Tag - Activism

2012 ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism

August 9, 2011 ALBA is now accepting nominations for the 2014 ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism   About the Award: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the Puffin Foundation invite nominations for the ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism.  The Award is granted on an annual basis to individuals or organizations whose...

Puffin Gallery on NYC Activism to Open at Musuem of the City of NY

April 25, 2012 Museum of the City of New York Inaugurates the Puffin Foundation Gallery with Activist New York Strike Pickets, 1910, Bain News Service photograph, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division New York, NY (PRWEB) April 25, 2012 Activist New York, the inaugural exhibition in the Museum’s new Puffin Foundation Gallery, will examine the ways in...

Puffin Gallery on NYC Activism Opens at Musuem of the City of NY

May 22, 2012 New York City’s Dramatic 350-year History as a Focal Point of Social Activism Explored in New Puffin Gallery at the Museum of the City of New York   Museum of the City of New York Inaugurates the Puffin Foundation Gallery with Activist New York   (New York, NY) – Activist New York, the inaugural exhibition in the Museum’s new Puffin Foundation Gallery...

Puffin/ALBA Award For Human Rights Activism Given To Bryan Stevenson

April 22, 2014 The Lincoln Brigade Continues Bending the Arc Towards Justice New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Foundation, which provides an...

Nominations for the 2015 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism now open

July 11, 2014 Human Rights ProjectIn 2011, ALBA, in partnership with the Puffin Foundation, began a major new initiative: the ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Project (HRP), established to honor the International Brigades and all those who fought against fascism during the Spanish Civil War by connecting that legacy with international activist causes today, in particular the...

MCNY presents Posters + Politics: The Art of Activism in New York

July 2, 2015 Museum of the City on New York, Wednesday, July 8 at 6:30 pm Posters + Politics: The Art of Activism in New York Political activists in New York, and in cities the world over, have a long tradition of using boldly-designed posters to draw attention to the most pressing political and cultural issues of the day. Despite their uniquely urban form and...