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The Institute
of Equity, Ecology, Humor and Art creates
innovative multimedia materials such as websites, video,
computer games, music and educational material to promote
social justice and environmental equity.
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CURRENT
PROJECTS |
CAUGHT
IN BETWEEN: WHAT TO CALL HOME IN TIMES OF WAR |
As the Arab, Muslim, South
Asian communities face post-911 repression, this documentary
captures Muslim and Japanese American communities revisiting
the dark days of the incarceration of Japanese Americans
during World War II. It's about people who have been made
the enemy, questions “freedom” in the USA, and
captures the power of people standing together to fight
for civil liberties and human rights.
www.caughtinbetween.org |
ENDURING
WAR &
RACISM |
A
web portal for a tapestry of the personal stories of racism,
the impacts of war as well as the calls for peace from the
Asian diaspora using narrative, photographs, artwork, cartoons,
music and spoken word that will seek to inform the general
public, especially students and young people. www.enduringracism.org,
www.enduringwar.org,
and www.enduringbush.org |
WHIRLED
BANK |
The
Whirled Bank website (www.whirledbank.org)
is a spoof on the World Bank (www.worldbank.org).
It includes numerous factsheets on the impact of the multilateral
lending institutions, an Instant Insecure Online Banking
game to learn about debt and structural adjustment, as well
as a special gospel and hymnal from James Sheepensohn, the
high priest of First Church Of The Almighty Dollar. |
CHILLIN'
WOMAN |
Chillin'
Woman(www.chillinwoman.com)
pokes fun at the irony that the "non-commercial," "alternative"
community of Burning Man relies so heavily on disposable
income earned at corporate jobs, as well as the idea that
massive commercialization and yuppie-fication of Burning
Man since the mid-nineties or so has been underwritten by
the dot-com boom.
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GOLD
GREED & GENOCIDE |
Gold,
Greed & Genocide is a 19 minute video documentary and
a website (www.1849.org)
based on a book of the same nameabout the environmental and
social holocaust of the native peoples of the state of California
during the 1849 gold rush as related by descendents of the
survivors of the era including Jim Brown and Clayton Duncan
of the Pomo tribe, Cheryl Seidner of the Wiyot tribe and Charlie
Thom of the Karuk tribe. The video and website are still under
development. For more information, please email pchatterjee@ieeha.org. |
HARUKO,
A CHILD OF SPRING |
The
video work portrays Haruko Okano, a Japanese-Canadian artist
residing in Vancouver. She was subjected to the severe anti-Japanese
sentiment after World War II. Transforming her anger and frustration
into fuel for her artistic endeavors, she became an accomplished
artist and political activist. Her amazing story can serve
as a role model for all marginalized women. see
www.kozaru.com |
MONOPOLY
GAME |
Welcome
to the Washington Monopoly game! (http://www.gorebush.org/monopoly/)
Join the race to tea at the White House! (plus a host of
other benefits from lower taxes, permission to dump your
toxic waste and send jobs overseas.)
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GLOBAL
ARCADE |
Information
about globalization is presented through use of interesting,
engaging and interactive games and activities.
www.globalarcade.org |
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