As the 2012 Olympic Games come to a close this weekend in London, we have put together a list of undereported stories of resistance to Olympic related displacement and development.
Keywords: Art and Culture, Organizing, International
Poor No More is a new documentary that will take poor Canadians on a journey to see first-hand what is being done here and in other countries to reduce and eliminate poverty. The film and the website...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Media, All of Canada, International
The Icarus Project is a non-profit community based website, support network, and underground media project created by and for people struggling with bipolar disorder and other dangerous gifts that...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Mental Health, Technology, International
Between 1886 and 1903 a British philanthropist, Charles Booth, and many volunteers, walked the streets of London to document the relative poverty and wealth of the city streets. The result was a...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Poverty Research, International
CITIZENShift is the National Film Board of Canada’s participatory Web platform exploring that explores issues such as poverty through films, photography, articles, blogs and podcasts. This social...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Media, All of Canada, International
Julian Beever does 3 dimensional illusionary drawings in chalk. One of his drawings, a forty foot long one, depicts a Make Poverty History world. See the Make Poverty History world from the front...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Organizing, International
Many of Japan's homeless construct their own transportable houses. Thet are simple, elegant and inspired by the zen Buddhist tradition. They have begun to be appreciated as art, being photographed...
Keywords: Art and Culture, Homelessness, International
