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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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Women hold these toxins in their body, and this is what they have to pass on to their children. When we look at environmental challenges, we can't avoid the question of women's role within designing the solutions. It is about a future that is possible for their children, and for future generations. It is about human rights.

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Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

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The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. PG: I think that the one that comes to mind first is a wonderful picture of women in Kenya who are growing corn. BB: What advice do you have for artists who want to use their art for social change?

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

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So they'll each tell you a little about that, and we'll have time for questions and answers at the end. Does anyone in the room identify as an artist, by any chance? I just want to dispel the myth that we are not activists and that we are not artists. First of all, who identifies with the word "activism"? Can I just see?

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Alli Chagi-Starr, Art in Action/Ella Baker Center, Podcast Interview Transcription

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In addition to being an artist, performer and dancer, Alli is also a writer whose most recent piece can be found in the Code Pink anthology, Stop the Next War Now. Alli: Interesting question, like what is the road that gets us anywhere, I think they're always somewhat circuitous and unplanned. That's just the reality.

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