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haustalk with The Conciliation Project: Ethnic and Racial Stereotype Images in Mass Media
Hosted by Slash Coleman
In conjunction with The Conciliation Project, Thinkhaus presents a special haustalk to bring about a stronger awareness of how stereotypes are translated into the images and sounds that we see and hear in mass media. These stereotypes reinforce the social [...]

Our favorite blog: Osocio, Social Advertising and Non-profit Campaigns from Around the Globe
Many of the readers of our blog often ask us what are the blogs and websites that we read and study. One of the blogs that we visit daily is Osocio, a blog and online resource regarding social advertising and non-profit campaigns from [...]

YOUR PRESENCE NEEDED FOR AN IN-PERSON SHOW OF SUPPORT THURSDAY AT THE VA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The proposed House budget actions would eliminate critical support for arts and cultural institutions, small and large, urban and rural, at a time when arts organizations are under unprecedented financial pressures and endanger receipt of federal arts funds by Virginia.  Only [...]

REPRESSED V: FREE TO SPEAK
Call for Entries From our friends at Gallery 5 in Richmond, Virginia comes this call for activist art…
José María Heredia - poet: inspired the Cuban people to stand up and fight against Spain.
Seymor Chwast-designer - illustrator: his anti-war poster “End Bad Breath” indirectly encouraged the anti-war movement of the 70’s.
John [...]

Poverty and War
On this Veterans Day Thinkhaus is asking what is the best way to prevent our men and women in the armed forces from going into harms way? They go into situations that are sometimes unmanageable and always difficult.

NURU founder and CEO Jake Harriman attended the U.S. Naval Academy and served over 7 years [...]

10 Tactics for Turning Information Into Action
On Saturday, the 25th of October Thinkhaus saw a great post from a follow socially conscious design blog, osocio.org, spotlighting an information Activism Camp by Tactical Technology Collective. The web site for the camp can be viewed at infoactivismcamp.tacticaltech.org.
Tactical Technology Collective explains, “Information Activism is an approach which helps [...]