Last week the students created designs to make water activist signs. After three design iterations, students created a final iteration for hole punching. They began by punching holes in the spaces marked by their designs. Next they opened the holes using a pen to make sure that there was a space for the LED’s to poke through. The students poked the LED’s through the holes and added battery packs to turn them on. They came out great!Last, we had a discussion about water as a human right. We defined activism and we spoke about different ways to be an activist to serve the community. Each student came up with a creative way to advocate for water rights.
DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice aims to bridge the digital divide by combining media literacy and cultural awareness along with a vast understanding of technology to encourage young women in under served communities to pursue careers in computer science and new media.
