IMPACT’s projects aim to enhance the capacity of actors in arts, culture and conflict transformation field (artists, peace builders, cultural workers and community leaders) through workshops, learning exchanges and training; engage funders, policymakers and scholars through research and advocacy on the power of arts and culture to address complex social challenges.
Empowering Grassroots in Colombia
Together with the Office of Cultural Affairs of the Central Bank of Colombia, IMPACT has supported capacity-building among grassroots arts...
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Thinking Partners in Cyprus
In 2020, IMPACT provided support to the Cyprus-based Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival. We co-designed and launched a “Thinking Partners”...
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“Women Writing” in Senegal
Building on the connections and as a follow-up to Creative Approaches to Gender-Based Violence in Africa virtual learning exchange, in...
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‘Stories of Water’ in India
IMPACT partnered with Bangalore Creative Circus, and Harsha Bhamdipati, Brandeis graduate student, to work with local artists from Bangalore, India,...
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Toolkit: Systems-based Approach to Transforming Complex Conflicts
Building on the knowledge of Acting Together, IMPACT is developing a novel toolkit that illustrates how systems and complexity theories...
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Publication: Invite | Affirm | Evoke | Unleash
A global research initiative supported by the Community Arts Network of the Porticus Foundation. Based on analyses of the alignment...
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Theory of Change for ACCT
There is a high degree of interconnectedness within the network of arts, culture, and conflict transformation (ACCT). Nonetheless, through formal...
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Advocacy Gathering
In 2019, IMPACT convened a gathering of philanthropic professionals, researchers and peacebuilding/arts practitioners to sketch out plans for an advocacy...
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Acting Together
The documentary Acting Together on the World Stage was produced by the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts at Brandeis...
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Reachout Activities
IMPACT has engaged with key players in related fields, including human rights, transitional justice, environmental justice, sustainable development, arts education,...
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