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Projected at a viewing audience of many millions, Indian movies are not just money spinners - they also have an important role in transforming outmoded values.

This article explores the connection between ideas of change, and activism.

This article looks at the potential of positive psychology in shaping social change. The change begins with you.

Film has the ability touch the hearts and minds of viewers, and if used responsibly it can carry the message of awareness and change to a global audience.

A lot of parents and government officials are worried about the impact that violence in video games have on children.

Games that help young people develop social consciousness and understand complex social issues are the goal of gamesforchange.org. Who says learning can't be fun?

The Protestant Reformation was born in the context of social change and economic makeover.

For nearly 40 years, women's funds have made grants- funded by women's philanthropy- to grassroots organizations supporting leadership and causes of women and girls.

As cities in the Middle East are rapidly urbanizing, the contrast between traditional and modern values is becoming more and more apparent.

When teen girls talk about self esteem and positive body image, social change can happen. The Dressing Room Project deals with mass media with teenagers.

The author Louis de Bernières grew up in a Surrey village and the short stories in Notwithstanding reflect memories of rural idyllic childhood and English eccentricity.

This article looks at the impact of postmodernism on 2nd wave feminism.

Explore debates about the American family. Is it in transformation or decline. The Progressive and Traditionalist approaches are reviewed.

Karl Marx founded a controversial political theory that had serious effects in the twentieth century. His vision of 'utopia' was appealing though impossible.

The social movement that began in Niagara culminated with the direct nonviolent confrontation strategy of the Montgomery Improvement Association.

Are you a third wave feminist? Read about this individualistic form of feminism that is popular among younger women, and read what critics have to say.

Canadians join the wave of enthusiastic support worldwide for U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama. Politicians also see opportunities to forge new deals.

Thomas Frey, founder of the DaVinci Institute in Colorado, outlines the areas of change for schools and education in the future.

The name Eames is synonymous with early modern chair design, but duo Charles and Ray Eames also designed architecture and other artifacts for mass production.

40 years ago civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King Jnr was assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Just where does learning take place? Thomas Frey states that it takes place everywhere in the world. "Touch Points" are where we come in contact with the world.

Frey explains where the research is for solving the problem of distributing information. Learn where the likely vehicle will be.

Feminist's active in the 60s, 70s and 80s frequently ask 'where are the young feminists?' This article explores the commodification of feminism and its connections to girl culture. Young women are often feminist in principle but actively reject the label of 'feminist'.

Local voucher or money schemes play a valuable role in supporting sustainable lifestyles, and are especially popular in times of recession. Here's why.

Thomas Frey envisions education to be a vast selection of courseware topics available economically to everyone of all ages and about all topics.

The Honduran coup forced a leader into exile and exposed undemocratic processes in their extremity. But what is life like for the Honduran people now?

Marx believed that society is shaped by the dominant capitalist class, the owners of production, but that the lower classes will eventually start a revolution.

Pecha Kucha Night, a night of slideshow presentations, is a way for communities to engage in the dialogue of ideas. For activists, it's an ideal way to get things done.

The Roaring Twenties dramatically altered female perspectives and attitudes, allowing for a greater sense of independence and openness.

Thomas Frey, founder of the DaVinci Institute in Colorado, has a strong vision of the future in education. It does not resemble what we see today.

The process of abstracting of forms found its extreme in Constructivism, the avant-garde art movement of the post-revolutionary Russian and later Soviet era.

How do you sell people-developers, home owners, commuters and just-plain Joes-on a more sustainable lifestyle? Chris Turner has the answer.

Have a nice decade! Here are some of the signs of the times that represented the over-the-top individualism of the 1970s.

Here's a brief summary of some of the many different kinds of feminism.

A traffic light symbol offers guidance to people who search vending machines at Univ. of Virginia for healthy food options. And a nickel surcharge offers hope for more.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus describes how to harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger and inequality.

This article explores changes in sexual equality since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

In Music is My Life, Politics My Mistress, director donnie l betts is the first to comprehensively tell the life story of Oscar Brown Jr. He talks about the challenges.

Based on the best selling book, the film adaptation of FAST FOOD NATION has its heart in the right place and possible also in your next burger.

Sexy TV dads are nurturing, flexible, suportive, collaborative and intelligent. Could this indicate a paradigm shift in fatherhood?

93.6 Ram FM takes to the air in the Middle East - in Ramallah and Jerusalem - in English, thanks to South African backing.

Online resources for free college courses in green subject matters.

A Season for Nonviolence has been celebrated every year since 1997. The season is marked by the anniversaries of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Gandhi.

The nation's civil rights are constantly under attack. If we don't want to repeat history we must get informed NOW! If you want racism to be a thing of the past, read on.

Student behavior in middle school changes drastically from grade school. Fast tips for parental survival!

Lillian Smith is one of the forgotten heroes in the history of Southern literature, but her works challenged racist ideology in the early twentieth century.

Ever since Uncle Tom's Cabin was publication in 1852, it has received critical acclaim for its literary significance and criticized for its portrayal of blacks.

French Cuisine is the style of cooking that all others are compared against. This Cuisine is a result of centuries of political and social change in France.

Can painters and sculptors make a difference to society? The work of many artists, such as Fiona Hall and Michel Tuffery, suggests that they can.

Preservation of both cultures can be maintained through community programs. Social change and ethnic/religious tolerance blossoms from academia.