery. This presentation explores the energy of colors and the feelings they have the power to evoke through abstract art creations. Danielle M. Chery is a self-trained artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of the award-winning home decor business DMC Original Art, which has been recognized in national magazine and newspaper publications, including the Yoga Journal, NY Amsterdam News, and the LA Sentinel. Danielle creates functional abstract art for residential and commercial spaces and draws inspiration from the colorful flow of nature. She uses a fluid art technique as a moving meditation practice to create abstract marble-like designs on wooden and ceramic materials with acrylic paints and epoxy resin. Danielle is also a teaching artist, partnering with community-based organizations to facilitate classes for youth, adults, and senior citizens. Most recently, she has been collaborating with Sing for Hope to design and paint pianos with senior citizens in NYC. Additionally, Danielle has years of experience as a published children’s author, English as a Second Language teacher for adults, nonprofit manager of volunteer events, and Community School Director. She values community, collaboration, and using artistic expression as a way to heal and connect with others. Sponsored by Artivism: The Power of Art for Social Transformation. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
Artivism 4 shared humanity
esTratos serie Arte y censura: Cruces entre arte y activismo con Lía Villares
Conversación con Lía Villares, escritora, artivista y músico. Lía traza una cartografía crítica del activismo en Cuba durante las dos primeras décadas del 2000. Desde los talleres literarios con Jorge Alberto Aguiar y la producción de la revista Cacharro(s), hasta Porno para Ricardo, el boom de los blogs en la Isla con el activismo de Yoani Sánchez, el proyecto Varela de Oswaldo Payá, el desarrollo de Estado de Sats, las Damas de Blanco, Cuba Decide, Galería el Círculo, la campaña en contra del decreto 349, Movimiento San Isidro. Lía ha sido una testigo de la actividad opositora en Cuba en los últimos veinte años y cuenta de primera mano las tensiones y conflictos entre disidentes, las estrategias del poder estatal para controlar y administrar las tensiones y las distintas formas de resistencia desde la Isla y fuera de ella para contestar al poder.
Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR)
#esTratos serie Destierros, con el periodista independiente Hector Luis Valdés Cocho.
#esTratos serie #Destierros, con el periodista independiente y miembro del Movimiento San Isidro (MSI) Hector Luis Valdés Cocho [@hectorvaldescocho] y la anfitriona Grethel Domenech.
Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR)
#esTratos: serie Destierros, con el activista (MSI) y periodista independiente Esteban Rodríguez.
#esTratos, serie #Destierros, contará con el activista del Movimiento San Isidro (MSI) y periodista independiente Esteban Rodríguez, junto a la anfitriona la historiadora Grethel Domenech.
Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR)
#FreeFromGas Guerrilla Projection, Gastech Confrence, Italy- Milan.
Gastech: We invest in death Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion Italy carried out an enormous "guerrilla" projection on the venue of the 2022 Gastech Conference in Milan, exposing the destructive consequences of this criminal industry. Fossil gas is just another dirty fossil fuel that emits CO2 when burnt and leaks methane (a super potent greenhouse gas) all along its supply chain. As the climate crisis intensifies, any new gas investments are investments in death and destruction. #CleanGasIsADirtyLie! Companies like BP, Shell, and ENI are making billions in profits off of an #EnergyCrisis they helped create, cashing out on the war in Ukraine and financing dictatorships worldwide. The salaries of their CEOs are paid for by consumers whose utility bills are strangling them. We won't be fooled by events like Gastech. THE GAS ERA MUST END! Now is the time to accelerate the transition away from ALL fossil fuels and radically scale up decentralized renewable energy, electrification, and energy efficiency across Europe.
Artivist Network
#FreeFromGas #GatacaGazul Guerrilla Projections- Mediaş (Romgaz HQ), Romania
In the middle of a rainy summer night in Medias, Romania, a group of climate activists from Gastivists Romania and Fridays For Future Romania beamed protest slogans like “No More Gas” and “Black Sea + Romgaz = Dead Sea” onto the headquarters of Romgaz, the largest fossil gas extraction company in the country. The action denounced the company’s shortsighted and destructive efforts to explore and drill for more fossil gas in the Black Sea, and in particular, the proposed Neptun Deep project, which the company and the national government justify as being necessary to reduce Russian gas imports. The activists demanded that Romgaz admit that the fossil fuel era has come to end and stressed that all gas extraction fuels climate chaos, war, and militarization. They also expressed solidarity with the gas industry workers, underscoring that Romgaz has the moral responsibility to ensure that its workers transition into truly sustainable and green jobs of the future.
