Tag: 50th Anniversary

Pride in London announces the 50th anniversary pride parade with landmark participation and a return to its historic route

Stuart Mitchell

Pride in London has announced the 2022 parade route, with a monumental number of applications. After a two year hiatus, the 2022 Pride Parade, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride march in 1972, is returning to the streets of the capital, with nearly 40,000 applications from all sections of the community and over 400 community groups. On Saturday, 2 July, the parade will trace the route of the historic 1972 march, passing important sites from the UK’s LGBT+ movement. The parade kicks off at Hyde Park…

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‘Artivists’ create giant murals around the world as part of Greenpeace’s 50th anniversary

Stuart Mitchell

Influential Swiss artist duo Queen Kong kicked off a six month international art project with Greenpeace, Hope through Action, which will see giant murals painted in 12 countries around the world. The murals are part of Greenpeace’s 50th anniversary commemoration, which on 15 September 2021 marked five decades of campaigning, creative activism and nonviolent direct action. The first mural appeared this month in Zürich. “‘Artivism’ was a presence in the first ever Greenpeace voyage in 1971, when the crew painted a banner combining both the ecology and peace symbols onto…

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Keep America Beautiful Partners With Earth Day Network on 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

Stuart Mitchell

National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful® and Earth Day Network, the global coordinator of Earth Day, today announced a partnership to promote the iconic organizations’ respective missions to keep America – and the world – clean, green, and beautiful as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020) approaches. The organizations will promote participation in each other’s signature volunteer engagement events – the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup® and Earth Day Network’s Great Global Cleanup™ – as well as promote the 50th anniversary of Earth Day to each organization’s respective network of partners, affiliates, and volunteers.…

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