ActALIVE (www.actalive.org) is an international arts coalition whose 300 members in 30 countries use the arts and media to address HIV/AIDS, the MDGs, and sustainable development. Members include development  and arts nonprofits, artists and educators, social-change advocates, youth, women, members of the media, health and human-rights activists, international networks. 

Each member--whether individual or group--has their own arts-related educational and development activities, which they share with other members. ActALIVE also engages in projects as a collective, with members and other partners. Some of our activities include co-creation of the first African Youth HIV/AIDS Best Practices Handbook, with many arts practices included (www.developmentpartnership.org); co-sponsorship of an HIV/AIDS-themed music CD for youth, produced by iEARN Sierra Leone (http://www.iearnsierraleone.org); co-editorship of the arts and MDGs journal, art'ishake (www.art4development.net); and partnership with the International Peace Tiles Project (www.peacetiles.net) on tile-making and mural creation for World AIDS Day and other development-related activities.

Website: http://www.actalive.org
Related Groups: Global Peace Tiles Project, omidyar.net alum, uNight: For the Children of Uganda, ACE: Artistic and Cultural Exchange, The One World Foundation: Linking Global Youth Leaders for Social Change, OneWorlders
Tags: arts;, development;MDGs, Education, Environment, Global Crises, Health, Human Rights, media;, Violence