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Museum Of Impact Coming To Livingston Library: Upstanders Fests
The Museum of Impact is coming to the Livingston Public Library in April.
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the Livingston Public Library. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site here.
This year the Livingston Library introduced “Livingston Listens,” a series of programs on inclusion, representation, and social justice. Livingston Library recognizes that teenagers and children have important, powerful voices, which is why the next programs in the Livingston Listens series are designed for them.
On Friday, April 27 the Museum of Impact is coming to Livingston Library to present #Upstanders Festival: Fierce Flags fly for grades 6-12. On Saturday, April 28 the Museum of Impact! will present an #Upstanders Festival for grades 1-8. The #Upstanders Festivals are social justice extravaganzas where teens and kids will make art and build power with a healthy curiosity of understanding activism and the role they can play. Teens and children will discover avenues to action and express themselves through art making, songs, games and creative crafts. These festivals transform audiences from bystanders to Upstanders through a variety of activities to enhance equity and creative expression.
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The Museum of Impact (MOI) is the first mobile social justice museum, inspiring action at the intersection of self, society art, and activism. MOI travels the country creatively activating spaces, fusing conscious content, art, and history to inspire action and build power. As a grassroots, progressive museum, MOI creates pop up experimental voyages into the heart of social movements, encouraging visitors to participate and leave their own marks as they transform from bystanders to Upstanders.
MOI is chronicling movements of the people with 9,000+ visitors spanning pop up exhibits and workshops at renowned institutions such as Portland Art Museum, The New School, Brooklyn Museum, The High Line, Columbia University Teachers College, and SXSW Edu.
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For more info visit www.livingstonlibrary.org.
#Upstanders Festival: Fierce Flags Fly (Museum of Impact!)
- April 27, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Best for Grades 6-12
#Upstanders Festival (Museum of Impact!)
- April 28, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
- Best for Grades 1-8
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