By Jana K. Lipman, author of In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates On World Refugee Day, the UNHCR estimates that there are over 25 million refugees around the world. Although the …
Read More >In the latest issue of Feminist Media Histories on the theme of “Activism,” Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz and Eve Oishi co-wrote the essay “Negotiating Political Identity in Community-Based Film Festivals: Perspectives from Curator/Scholar/Activists.” Oishi …
Read More >Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking the seemingly simple question on social media during Women’s History Month: Can you name 5 women artists? Most people …
Read More >During this holiday season, we think of the people who inspire us to do good all year round. The Journalist with the Heart of an Activist “This is advocacy journalism of the …
Read More >For some, our current political and social moment has inspired action and activism to ensure equality and social justice for all. Below are titles that will inspire you to advocate for change …
Read More >The Time is Right. The Time is Now. Communication professors and scholars are in a unique position to guide the next generation in reshaping the values of our society to be more equitable …
Read More >Political protests have a deep past in U.S. history, with varied degrees of success in accomplishing what they set out to do. Gleaned from L.A. Kauffman’s eye-opening new book, How to Read a …
Read More >“How to Read a Protest argues that the women’s marches of 2017 didn’t just help shape and fuel a moment—they actually created one.”—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker A grassroots organizer for more than thirty-five …
Read More >“Protests works—just not, perhaps the way you think,” writes L.A. Kauffman in her new book How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance. A longtime organizer and movement journalist, …
Read More >By Lynda Klich, author of The Noisemakers: Estridentismo, Vanguardism, and Social Action in Postrevolutionary Mexico I still remember the feeling I had when in 1997, in Mexico City researching for the first …
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