The following is a continuously-updated list of books, films, and and organizations that were either recommended by past or current presenters, members of the Arts in the One World Organizational Team, or that came up through organization meetings about the current conference. We hope that you will find something or interest, or something to watch or read that will widen your worldview.
BOOKS
| Title | Author(s) | Related Information | Website |
| Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide | Nicholas Kristoff,
Cheryl WuDunn |
Buy Half the Sky | |
| Mountains Beyond Mountains | Paul Farmer | Buy Mountains Beyond Mountains | |
| Somewhere Else;
Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bones |
Matthew Shenoda | A Coptic poet, educator, and activist devoted to using art for social change and to build community amongst people of color | About M. Shenoda Buy Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone Buy Somewhere Else |
ORGANIZATIONS
| Organization | Related Names | Related Info. | Website |
| Half the Sky Movement | http://www.halftheskymovement.org/ | ||
| Wheels for Humanity | http://www.ucpwfh.org/ | ||
| Casa del Tunel | Gallery | http://www.lacasadeltunelartcenter.org/programs.html | |
| Hope North | Forest Whitaker | A 40-acre campus in northern Uganda where refugees, orphans & former child soldiers find a place to call home; a living & learning community with an accredited secondary school, vocational training center. | http://www.hopenorth.org/ |
| Interdisciplinary Genocide Studies Center (IGSC) | http://www.igscrwanda.net/ | ||
| Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics | http://hemisphericinstitute.org/hemi/ | ||
| Bead for Life | Torkin Wakefield, Devin Hibbard |
Bead for Life eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans & concerned world citizens. | http://www.beadforlife.org/indexb.html |
FILMS
| Film | Filmmaker/Director | Related Info. | Website |
| Sari Soldiers | http://sarisoldiers.com/ | ||
| Slingshot Hip-Hop | The Philistines | Palestinian hip-hop documentary | http://www.slingshothiphop.com/ |
| Burma VJ – Reporting from a Closed Country | Anders Østergaard | http://burmavjmovie.com/ | |
| From a Grain of Sand | Meena Nanji | 1993 CalArts Film Video Alum | http://www.viewgrainofsand.com/ |
| Reversing the Ripples of War | 20 min. documentary on female activists from four different countries | http://www.sunandmoonvision.org/reversingtheripplesofwar.html |
With the IGSC, CalArts and the Arts in the One World committee help maintain a sister library in Kigali – where the Tutsi genocide is researched, testimony is gathered, negationism is resisted, and a social space for survivors is afforded.
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