Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Moisés Kaufman is a Tony and Emmy nominated director and award-winning playwright.
Most recently, Mr. Kaufman directed the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning I Am My Own Wife on Broadway (Obie award for direction, Tony, Outer Critics, Lucille Lortell...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
My goal is to advocate for people who have been historically marginalized and to assist in having them tell their own stories using the arts.
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
I make art to return my body back to homeostasis. I see so much pain and devastation in this world and as an intensely empathetic being I feel that I have to fix everything. I feel like I have to fix hunger, oppression, and sickness all at once. I...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
I want to facilitate art-making that changes lives and builds community. I believe that quality of life is enhanced by making things, not consuming them. I want to prioritize /privilege women’s stories to examine and strengthen matrifocal aspects of...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
As a filmmaker, activist and researcher it is my goal in life to bring talented people together to make social change palatable and real. I use my video work to bring awareness of issues impacting LGBT people and to help propel activist movements...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Andrea Assaf is a performer, writer, director, & cultural organizer. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Art2Action Inc., a not-for-profit collective of women artists, artists of color, queer or trans-identified artists, and creative...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Daniel Heyman is a painter and printmaker in Philadelphia. He is a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow in fine arts and a 2009 Pew Fellowship in the Arts recipient.
Recent solo exhibitions include “Bearing Witness” at the Laband Gallery at Loyola Marymount...
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Gan Golan is a New York Times Bestselling Author, Artist & Agitator. His most recent works include the bestselling children's book parody Goodnight Bush, and the critically-acclaimed graphic novel about the economic crisis, The Adventures of...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Baca is at the top of a distinguished list of artist creators. What sets her apart from many other artists is an inspired ability to teach and a creative pursuit of relevancy in developing educational and community based art methodologies. Through...
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Naomi Natale is an installation artist and photographer. She was the founder and director of The Cradle Project, a large scale installation calling attention and raising funds for the 48 million children orphaned in sub-Saharan Africa. Over 550...
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Sarah Browning is Director of Split This Rock and DC Poets Against the War, author of Whiskey in the Garden of Eden (The Word Works, 2007), and co-editor of D.C. Poets Against the War: An Anthology (Argonne House Press, 2004). The recipient of an...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Leila Buck is an Arab American playwright, actress, storyteller and teaching artist. Her award-winning solo show, ISite, about growing up between the U.S. and the Arab world, has toured the U.S., Europe and China. Her second play, In the Crossing,...
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Favianna Rodriguez is a celebrated printmaker and digital artist based in Oakland, California. Using high-contrast colors and vivid figures, her composites reflect literal and imaginative migration, global community, and interdependence. Whether her...
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"Life Sentence" is a collection of songs based on the wrongful conviction of Clarence Harrison. Written by Melanie Hammet and Ben Holst, this music is currently available as a performance by Melanie, Ben, and Clarence Harrison, en route to becoming...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
Sending out our healing love and energy for the suffering populations across the globe... through community singing, dancing and drumming. This is the primary intention of the SING! DANCE! DRUM gatherings to be offered throughout the year in...
Last Updated: June 11, 2013
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