Center for Artistic Activism

🧵 What is Artistic Activism? Making the Impossible Possible (1/9) #ArtActivism #ArtAsActivism #Artivist #ARTivism #ResistanceArt #ArtForImpact #ArtForJustice #CommunityActivism #CreativeActivism

Join us tonight 7-8pm ET for a free training on tactical frivolity: using humor, spectacle, and absurdity to make voting irresistible. Learn from experts how to build your own projects and get first access to apply for funding. Register to attend! https://go.c4aa.org/4GzB6

Join us Friday, August 28th, 12-1pm ET for free Office Hours with Krystal Barrett! Bring your dreamy goals, creative challenges, and brilliantly weird campaign ideas. No prep needed. Let's ideate together and make something amazing happen. https://go.c4aa.org/rCOTT

Join us today to fight authoritarianism with Stacey Abrams and the C4AA. Sign up now and be part of the movement for democracy and freedom. Your voice matters. https://go.c4aa.org/qZszR

Got a campaign idea stuck? Curious how art and activism actually work together? Join us for free Office Hours Friday, June 26th, 12-1pm ET with co-founder Stephen Duncombe. Bring your questions, no prep needed. Let's figure this out together. https://go.c4aa.org/rCOTT

300 people already signed up for our free workshop with Stacey Abrams. 17 days to go! Join us June 15 for a participatory workshop on disrupting authoritarianism and building a better way forward. Plus a 3-week Action Challenge with weekly mentoring. Register free today. https://go.c4aa.org/txfR0

Got a campaign idea brewing? Join us for free Office Hours this Friday, May 29th, 12-1pm ET with Co-Founder Stephen Duncombe. Bring your strategy questions, half-formed ideas, or "where do I start?" moments. Only 2 spots left. Sign up now. https://go.c4aa.org/Rau6o

Have a campaign idea? Join free virtual Office Hours: casual one-on-one sessions for organizers, artists, and advocates to get strategy help from our co-founder and staff. Next: Fri May 29, 12-1pm ET with Stephen Duncombe. Two spots left, sign up now. https://zpr.io/QfE7qs9PiaAj

Defeat authoritarianism with Stacey Abrams. Free online workshop June 15, 4 PM ET. Join Stacey, Steve Lambert and Janelle Treibitz for an interactive workshop and a 3-week Action Challenge to design and launch your own action. Sign up. https://zpr.io/RDKLhuDXDs53

“The future isn't a single timeline we're heading toward—it's a wide-open landscape of possibility. And right now, in this moment of crisis, the question isn't whether the future will change. It's whose vision of the future will win” — @thec4aa.bsky.social newsletter Subscribe: c4aa.org/newsletter/

Center for Artistic Activism hosts monthly Office Hours: brief virtual one-on-one sessions. Next: Friday, May 29, 12-1 pm ET with Stephen Duncombe. Low-pressure help with campaigns or creative blocks. Sign up now. Slots first-come, first-served. https://zpr.io/QfE7qs9PiaAj

Three days left to apply to Unstoppable Voters Leaders Accelerator! Free months-long program for senior U.S. advocates: expert training, peer cohort, coaching, and $2,000 to run creative 2026 voter campaigns. Apply by May 17 midnight ET. https://zpr.io/3XxV4MAyFe5G

Jocelyn Foye calls it one of the best moves in her career. One week left to apply to Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator. Get an in-person retreat, monthly mentorship, a supportive cohort, and $2,000 in campaign funding. Apply by May 17. https://zpr.io/3XxV4MAyFe5G

Creative Leadership in Action starts 1pm ET. Three leaders share how they brought creative methods to their work and you'll try a favorite exercise. See if the Unstoppable Voters program is for you. Register before applications close May 17. https://zpr.io/ebKiUU69C4CA

Leaders arrive at the Center for Artistic Activism overloaded and leave with creative methods that transform campaigns. Join Creative Leadership in Action Thursday, May 7, 1-2pm ET. Free. Hear leaders, try a hands-on exercise. Register to join. https://zpr.io/ebKiUU69C4CA

Join Unstoppable Voters Leaders Accelerator, a free 2026 program for senior leaders at U.S. civic engagement orgs. Includes retreat, monthly coaching, peer cohort meetings, and $2,000 seed funding for a creative campaign. Apply by May 17. https://zpr.io/3XxV4MAyFe5G

What if leaders made room for creativity, even under pressure? Join our free May 7 event, Creative Leadership in Action, to hear leaders' stories, try a hands-on exercise, and learn about the Unstoppable Voters Leaders Accelerator. Register now. https://zpr.io/ebKiUU69C4CA

Leading voter engagement in 2026? Apply for the Unstoppable Voters: Leaders Accelerator to supercharge your efforts! Get training, mentorship, funding, and a passionate community of peers. Apply by May 17 at hubs.li/Q04c414C0.

Leading voter engagement in 2026? The Center for Artistic Activism's Unstoppable Voters Leaders Accelerator helps advocacy leaders build bold creative campaigns. Retreat, coaching, peer cohort and $2,000 seed funding. Apply or share by May 17. https://zpr.io/3XxV4MAyFe5G

Working on an art + advocacy campaign or just starting? Join free Office Hours with the Center for Artistic Activism. Bring your work for feedback from Co-Founder Stephen Duncombe. Friday, April 24, 12 to 1 pm ET. Sign up now. Get a creative spark. https://zpr.io/QfE7qs9PiaAj

Good news: there's still time to apply for the Forging Anti-Fascist Futures workshop! Two free online sessions with Mushon Zer-Aviv on Apr 13 and Apr 20 to imagine futures and build strategy. Short application. Apply by 12pm ET tomorrow, Apr 10. https://zpr.io/zafYK3tFwBTx

