The Bridge
A curated space for all things art and social justice.
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31Jul
Children’s Museum of Art and Social Justice will Move an Art Installation to Wakandacon
By Leah Hope Tuesday, July 24, 2018 05:05PM CHICAGO (WLS) — Wakanda... -
24Apr
Grapes Of Wrath: The Forgotten Filipinos Who Led A Farmworker Revolution
Originally posted at NPR By Lisa Morehouse Enlarge this image Filipino f... -
04Apr
Celebrate Maya Angelou
In observance of what would have been her 90th birthday, take a moment to intr... -
26Mar
They Push. They Protest. And Many Activists, Privately, Suffer as a Result.
Originally posted at The New York Times Written by John Eligon Ashley Yate... -
24Mar
The Extraordinary Inclusiveness of the March for Our Lives
Originally posted at The New Yorker Written by Margaret Talbot ... -
19Mar
The Museum World Is Having An Identity Crisis, And Firing Powerful Women Won’t Help
When the man who curated a Carl Andre show fires a woman who curated a Kerry J... -
14Mar
Student Walkouts Have Changed American History Before. Here’s How
Originally posted at Time By Olivia B. Waxman As adults in the United States g... -
09Mar
Using Art to Help the Police Understand Racism
Originally posted at The New York Times By John Hanc L’Merchie Frazie... -
11Feb
How to Teach Art to Kids, According to Mark Rothko
Originally posted at Artsy By Sarah Gottesman If you’ve ever seen Mark ... -
09Feb
Dear Activists: Your New Year’s Resolution Should Be to Throw a Better Party
Originally posted at Yes! Magazine By Jennifer Luxton Hey, activists: ... -
31Jan
13 Books to Teach Children About Protesting and Activism
Originally posted at Geek Mom By Jackie Reeve It’s a politically charged ti... -
16Jan
Martin Luther King Jr. Was More Radical Than We Remember
Let’s do his memory justice. Originally posted at Teen Vogue By Jenn M.... -
03Jan
It’s Non-Negotiable. We Have to Teach Social Justice in Our Schools.
Originally posted at Education Post By Zachary Wright In a recent article,... -
02Jan
HOW AN ARTIST COLLECTIVE IN CHICAGO IS CHANGING THE STORY ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
An interview with Ruby Pinto about a series of new exhibitions across Chicago ... -
26Dec
CELEBRATE 40 AMAZING BLACK WOMEN WITH THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK ‘LITTLE LEADERS: BOLD WOMEN IN BLACK HISTORY’
Originally posted at Afropunk By Eye Candy After earning her MFA in film from... -
23Dec
The Radical Work of Healing: Fania and Angela Davis on a New Kind of Civil Rights Activism
Originally posted at Yes Magazine By Sarah van Gelder Angela Davis and her si... -
21Dec
Congrats to our own Daris Jasper on his induction to the 2018 Multicultural Leadership Academy Latino Policy Forum
The Latino Policy Forum announced the 24 community, policy, art and culture l... -
11Dec
Your Uncle Said What? How to Talk About Social Justice With Your Family During the Holidays
Originally posted at Yes! By Wyatt Massey Finding connection and engaging fac... -
11Dec
Youth Consent Class
Join us in an evening of teaching our youth what Consent means. We wil... -
05Dec
‘Feed the Resistance’ Is Eater’s Cookbook of the Year
Originally posted at Eater By Daniela Galarza It’s one of the first ... -
05Dec
Black Books Matter: Children’s Books Celebrating Black Boys
Originally posted at The Conscious Kid Photo of Line 4 Line Barbersho... -
27Nov
Dad’s Sweet Comics Promote Empathy, Tolerance And Love
Originally posted at Huffington Post By Caroline Bologna Chris Grady draws co... -
10Nov
Gift to fund Art and Social Justice program at Yale School of Art
Originally posted at Yale News The Yale School of Art has received an anonymou... -
08Nov
The Diminishing Role of Art in Children’s Lives
Originally posted at The Atlantic By TRACY BROWN HAMILTON Kids have fewer opp... -
07Nov
How to Read Aloud to Children
Originally posted at New York Times By MALIA WOLLAN Don’t infantilize. “Ta... -
06Nov
How to Raise Creative Children
Creative children are the inventors and visionaries of the future; sci... -
01Nov
The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist ... -
31Oct
The Hidden Meaning of Kids’ Shapes and Scribbles
Originally posted at The Atlantic Your child’s quirky art isn’t just cute—s... -
24Oct
The Role Of Museums In Unmasking Society’s Inequities
Originally posted at Huffington Post By Maria Madison, ScD Whet... -
20Oct
5 Signs You May Be Too Woke For Your Own Good
Originally posted at Huffington Post By Eraina Ferguson CLARKE SANDE... -
18Oct
Literacy Builds Life Skills as Well as Language Skills
Originally posted at New York Times The Checkup By PERRI KLASS, M.D. OCT... -
17Oct
How to Be a Modern Parent
Orginally posted at New York Times By Perri Klass, M.D. and Lisa Damour... -
17Oct
17 New Authors of Color Writing Much-Needed Stories for Kid
Orignally posted at Read Brightly by Charnaie Gordon I read... -
09Oct
JR Hosts a “Giant Picnic” Across the U.S.-Mexican Border
Originally posted on Hypebeast.com By Jack Stanley/ Oct 9, 2017 / Arts ... -
06Oct
For Traumatized Children, An Offer Of Help From The Muppets
Originally posted on NPR.org October 6, 20176:02 AM ET ANYA KAMENETZ... -
06Oct
5 Halloween costumes for ambitious girls
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04Oct
Seeing the Future Lee Bey on conservation, preservation, and how to get fed
Originally posted at South Side Weekly BY MALVIKA JOLLY | OCTOBER 4, 2017 ... -
04Oct
The Disturbing History of the Suburbs
Redlining: the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects ... -
25Sep
Chicago honors labor hero Dolores Huerta through art
By Nereida MorenoContact Reporter Originally posted at Chicago Tribune Sep... -
07Sep
Every Child Is an Architect
Every Child Is an Architect By Katie Hurley, LCSW Child Development, Education... -
05Sep
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ – TAKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE WITH “WE RISE”
Originally posted on THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, aut... -
30Aug
“Bold Disobedience” Art Show Was Curated by Chicago Teens
“Bold Disobedience” Art Show Was Curated by Chicago Teens “... -
15Aug
Talking To Young People About Charlottesville And Race
By Carrie Shepherd, Kyra Mitchell riginally posted on WBEZ.org August 15, 2... -
14Aug
The first thing teachers should do when school starts is talk about hatred in America. Here’s help.
By Valerie Strauss Originally posted on the Washington Post (Update: Adding mo... -
14Aug
Why Theatre Is One Of The Most Important Tools For Social Justice
Nilaja Sun Actor, creator of Pike St. and No Child…, solo performer, tea... -
30Jul
Agnes Gund Sells a Lichtenstein to Start Criminal Justice Fund
By ROBIN POGREBIN Originally posted at the New York Times In January, rumors... -
30Jun
Social Justice Standards: The Teaching Tolerance Anti-bias Framework
The Social Justice Standards (formerly known as the Teaching Tolerance Anti-bi... -
30May
Artists Amplify the Power of Protest Signs
BY ALEXXA GOTTHARDT Orginally posted at Artsy If you were strolling through ... -
15May
10 Things You Need to Build Clever Coalitions
How to make collaboration work in a world of complex systems and exponential c... -
20Apr
Is Political Art the Only Art That Matters Now?
The art world is going to war with Trump. If it doesn’t shoot itself in the f...