February 1, 2022

Redefining realities: The art of social justice

For over 20 years, Inter Pares' counterpart DDS has trained Dalit women in India to be at the helm of a camera, documenting their own realities and perspectives.

Photo: Deccan Development Society

From India to Colombia to Guinea-Bissau, communities are harnessing film, dance, dress, and visual arts to visibilize and humanize marginalized people and their struggles.

Redefining realities: The art of social justice celebrates the creative expression of communities to better represent who they are – and their visions for a more just and equal world.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Your February Bulletin, showcases how counterparts use art as a tool to advance social justice.

For more than 35 years, Deccan Development Society has worked with poor, Dalit caste women farmers.

At a time when tropical forests are disappearing, Tiniguena has preserved them by supporting a network of community forests protected by local people.

In Quindío, Colombia, trans women have created Kathleya Trans, a grassroots group that combats violence.