Beautiful Trouble

Beautiful Trouble is a book, web toolbox, and international network of artist-activist trainers whose mission is to make grassroots movements more creative and more effective.

Beautiful Trouble is a collaborative effort by 70 artist-activists-strategists and over 10 leading creative campaign organizations including the YesMen/YesLab, Ruckus Society, Other 98%, and others.

http://beautifultrouble.org

Grants

Staff Retreat and Collective Liberation/Anti-Oppression Workshop
Support for a staff retreat, strategic planning session, and collective liberation/anti-oppression workshop to help Beautiful Trouble become an organization that reflects the full spectrum of the movements it serves
Amount $5,900
Year(s) 2015
Region US
Primary Approach Direct Action and Training
 
Training for Trainers Skillshare
Hosted a skillshare for a network of community-based trainers and expanded and disseminated Beautiful Trouble's open-source library of training materials, tools, and practices
Amount $10,000
Year(s) 2015
Region US
Primary Approach Direct Action and Training
 
Support of Gulf Future Coalition
Travel to and facilitation of the Beautiful Trouble Strategic Arts Activism workshops and support of the Gulf South Rising campaign
Amount $6,000
Year(s) 2015
Region Gulf Coast
Primary Approach Travel
 
Beautiful Solutions
Initial phase of the Beautiful Solutions project, a partnership with Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis' This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Amount $25,000
Year(s) 2015
Region US
Primary Approach Cultural Organizing