Benjamin Shepard: 3 books
Play, Creativity, and Social Movements
If I Can't Dance, It’s Not My Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
As we play, we step away from stark reality to conjure up new possibilities for the present and our common future. Today, a new cohort of social activists are using it to create social change and reinvent democratic social relations. In contrast to work or routine, play must be free. To the extent...
by Benjamin Shepard
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
From the birth of the Gay Liberation through the rise of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) in 1987, the global justice movement in 1994, the largest day of antiwar protest in world history in February 2003, the Republican National Convention protests in August 2004, and the massive immigrant...
Community Projects as Social Activism
From Direct Action to Direct Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Community Projects as Social Activism: From Direct Action to Direct Services by Benjamin Shepard is an engaging and accessible work that will get today's students excited about the very real prospect of achieving lasting, positive change within their communities. It outlines a distinct approach to...