Join Forging Anti-Fascist Futures, a free online two-part workshop with Mushon Zer-Aviv. Part 1: Future Screenshots Apr 13, Part 2: What For? Apr 20, both 12-2pm ET. Limited spots; short application. Apply by April 9. https://zpr.io/zafYK3tFwBTx

We're proud to serve on the National Voter Education Week steering committee. Voter education helps people claim agency and vote with confidence. Join us Oct 5 to 9 to boost voter confidence, connect communities, and celebrate with us in 2026. https://zpr.io/MxMj3nbDJf2V

Imagination isn't a luxury, it's strategy. Join Forging Anti-Fascist Futures, a free two-part online series with Mushon Zer-Aviv: Apr 13 (Future Screenshots) and Apr 20 (What For?). Spots limited; short application required. Apply by Apr 9. https://zpr.io/zafYK3tFwBTx

“If we really want to bring about revolutions in thinking and being, we need to disrupt the stories people already have, and help to write new ones.” —“The Art of Activism” by Stephen Duncombe & Steve Lambert @thec4aa.bsky.social

Debunkbot is an AI that helps you have the hard Thanksgiving talk about conspiracy theories. It stays calm, knows the facts, and is patient. An MIT study found three exchanges cut belief strength by 20% for at least two months. Share with your uncle. https://zpr.io/U43WAFzrZCJs

You have the dream. Join a free virtual training March 25, 8-9pm ET to learn a clear outcomes process and try a new AI tool for activists. Vivian Peng and Steve Lambert lead. Free, donations welcome. Register to get your clear path forward. https://zpr.io/pkU5gXjHvFwJ

In "As Trump Crushes Academia, the NYT and Atlantic Still Fight 'Woke' Wars from 5 Years Ago," we are joined by Chenjerai Kumanyika & Todd Wolfson of @aaup.org to discuss Trump's gutting of higher education, neoliberalism's college takeover and the possible end of academic independence as we know it

I wrote about an all-time favorite media genre of mine: the Sleeper Cell Panic story. It addition to helping prop up the war effort against Iran and pressuring Dems to abandon their (token) DHS reforms, it has the added bonus of promoting mindless paranoia and racial profiling.

In December 2020, when the abortion ban repeal failed in the Senate in Argentina, campaigners hung the name of every no voter from neon hangers (perchas) in the trees around the Capitol & called them "Senador Percha." Where are our "Senator Pedophile" & "Senator Murder" signs?

Questions running while you build a campaign? Say them out loud. Steve Lambert, Co-Founder of Center for Artistic Activism, hosts free Office Hours on Fri, Mar 27, 12 to 1 pm ET. Open to anyone who wants a thinking partner. Sign up; spots limited. https://zpr.io/QfE7qs9PiaAj

Every campaign starts with a dream. Turning it into an actionable, measurable, winnable plan is a skill. Join Vivian Peng and Steve Lambert free on March 25 for Make the Dream Real: Building a Strong Objective. Sign up now. https://zpr.io/mnrtiL5Z6WMm

“…all parts of campaigning involve performance. Whether you’re registering people to vote in front of a supermarket, phone banking, or doing something absolutely innovative, you’re doing it for an audience, so thinking about it as a performance will help.” @thec4aa.bsky.social c4aa.org/kit/

2 spots left for tomorrow's Office Hours with Steve Lambert. Bring your half-baked idea, your stuck campaign, your big question. No polish required. Sign up → c4aa.org/office-hours #ArtisticActivism #C4AA

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“If we really want to bring about revolutions in thinking and being, we need to disrupt the stories people already have, and help to write new ones.” —“The Art of Activism” by Stephen Duncombe & Steve Lambert @thec4aa.bsky.social

“The future isn't a single timeline we're heading toward—it's a wide-open landscape of possibility. And right now, in this moment of crisis, the question isn't whether the future will change. It's whose vision of the future will win.” — @thec4aa.bsky.social newsletter c4aa.org

“If facts are to be heard and heeded, they need to be made into engaging stories and compelling images that capture people’s attention and resonate with the ways they make sense of their world.” —The Art of Activism by Steve Lambert & Stephen Duncombe @thec4aa.bsky.social

A big thanks to @thec4aa.bsky.social for hosting an Alaska focused event. These guys do great work! FREE registration sponsored by @alaskarobotics.com, @tongassdemocrats.bsky.social, @tombegichforalaska.bsky.social (the human, not the campaign) and Nadine Lefebvre.

Work is relentless. Imagination isn't. Join organizers, artists, and advocacy leaders Feb 25, 3–4pm ET (online) to learn practical creative strategies that build momentum, clarity, and impact. Learn more and register: https://hubs.li/Q043lQwC0

Want to tap the brain of C4AA Co-Founder + Artistic Director? 🧠🔍 Office Hours are open: bring your campaign questions, creative dilemmas, and strategy knots. Leave with sharper aims and smarter moves. Sign up → c4aa.org/office-hours #ArtisticActivism #C4AA

The work is relentless. Good thing imagination is, too. Join us on 2/25 3-4pm ET to reconnect with creative thinking as a practical tool for momentum, clarity, and impact. Featuring creative leaders at @aapd.com and Maremoto. Register: hubs.li/Q0422wB_0

When the work feels heavy, creativity can feel like a luxury. But what if it’s the way through? Join our event for activists, artists, & social justice champions looking for new tools to keep going. Come (re)find your spark. hubs.li/Q0422wB_0 2/25 3-4pm ET #ArtisticActivism #CreativeResistance

This one filled up fast ✨ Forging Anti-Fascist Futures is now FULL. For those attending: please plan to join live on Wed Jan 21, 12–2pm ET. Unlike past events, this workshop will not be recorded—it relies on participation. See you soon. #FuturesThinking #ArtisticActivism