<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077233114289645421</id><updated>2012-02-16T05:11:12.307-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ACT COLLECTIVE</title><subtitle type='html'>ACT is a group of theater enthusiasts performing for social justice. We believe that art can and should be employed to deliver messages that help make the earth a better place for all. Through our theater, we hope to challenge economic apartheid, racism, sexism, homophobia and other injustices around us.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://actcollective.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actcollective.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ACT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12488730991889167004</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077233114289645421.post-8939579013356587150</id><published>2008-06-27T07:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T07:24:36.784-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pics from Latest Performance</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/SGT32X3AnhI/AAAAAAAAADU/xvTR8PnsOCw/s1600-h/Politician+Pit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/SGT32X3AnhI/AAAAAAAAADU/xvTR8PnsOCw/s200/Politician+Pit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216566781891616274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/SGT4B4a_F2I/AAAAAAAAADc/YuTPxEIA3nk/s1600-h/aud.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/SGT4B4a_F2I/AAAAAAAAADc/YuTPxEIA3nk/s200/aud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216566979611006818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9077233114289645421-8939579013356587150?l=actcollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default/8939579013356587150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default/8939579013356587150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actcollective.blogspot.com/2008/06/pics-from-latest-performance.html' title='Pics from Latest Performance'/><author><name>ACT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12488730991889167004</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/SGT32X3AnhI/AAAAAAAAADU/xvTR8PnsOCw/s72-c/Politician+Pit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077233114289645421.post-5218396199279793735</id><published>2008-04-22T18:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-27T07:14:43.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PERFORMANCES</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R59g_0dXVyI/AAAAAAAAACc/Ox9aqu1MJHI/s1600-h/before+the+performance.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R59g_0dXVyI/AAAAAAAAACc/Ox9aqu1MJHI/s200/before+the+performance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160950347519711010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R59gf0dXVwI/AAAAAAAAACM/VzDqFFSo9YE/s1600-h/our+audience.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R59gf0dXVwI/AAAAAAAAACM/VzDqFFSo9YE/s200/our+audience.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160949797763897090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5wG40dXVuI/AAAAAAAAAB8/PWq67Xlh9IE/s1600-h/alejandra+and+elena.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5wG40dXVuI/AAAAAAAAAB8/PWq67Xlh9IE/s200/alejandra+and+elena.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160006846283994850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;June 12, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We performed on immigration and in support of immigrant workers' rights on an invitation by DC Jobs with Justice at their I'll be There Awards event at the AFL-CIO building in DC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;May 17, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ACT performed twice outside the Indian Embassy in Washington DC in support of a hunger strike by the Indian Workers Congress. The workers are fighting a tough battle against human trafficking that they are victims of. They were brought to the US under the Guest Worker Program (H2B Visa) and were treated like slaves until they revolted and started a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;satyagrah &lt;/span&gt;which they are still pursuing. ACT performances on the 17th reflected their struggle and appealed to the general public for help. One of the workers also joined us in the performance. For more information on the workers' struggle, &lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/02/9366/"&gt; http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/02/9366/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;April 12, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;April 12 and 13 were the days of World Bank/IMF Spring meetings. To show our solidarity with people around the world who are affected by the many harmful policies of these institutions, we performed outside the World Bank and IMF headquarters. The play addressed issues of PRIVATIZATION AND LIBERALIZATION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To view photos in the Press of this performance, &lt;a href="http://search.us.reuters.com/query/?q=%70%72%6f%74%65%73%74%20%77%6f%72%6c%64%20%62%61%6e%6b&amp;amp;s=USPHOTOS&amp;amp;srch_Tab=0&amp;amp;srch_Results=0&amp;amp;srch_MoreResults=1#"&gt;click here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;January 26, 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 26 was the Global Day of Action. In DC, ACT performed a new play made for this particular day, called &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;"Stories from the Border"&lt;/span&gt;. It concentrated on the complex issue of immigration from Latin America. The performance was part of an event organized by the DC committee of the United States Social Forum held at the Plymouth Congregational Church in DC.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9077233114289645421-5218396199279793735?l=actcollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default/5218396199279793735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default/5218396199279793735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actcollective.blogspot.com/2008/01/upcoming-performances.html' title='PERFORMANCES'/><author><name>ACT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12488730991889167004</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R59g_0dXVyI/AAAAAAAAACc/Ox9aqu1MJHI/s72-c/before+the+performance.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077233114289645421.post-2690023548800849362</id><published>2008-01-14T19:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T18:35:48.639-08:00</updated><title type='text'>PHOTOS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AQOL-hGmI/AAAAAAAAABs/at39KdBffus/s1600-h/DSC02798.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AQOL-hGmI/AAAAAAAAABs/at39KdBffus/s200/DSC02798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156639409258437218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AP2r-hGlI/AAAAAAAAABk/OLvuPufwBLQ/s1600-h/applause+sign+RYL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AP2r-hGlI/AAAAAAAAABk/OLvuPufwBLQ/s200/applause+sign+RYL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156639005531511378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5APkb-hGkI/AAAAAAAAABc/sF3mWQ0VoQQ/s1600-h/Reality+Check.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5APkb-hGkI/AAAAAAAAABc/sF3mWQ0VoQQ/s200/Reality+Check.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156638691998898754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AECb-hGjI/AAAAAAAAABU/vcG_IcLus6k/s1600-h/three+dancers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AECb-hGjI/AAAAAAAAABU/vcG_IcLus6k/s200/three+dancers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156626013255440946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AD0L-hGiI/AAAAAAAAABM/s4mf2F-K8Rs/s1600-h/WEB+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AD0L-hGiI/AAAAAAAAABM/s4mf2F-K8Rs/s200/WEB+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156625768442305058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5ADt7-hGhI/AAAAAAAAABE/Ftz7fTEl68I/s1600-h/PLAY+RACE+FOR+YOUR+LIFE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5ADt7-hGhI/AAAAAAAAABE/Ftz7fTEl68I/s200/PLAY+RACE+FOR+YOUR+LIFE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156625661068122642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5ADY7-hGgI/AAAAAAAAAA8/7orcjjamUN0/s1600-h/common+people.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5ADY7-hGgI/AAAAAAAAAA8/7orcjjamUN0/s200/common+people.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156625300290869762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R44px7-hGfI/AAAAAAAAAAs/zyaBU0PAzB8/s1600-h/DSC03294.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R44px7-hGfI/AAAAAAAAAAs/zyaBU0PAzB8/s200/DSC03294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156104561276033522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R44oBr-hGeI/AAAAAAAAAAk/U4sD2dpf9DQ/s1600-h/introducing+actors.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R44oBr-hGeI/AAAAAAAAAAk/U4sD2dpf9DQ/s200/introducing+actors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156102632835717602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some pictures of ACT performances&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R44nPr-hGdI/AAAAAAAAAAc/jQXTNxkCwBc/s1600-h/PIT+HELP.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R44nPr-hGdI/AAAAAAAAAAc/jQXTNxkCwBc/s200/PIT+HELP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156101773842258386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9077233114289645421-2690023548800849362?l=actcollective.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default/2690023548800849362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9077233114289645421/posts/default/2690023548800849362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://actcollective.blogspot.com/2008/01/photos.html' title='PHOTOS'/><author><name>ACT</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12488730991889167004</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_btjuZkIeFjg/R5AQOL-hGmI/AAAAAAAAABs/at39KdBffus/s72-c/DSC02798.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