Artivist Network
Spring 2024 Inaugural Presentation: Art of the Trusted Messenger in Healthcare
Dr. Jorge O. Moreno discusses his path from undocumented immigrant to Faculty in Medicine, the lack trust in Latinx community for healthcare system. Keynote address by Brooklyn-based artist, author and community activist Danielle M. Chery. Artivism Ambassador: Zoe Laidlow Dr. Jorge O. Moreno is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine where he works as an internist and obesity medicine specialist. Dr. Moreno is originally from Mexico and was the first college graduate and doctor in his family. He graduated with a BA from Columbia College in 2006 and received his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2011. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Yale Primary Care Program in 2014. Initially, he worked in an internal medicine community practice in Connecticut, and in 2018, returned to Yale as faculty in the clinician-educator track. He developed an interest for caring for patients with obesity and started a subspecialty obesity medicine clinic as part of his internal medicine practice. At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Moreno has focused on developing obesity medicine curricula for medical students, physician associate students and medical residents. Recently, Dr. Moreno was a featured obesity medicine expert in an Emmy-winning special by Telemundo/Yale Center for Clinical Investigation—Cirugía Que Tranforma Vidas. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced his clinical practice, he cared for patients with COVID-19 on the inpatient COVID units and in the outpatient setting throughout the pandemic in Connecticut. He quickly recognized not only the lack of information in Spanish about COVID-19 and the vaccines available, but also the vaccine hesitancy that existed in the Hispanic community. His focus turned to educating this community about COVID-19 in English and Spanish. Teaming with the Yale New Haven Health System, he participated in informational videos about the COVID-19 vaccine in Spanish. His outreach work with the Hispanic community led to collaborations with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and garnered media attention from local and national outlets. Recently, Dr. Moreno was selected as a 2023 National Hispanic Medical Association Leadership Fellow. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Cynthia Tanon-Santos (GSAS ’07), and his son, Benji. Danielle M. Chery is a self-trained artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of award-winning home decor business DMC Original Art, which has been recognized in national magazine and newspaper publications, including the Yoga Journal, NY Amsterdam News, and the LA Sentinel. Danielle creates functional abstract art for residential and commercial spaces and draws inspiration from the colorful flow of nature. She uses a fluid art technique as a moving meditation practice to create abstract marble-like designs on wooden and ceramic materials with acrylic paints and epoxy resin. Danielle is also a teaching artist, partnering with community-based organizations to facilitate classes for youth, adults, and senior citizens. Most recently, she has been collaborating with Sing for Hope to design and paint pianos with senior citizens in NYC. Additionally, Danielle has years of experience as a published children’s author, English as a Second Language teacher for adults, nonprofit manager of volunteer events, and Community School Director. She values community, collaboration, and using artistic expression as a way to heal and connect with others. For more information: Email artivism@adelphi.edu Facebook: Artivism for shared humanity Instagram: Artivism4sharedhumanity www.adelphi.edu/artivism
Artivism 4 shared humanity
Exonerated: False Confessions and Wrongful Conviction, Jeffrey Deskovic ESQ. MA, Oscar Michelin ESQ
Internationally recognized wrongful conviction expert and Founder of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice, Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq., MA, joined by his colleague, Oscar Michelen, Esq, an Advisory Board Member of The Foundation, discussed their work on false confessions and wrongful conviction. Jeff himself spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit based in large part on coerced, false confession obtained from him, and has used that miscarriage of justice to help others in similar circumstances. Mr. Michelen has exonerated 6 people including David McCallum who falsely confessed and is currently preparing for an upcoming retrial for a Foundation client who falsely confessed. Topics discussed included: Jeff’s false confession; types of false confessions; percentage of wrongful convictions caused by false confessions that ended in a DNA exoneration; red flags that a confession may be false; best practices for preventing wrongful convictions caused by false confessions; legal limitations on false confession experts; defending cases involving false confession – at trial, on appeal, and in the exoneration process via post conviction; and pending legislation that addresses false confessions.
