PPS Social Justice Resources

The Arts (6 - 8)

Music for Social Justice with Aisha Fukushima | PBS LearningMediaMeet "Raptivist" Aisha Fukushima, who creates music that promotes social justice and travels the world, collaborating with a global network of hip hop artists. As a young child, she felt the microaggressions that are a result of racism and felt that writing was the only place she was truly free of judgment and limitations. She brought that talent to the stage and hopes that it will inspire social progress. Check out the entire collection of KQED Art School videos here!

Ai Weiwei Project on Alcatraz Creates Dialogue about Prison System | KQED Arts | PBS LearningMediaBecause Chinese authorities confiscated his passport after imprisoning him in 2011, activist and artist Ai Weiwei designed and directed an installation on Alcatraz all the way from Beijing. Tour the exhibit and examine the issues raised by this unusual combination of artist and setting. Update- Weiwei's passport was returned July 2015.

Art + Activism with Sanaz Mazinani | KQED Art School | PBS LearningMediaSanaz Mazinani is an artist with a background in political activism who uses art to inspire dialogue about perceptions of cultural identity. In the latest episode of Art School, she describes her current art practice. Using online media focusing on world news and pop culture as her source material, she creates symmetrical photo collages and videos that abstract familiar images and invite viewers to reconsider visual culture and its meaning and influence on public opinion and social justice. In this episode of Art School, she describes her current art practice and the intentions behind her recent installation at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. In the second video Mazinani expands on the intention of traditional of Islamic ornamentation. Check out the entire collection of KQED Art School videos!

Printmaking for a Social Movement | PBS LearningMediaExplore political printmaking that inspires, organizes and illustrates a social movement with Oakland-based graphic arts collaboration Dignidad Rebelde. For 10 years, Dignidad Rebelde has been mixing colorful ink with political messages addressing workers’ rights, ICE deportations, environmental threats to indigenous people’s land and more. Dignidad Rebelde teaches political printmaking skills to others, creating platforms for artists and activists to share their own messages in screen printed multiples.

Restorative Justice, Empathy, and Loving Engagement w/ Paper Plate Portraits

Intergenerational, Black Families, and Black Villages: Quilts

Editorial Cartoons: Poverty/Environmental Justice

Editorial Cartoons - Racial Profiling

Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Exposing Anti-Immigration Sentiment

Understanding the Message of The Civil Rights Memorial

Fighting Prejudice and Discrimination of Differently Abled People

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