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Intelligence is what you use when you don’t know what to do.

By Jean Piaget
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Ascending Adversity: The Journey of a Polio Survivor Dealing with Disability and Discrimination

In this heartwarming memoir, Mohammed Yousuf takes us back to when he was first diagnosed with polio at a very young age and his journey to adulthood, facing hardships he could never have imagined.

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Mohammed Yousuf
2020
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01:26

The Solutions Institute - Expert Help For Activists

The first-ever activist consulting firm. Professional help at no charge to those who want to make a difference.

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2014
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06:29

Art as Activism: Creating Performances that Move the Public | Diana Ocholla

Dancer and communicator Diana Ocholla describes the process behind "Rise", a performance honoring and making space for women and responding to gender-based violence in South Africa. The performance was held in 2019 in Muizenberg in Cape Town, South Africa as a part of Project Ripple.

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2020
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Art + Activism = Artivism: Art can Dismantle Hate

A short documentary discussing how art forms within activism can dismantle hate and create changes in the society we live in.

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2018
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15:38

Amanda Gorman, Activist and National Youth Poet Laureate | Amanpour and Company

Alicia Menendez sits down with Amanda Gorman, who at twenty-one years old is already a published author, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, and founder of an initiative in her hometown of Los Angeles that promotes literacy.

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Amanda Gorman
2021
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Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin

This work illuminates today's Black experience through the voices of transformative and powerful African American poets. Included in this volume are the poems of 43 African American wordsmiths, including Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Rita Dove, Natasha Tretheway, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Tracy K. Smith.

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Phil Cushway (compiler), Michael Warr (editor)
2025
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A Brief History of Cli-fi: Fiction That’s Hooking Readers on Climate Activism

t’s a truism that fiction teaches us about the world we live in: norms and cultures, values and beliefs, the complex interplay of external events and personal relationships that keeps us reading (or watching) until the end.

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Theodora Sutcliffe
2020
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New Ways of Looking at Landscapes

Ansel Adams's Legacy and the Diverse Artists Building on an Icon

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Rebecca Senf
2021
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He Uses Art to Make State Parks in California More Accessible for All

Joe Colmenares and many others, Bayview-Hunters Point is not simply a representation of urban blight. It’s a living, breathing community where people live and work, love and lose, join together and get by.

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Sam Laird
2021
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State of Creativity: Creative Placemaking

The concept of “creative placemaking,” the integration of a community’s artistic and cultural assets in community planning and revitalization, is gaining momentum in places like Boyle Heights.

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2015
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