Artivism 4 shared humanity
Becoming Artivists
By Leslie L. Robinson. Artivism is a creative and youthful way of being, doing and seeing in the world that hinges on an explicit commitment to intervening in personal/collective circumstances toward change. Artivists respond to injustices by engaging any, and often multiple, artistic means in a shared effort to 'create for a better world'. But what are the challenges of belonging to a community of artivists while also seeking to become part of an academic community? What does it mean to be an artivist in a context premised on individual achievement and dominated by textual modes of expression? And how might artivism be enhanced by the kind of deep and sustained reflection made possible by the privilege of academic study? This dissertation aims to create a conceptual inter-space for the coming together of two worlds apart: artivism and academia. I address two main questions: (1) how can artivism mobilize and legitimize under-represented youth responses to the asymmetrical global conditions that shape our everyday lives? And, (2) how can artivist modes of inter-action and expression offer new responses to the asymmetrical global conditions that shape University life? When I began my doctoral degree I had recently completed co-research with youth in Uganda. We co-designed a series of community murals in response to youth identified concerns including HIV/AIDS and prostitution. I became part of artivists 4 life, a group interested in creating a sustainable space of resistance, and as it turns out, our work is never finished. I was thus driven to pursue a doctoral degree through a desire to continue supporting the collective's shared efforts of "creating for a better world" (artivists 4 life motto). Yet, through my experiences as a doctoral student I began observing many barriers to engaging in artistic, youth-driven co-research situated in Africa. Through the observation that certain knowledges and ways of knowing are undermined in the academy, my initial objective of doing co-research with artivits 4 life was no longer enough. I became obligated to simultaneously re-politicize creative co-research to respond more adequately to the conditions of global coloniality and the unequal power relations it manifests in the academy--across knowledge systems, race, culture, class, gender and other differences. This co-research is guided by the understanding that modernity is co-constituted by a colonial logic that serves to divide human beings and societies into 'less-than' and 'more-than' derivatives through the subjugation of knowledges and subjectivities in relation to their proximity to the hetero-Euro-centric norm. For decolonial thinkers, hope for an egalitarian pluriversal society lies in the struggles of the marginalized, the acceptance of their agency, and the willingness to be guided by their perspectives. Each piece of this dissertation embodies an artivist consciousness that allows for constant re-adaptation to the broader questions of decolonial struggle that shape the realities of those with whom I collaborate. Circumstances addressed include youth unemployment, sexual exploitation, epistemic racism and the increasing corporatization of academia, particularly as these precarious conditions impact upon members of artivists 4 life, myself inclusive. Artivist inter-actions engage multiple forms of enunciation in the making of murals, comics, performances, creative writing, and any other creative means necessary to break from the pervasive wiring of global coloniality and the wounds it inflicts upon us. These interventions work to re-conceptualize aesthetics, authorship and knowledge creation/dissemination in order to shift power. Throughout this dissertation fixed relations prescribed by modernity/coloniality--including the researcher-researched and the student-teacher--are re-imagined through the reconnection of creative practices to collective action. Through creative research with Ugandan youth and in one instance with fellow graduate students, I engaged with communities to unveil the mechanisms that sustain asymmetrical relations produced by modernity/coloniality in the places We/I dwell. Focusing on the structures of societal control serve to open new imaginaries for transcending power differentials by moving away from cultural mimicry toward the co-creation of new social formations not yet in existence. Emergent artivist epistemes and actions for such transformation require adjacent spaces to the academic project in order to support the co-creation of more adequate modes of inter-human contact premised on community self-determination. Overall, this dissertation enacts tactics for undoing disciplinary norms and other intellectually colonizing tendencies by allowing creative reflection/artistic action to flourish through an ethical commitment to making visible the invisible. Published in 2015.
Leslie L. Robinson