Profiles of Exemplary Work in Arts, Culture and Democracy – Including Media

The Center for Civic Participation’s Arts & Democracy Project has posted
twelve profiles of exemplary work in arts, culture and democracy on their
website, including profiles of:

• ACCESS and the Arab American National Museum (Detroit)
• All-ages Movement Project (San Francisco)
• Appalshop (Kentucky)
• Future of Music (Washington, DC)
• Hip Hop Congress (national, chapter-based)
• John Malpede and Los Angeles Poverty Department (Los Angeles)
• League of Young Voters (national)
• Marty Pottenger and her piece Homeland Security (NYC-based, now working in Maine)
• Urban Bush Women (Brooklyn, NY)
• Sojourn Theatre (Portland, Oregon)
• Working Films (Wilmington, NC)
• We Got Issues (Brooklyn, NY)

• descriptions of more than 85 arts, culture and democracy projects along with contact information for these projects
• a resource list with articles, websites and publications
• a blog with highlights from the artist-activist gatherings we have organized this year.

The creative power of arts and culture—especially among those who have been traditionally disenfranchised—can be a catalyst for action. The Center for Civic Participation’s Arts & Democracy Project is supporting a developing movement that draws on a rich history of arts activism, social justice organizing, and cultural engagement.

To learn more, visit the project's web site by clicking here.