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Peacebuilding and the Arts Now

An online newsletter from the Peacebuilding and the Arts, a program of the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis.

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Archived editions:

• January 2021
  • Launching the IMPACT section of the e-newsletter, featuring the international virtual events that IMPACT has engaged with, including the UNESCO Art-Lab, DAH Theatre Arts and Human Rights Festival, and others. The issue also features reflections of artists and scholars on the possibilities for 2021, and more.
• October 2020
  • Including the art of getting out the vote in the US, creative approaches to climate change, summaries of the Imagining Together/Acting Together Learning Exchange, overview of Creative Approaches to Gender-Based Violence in Africa Learning Exchange; Thinking Partners initiative - cooperation between Buffer Fringe Festival and IMPACT, and much more.
• July 2020
  • Including creative responses and calls of action for racial justice, video podcast series where artist and cultural worker Jane Sapp offers specific songs to the current demand for racial justice, an overview of the IMPACT April Learning Exchange in English and Spanish and the upcoming Learning Exchange in September, IMPACT's new partnership with Buffer Fringe Festival, and more.
• April 2020
  • Including creative responses to the global pandemic and relief resources for artists, upcoming IMPACT virtual learning exchanges in April 2020, reflections from Cindy Cohen on participating in the Art-Lab/Design Thinking Jam in Geneva and the Art at Risk converence in Zurich, reflections on IMPACT's year of convening Leadership Circle meetings, and more.
• February 2020
  • Announcing the launch of new digital resources from Acting Together on the World Stage (ATWS), including a new website, a new mini-doc, and more.
    
    
• January 2020
  • Including updates about upcoming IMPACT virtual learning exchanges in April 2020, past year IMPACT strategy gathering and regional gatherings, upcoming 2020 IMPACT global convening at ICAF,  and news from the field on the featured theme "Artistic and cultural dimensions of protest movements around the globe."

• April 2019 
  • Including updates about the IMPACT virtual learning exchange on April 26, 2019 and featured news from the field.

• March 2019 
  • Including updates about IMPACT: Imagining Together such as the 2019 virtual learning exchanges, partnership with ICAF, and planning for youth leadership, remembering John O'Neal, news from the field on featured theme "The Impact of Authoritarian Regmines on Artistic Freedom and Expression."

• December 2018 
  • Including updates about IMPACT: Imagining Together, announcement about Let’s Make a Better World: Stories and Songs by Jane Sapp,  news from the field on featured theme "Creative Reflections on Human Migration," news from the field on featured theme and "Artists Respond to Climate Change."

• June 2018 
  • Including updates about IMPACT: Imagining Together Platform for Arts, Culture and Conflict Transformation and co-convening of online learning exchanges.

• December 2017
  • Including a focus on arts and social change in Kenya, and announcement of a new project IMPACT- Imagining Together: Platform For Arts, Culture And Conflict Transformation.

• June 2017
  • Including a focus and news from the field on featured theme of the role of art in times of polarization, nationalization, and isolation, and peacebuilding and the arts initiatives in the Middle East.

• January 2017
  • Including a focus and news from the field on featured theme of the roles of artists in a time of moral crisis.

• November 2016
  • Including reflections on arts and the 2016 presidential election, news from the field on featured theme "Creative Engagement with Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability," and additional resources & opportunities.

• June 2016
  • Including reflections on municipalities and violence prevention through the lenses of arts and culture, news from the field on featured theme "African-led Initiatives at the Intersection of the Arts and Social Transformation," CAST Design Labs & Reports, and additional resources & opportunities.

• October 2015
  • Including reflections on the impact of armed conflict on cultural heritage by Kristin Parker of the Rose Art Museum, updates from some of Acting Together small grants recipients, CAST Design Labs & Reports, and additional resources & opportunities.

• August 2015
  • Including announcements of Acting Together Small Grants and CAST Student Grants, Call for Research Memos: Urban Violence and the Arts, Reflections from Songs of My Neighbors convening in Limassol, Cyprus, and Kidnap Road - A New Play by Catherine Filloux.

• March 2015
  • Including themes:  'Artists and Ebola: Preventing, Honoring, Grieving, Healing' and '"The Most Important Images of the Year:" Artists Respond to Racial Violence in the U.S.'

• November 2014
  • Including reflections on IPRA's 25th General Conference and themes: 'Artistic Responses to the Syrian Crisis' as well as creative responses to other current global crises.

• April 2014
  • Including themes: 'Creative Approaches to Sustainability and Environmental Justice' and 'Puppetry and Social Transformation.'

• January 2014 
  • Including student papers, and themes: 'Theatre for Peacebuilding in South Asia' and 'Millennial and Intergenerational Approaches to Peacebuilding and the Arts.'

• October 2013
  • Including themes: 'Peacebuilding and the Arts in Latin America' and 'Artistic Responses to Trayvon Martin's Life and Death.'

• July 2013
• March 2013
• January 2013
• November 2012
• July 2012
• May 2012
• March 2012
• January 2012
• December 2011
• October 2011

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