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“Art for Social Change”
Team RP and Flippyknows invite you once again to put your passion into action. Come Jam, chill and share your thoughts with us on…
November 21, 2008 (Friday)
7PM onwards
at My Little Art Place
222 Wilson St. Greenhills San Juan City
Free Entreance
Open Mic Jam!!!
www.flippyknows.com
Gendered Talk at Work: Constructing Gender Identity Through Workplace Discourse (Language and Social Change)By Janet Holmes * Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell * Number Of Pages: 264 * Publication Date: 2006-08-04 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1405117583 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781405117586 * Binding: HardcoverProduct Description:Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate thei
What it doesChangents.com is a online social network that strives to make the world the a better place by bringing together leaders in social revolution, or "change agents,†and their "backers,†their followers, who assist and support them. Causes fought for are social, educational, environmental, humanitarian, and political. The backers can offer various types of [...]
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism author Naomi Klein talks about the Montreal Massacre, crony capitalism, and writing for social change.
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The Institute for Social Change is an initiative of five years at the University of Manchester. Specific research topics within the broad field of comparative social Change can be developed by individual applicants
Conference Call for Papers: Media, Spiritualities and Social Change June 4-7, 2008 Center for Media, Religion and Culture, School of Journalism and Mass CommunicationUniversity of Colorado, Boulderwww.mediareligion.orgwww.Colorado.edu/journalism/cmrcThis interdisciplinary conference seeks proposals for papers and panels exploring the ways in which media culture, civic engagement and spiritualities intersect to form practices, discourses and the material expressions of social change. In an era of globalization, the media age has introduced a new set of conditions and opportunities for the nature, practice and integration of spirituality and civic engagement. Increasingly, the concept of ³spirituality² has become recontextualized, reinserted and reimagined within discourses about social and environmental change. Integral to this project are the media, which provide salient values and symbols to asynthesis of public and private identities, practices and beliefs. New spiritual sensibilit
Convergence, Citizen Journalism & Social Change: Building CapacityLOCATION: University of Queensland, BRISBANEDATES: March 25-27, 2008SPONSORS: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)/ School of Journalism & Communication, University of Queensland/ Journalism, Media & Communication, Queensland University of TechnologyThe era of the digital has led to the problematisation of a number of issues once taken for granted: for example, understandings of the nature, practices and objectives of journalism. While traditional journalism remains a significant institution in the Asia-Pacific region, new forms of journalism – from blogs to online news services - have begun to offer audiences new sources for news and new opportunities for selfexpression.This raises questions about what is journalism in the context of an era in which traditional notions and practices of journalism are continually challenged/matched/complemented by an explosion of digital practices, insurrections
Author: Brian MartinPaperback: 157 pagesPublisher: Freedom Press (January 1, 1993)Language: EnglishISBN: 0900384697(R)Argues for social defense as a grassroots initiative linked to challenges to oppressive structures in society, such as patriarchy, police, and the state. Filled with examples from Finland to Fiji. Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
Espoo, Finland and London, UK - Nokia and Vodafone have launched a new website designed to help share ideas on how to use mobile communications for social and environmental benefits. The site, www.shareideas.org, was created in direct response to NGO calls for better tools and information to help them use mobile services more effectively in their work.Although initially created with support from Nokia and Vodafone, the site will be developed by a wide range of individuals and organizations interested in using mobile technology for social change. The wiki format means people can edit, update or comment on case studies and stories on the site, and add their own from wherever they are around the world.Case studies are grouped into six key areas - civic engagement, economic empowerment, education, environment, health and safety, and humanitarian relief projects - topics chosen after consultation with many NGOs.Stories already shared on the site include how the development of an SMS alert s
Nick of Tingog.Com has started a writing project which he calls Group Writing Project: Write for Musa Dumasidsing. He hopes to make the sentiments of Pinoys known in an effort to raise a collective voice on the issue Dimasidsing’s brutal murder.
Musa Dimasidsing, a school district supervisor, and a designated election supervisor, stood up, in the face of death, because he knew that it was the right thing to do. He was the one who exposed the anomalies in Maguindanao, and he was shot dead on Saturday night.
Dimasidsing, 60, sustained two gunshot wounds in the head and body. He had exposed the alleged fraudulent mayoral race in his hometown where the prominent Montawal and Matalam political clans were at loggerheads.
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I have a thing about painting flowers and will spend my entire life trying to achieve the perfect petal. This is why I am drawn to this beautiful piece from Ashely Cecil. While many artists contribute to socially conscious endeavors there aren't very many who do it on a daily basis with every ounce of their being and every stroke of the brush. Meet Ashely Cecil, self titled "painting journalist". First just let me say she does amazing work but secondly she contributes to social causes with the sale of every painting. (Why didn't I think of that???) The painting shown here supports the Center for Women and Families.From Ashely's website, "I’m addressing philanthropic issues utilizing painting as my medium of communication. Much like a photojournalist, I travel to locations/events of cultural interest and capture them, only with my brush. My talent is as an artist, my passion is advocating for social change; this is how the two work together."Visit her site, buy an original, support
