Both the California Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protect your right to free expression. But there are many questions you face when you decide to organize and speak out. When do you need a police permit? Are there things you cannot say or do? Are there any limitations on when or where you can demonstrate? What about civil disobedience? This guide will help answer these questions
Written by activist & educator Aidan Ricketts this powerful guide to social change activism is an essential resource for anyone ready to make a difference.
The Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO, pronounced "C-2") is a racial-justice organization dedicated to building a social-justice movement led by people of color. We were established in 1980 as a training and resource center that promotes and sustains direct-action organizing in communities of color in the United States. CTWO provides organizer training programs, including the model Movement Activist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) and builds an active network of organizations and activists of color to achieve racial justice in its fullest dimensions.
A national capacity-building initiative to support diverse, community-based organizations and indigenous groups with proven track records in developing and organizing for effective, culturally competent policy initiatives that address the root causes of childhood obesity at the local level.
We live in a cyborg society. Technology has infiltrated the most fundamental aspects of our lives: social organization, the body, even our self-concepts. This blog chronicles our new, augmented reality.
Nonpartisan economic and social policy research
Our mission: the Urban Institute gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues — to foster sound public policy and effective government.
The Urban Institute builds knowledge about the nation’s social and fiscal challenges, practicing open-minded, evidence-based research to diagnose problems and figure out which policies and programs work best, for whom, and how.
Tra i Gruppi di acquisto solidale, i loro corrispondenti statunitensi, le Community-Supported Agriculture (Csa), e alcune esperienze di orti urbani nel mondo ci sono realtà che tentano di favorire cittadini a basso reddito in molti modi. Ad esempio, ci sono gruppi che prevedono oltre all’acquisto collettivo di cibo sano presso contadini locali anche la partecipazione…
È uscito per PS4 in alta risoluzione Journey, il capolavoro fatto di estetica ed emozioni inedite di Jenova Chen. Dopo che ci avrete giocato, non avrete più la stessa opinione dei videogiochi (e forse anche di voi stessi). Leggi
Globally to advance social, economic and environmental justice, by helping citizens understand and influence the public issues that impact their lives.
We are a nonprofit organization working to share planning and evaluation tools and know-how. We provide consulting, training, and online tools for nonprofits and funders.
Creative Resistance is an online showcase for activist artwork providing a daily stream of photos including puppets, protest signs and other activist visual
The Center for Communication and Civic Engagement at the University of Washington in Seattle is dedicated to understanding the ways people communicate in order to promote citizen engagement and effective participation in local, national, and global affairs.
The Institute for Alternative Journalism is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism, and to improving the public's access to independent information sources.
of The Bridgespan Group is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps nonprofit and philanthropic leaders in the hard work of developing strategies and building organizations that inspire and accelerate social change. We offer strategy consulting, executive search and philanthropy advising services.
Communities Magazine is the primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America - from urban co-ops to cohousing groups to ecovillages to rural communes.
CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities.
The Praxis Project is a national, nonprofit organization that builds partnerships with local groups to influence policymaking to address the underlying, systemic causes of community problems. Committed to closing the health gap facing communities of color, we forge alliances for building healthy communities.
Our internationally recognized staff employ their broad experience in training, advocacy, policy development, media relations and technical assistance to support local organizations as they work to advance their vision of a healthy, just community.
We help local groups hold institutions and governmental agencies accountable by designing community-based plans, conducting research, developing media strategies and developing policy initiatives – to achieve sustainable results.
Our goal is to build power at the local level to increase the capacity of communities to become effective advocates so that they are leaders and catalysts on the legislative and policy decisions that affect their lives.
A photographer who just happened to be hanging out by the Manhattan Criminal Court last month managed to snap a potentially award-winning pic of two young lovers engaged in a tender exchange while being brought to the courthouse in handcuffs.
Pepper Spray Cop, also known as “Casually Pepper Spray Everything Cop”, is a photoshop meme based on a photograph of a police officer pepper spraying a group of Occupy protesters at the University of California Davis.
A new video from Culturunners, "Khaled's Ladder," documents multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar's journey along the U.S.-Mexico border and the making his new work that takes the border wall as its raw material.
Sono arrivati ieri i risultati di una ricerca sulla nuova economia globale che è scaturita negli ultimi anni attraverso la condivisibilità in rete. Sorprendenti.
K. Dowler, T. Fleming, и S. Muzzatti. Journal Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 48 (6):
837-850(2006)Volume 48, Number 6 / October 2006
Pages 837-850.