September 2009
3 posts
Complete List of Challenges
Couldn’t make the game but curious about the challenges? Want to play on your own? Here are the challenges that the Re:Activism teams completed for points 8/29/2009.
MARION STREET BRIDGE Challenge 1 Welcome to the Marion Street bridge, overlooking I-94 and cutting through the old Rondo neighborhood. “In the 1930s, Rondo Avenue was the heart of St. Paul’s largest Black neighborhood....
Twin Cities Daily Planet covers Re:Activism →
Sheila Regan explains how Re:Activism was created and talks with the Twin Cities team about the version they created for the anniversary of the 2008 RNC protests. Coming soon A photo gallery from Team Mudwogs, and a complete list of all of the sites and challenges
August 2009
15 posts
The Rules
• Goal: Be the team to accumulate the most points. Points are earned visitng sites on the map and answering questions and completing challenges at the site. Your team may visit as many sites as they like during the game.
• Text Messages: Teams will need to text their answers and progress to Protest Central while you play the game. In turn Protest Central will update teams on scores and...
Game on!
Teams are out and about in downtown St. Paul! If you want Twitter updates on the events of the day, you can text “follow reactivismtc” to 40404.
Frequently Asked Questions
(1) What is Re:Activism? - Re:Activism is a big-urban-game that revisits locations of historic protests and teaches game participants about the events and related social causes. In order to progress through the game, the participants raise awareness of protest events by creating present day interventions and public interactions. Teams of game-players race from location to location to...
Come out & play! August 29, 2009: 12pm-4pm, St....
[Note: The bulk of this was originally posted on indymedia in July.]
What is Re:Activism?
It’s a game/tactic/model of public engagement, interaction, and spectacle that seeks to both educate the public about the histories of local struggles and empower participants. It was developed by folks in NYC and has been staged, in context-specific formulations, in multiple places both in the states...