As we put together this issue of Eye See, I kept thinking of one thing: Eve. The first woman would have been saddened by today’s world. A gender of honor and help, service and love has been torn and battered. Today, women are more likely to be uneducated, sick, stolen, stolen from, sold, beaten, underpaid, and overworked. Women suffer [...]
By: J.T. Liss You are being taken for a ride. Life passes in Technicolor, Yet you remain oblivious To its black and white propaganda. Red Blue Green You are unseen, So you make yourself heard, By following the herd. Truth is closer than it may appear, But you ignore the sign. Falling deeper Watch out for that next drop… [...]
In January 2010, Global Voices contributor Issa Villarreal wrote a three-part series on urban art and graffiti in Latin America titled “Graffiti and Urban Art: Voices from Latin American Streets” (I, II, and III). Since then, bloggers have continued covering this alternative form of art which enjoys a strong presence throughout the region. Bolivian blogger Patricia Vargas (@arquitecta [es] on Twitter) visited Chile earlier this [...]
By: Firuzeh Shokooh Valle A stunning view of the sky woven with 500 kites covers the central patio of the National Gallery (Galería Nacional) in Old San Juan, the colonial city in the capital San Juan. “Revuelo” [es] (Commotion)-the name given to this breathtaking artistic and architectural project- is the proposal of the architects and designers Doel Fresse and Vladimir García that won [...]
In 2009, artists from around the world supported the Green Movement in Iran with their artwork, as protesters defied the Islamic regime over the presidential election results. Three years later United4Iran, a non profit organization campaigning for human rights in Iran, steps in with an online music compilation designed to revive hope for freedom for Iranians. Firouzeh Mahmoudi, founder of [...]
By: J.T Liss Words by a 19 year old student. Students from this class were given a writing assignment using blackout poetry, a form of poetry that uses newspaper and eliminates words that are not needed with a black marker. Along with the paper, they were given a photo. With the photo they had to create a black out [...]
By: Ryan Chamberlain If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em…then beat ‘em. That’s one way of defining the strategy of Greenlight Apparel: Join a traditionally wicked business specifically to effect change from within. The global garment industry has been fraught with ethical production problems for a long time: from the mass pollution of dyes, bleach, and solvents, to sweatshops, [...]
[Four Days to End Sex Slavery is a series of four actions that support new campaigns focused on ending sex slavery around the globe. Through the donation of a few dollars, a few minutes of your time, or a few shares on your own social media, we steadily move towards an end to the trade in humans and forced prostitution. [...]
By: Laura Stump For as much as I love my morning cup of coffee, I know very little about what it takes for it to get from the plant to my cup. But thanks to the people of Café Justo, I’m seeing the whole process! Café Justo is dedicated to providing a fair price to coffee growers so they can live and [...]
By: J.T. Liss A weed grows through a crack Of these sidewalks of pain that I walk on. Through violence and poverty, She slowly grows. Layers upon layers of cigarette butts And naysayers Attack. A daily life of Harlem trench warfare, Yet She overcomes. A tiny bud forms. A preview of all the beauty that could be. Maybe someday she [...]
