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These Stunning Artworks Capture the Resilience—and Defiance—of Black Lives Matter

By Roger Catlin — 2021

Works of art create a picture of activism and resilience, and reenforce the strength of black culture across generations.

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Why Artistic Activism?

Artistic activism draws from culture, to create culture, to impact culture. If artistic activism is successful, the larger culture shifts in ways big and small.

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Stephen Duncombe, Steve Lambert
2018
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Creative Power: How Cultural Entrepreneurship Could Shape the Post-Covid World

Today, we recognize cultural entrepreneurship to be both the economic power of creative industries and the unique strength that creative individuals bring to traditional entrepreneurship as leaders, managers and innovators.

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Brendan Ciecko
2021
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Prosocial World

Thinking more explicitly about cultural catalysis can help to accomplish in years what otherwise would require decades or not take place at all. As we experiment with cultural catalysis, we need to make it fast and benign rather than fast and pathological for the common good.

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David Sloan Wilson
2021
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What College Students Really Think About Cancel Culture

A grassroots civil-dialogue movement creates a new kind of safe space: one that invites students from across the political spectrum to discuss controversial issues, including policing, gender identity, and free speech itself.

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Jennifer Miller
2022
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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Culture change needs to happen through a movement, not a mandate. To create a movement in your organization, start by framing the issue in terms that stir emotion and incite action; then mobilize more supporters by demonstrating quick wins.

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Bryan Walker, Sarah A. Soule
2017
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It’s Not About Politics: Three Cultural Changes Organizations Can Make To Manage Employee Activism

Articulating shared goals, creating a fair process for reciprocal listening, facilitating mature perspective-taking and continuous learning are ways in which organizations can safeguard the authenticity of their efforts toward a more inclusive culture.

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Caterina Bulgarella
2021
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The Second Act of Social-Media Activism

What’s distinct about the current media activism movement is not just the clarity of its messaging, but its ability to convey that message through so much noise.

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Jane Hu
2020
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The Visionary Community of the Harlem Y.M.C.A.

In the early 20th century, the building became a meeting place for many of the writers, artists, actors and activists who defined a new and vibrant Black culture.

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Sandra E. Garcia
2021
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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

What do Arianna Huffington (Huffington Post), Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull), Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX), and Sergey Brin (Google) have in common? Apart from their success as entrepreneurs, they all share one distinct characteristic: extensive cross-cultural experience.

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Peter Vandor, Nikolaus Franke
2016
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Understanding Cultural Entrepreneurship

A close look at entrepreneurship’s notion towards social reforms and responsibility, and how over time it has brought a positive change in our lives.

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Shivang Saxena
2021
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