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In 2018, Economopoulos became one of twenty Roddenberry fellows in the inaugural year of the fellowship, designated to support, "leaders and disrupters whose work is making our country more inclusive and equitable for all".
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activist since about 1993, Economopoulos was a co-founder of The Natural History Museum in 2014, a traveling museum and museum transformation project highlighting sociopolitical forces that shape nature, which
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Sutton, Sarah W.; Wylie, Elizabeth; Economopoulos, Beka; O'Brien, Carter; Shapiro, Stephanie; Xu, Shengyin (June 19, 2017). "Museums and the Future of a Healthy World: "Just, Verdant and Peaceful"".
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named "Best in Art in 2015". She is a founding member of Not An Alternative, a social justice arts collective, and she was a co-organizer and Board Member of the
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and the Director of Strategy at Fission Strategy. In those positions she worked with the Global Climate Change Alliance and the
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Economopoulos and The Natural History museum have mobilized protests of museums with connections to petroleum interests and
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Mentor Interview: Beka Economopoulos/Not An Alternative and Estrella Payton
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Museum Hive w/ Beka Economopolis: Museums and Environmental Action
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Museums without Borders: Selected Writings of Robert R. Janes
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advocate, and has been Director of Online Organizing at
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Beka Economopoulos, Vice President, Fission Strategy
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Economopoulos, Beka; Jones, Jason (April 12, 2016).
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March 5, 2018. 8: 443:Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 20: 142:, urging museums to cut ties with them. 16:American artist and activist (born 1974) 750: 625:from the original on September 17, 2021 290:"Protests Ebb in Aftermath of Violence" 279: 544:from the original on February 28, 2024 502:St. Fleur, Nicholas (April 22, 2017). 483:from the original on February 25, 2024 450:from the original on February 25, 2024 322:Boyle, Christina (February 24, 2012). 201:Econopolis, Beka (December 15, 2015). 338:from the original on October 25, 2017 7: 467: 465: 355: 353: 805:21st-century American women artists 518:from the original on August 2, 2017 688:from the original on June 21, 2024 473:"2018 Fellow - Beka Economopoulos" 418:from the original on June 27, 2024 303:from the original on June 27, 2024 62:http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org 14: 658:from the original on June 5, 2024 378:from the original on June 2, 2023 825:American women environmentalists 777: 765: 753: 644:Tran, Lucky (December 9, 2015). 406:"The Best in Art of 2015: Gains" 287:Precious, Tom (August 3, 2000). 815:Northwestern University alumni 84:Economopoulos was educated at 1: 835:21st-century American artists 203:"The Natural History Museum" 154:Curator: The Museum Journal 856: 820:American environmentalists 360:Karr, Rick (May 3, 2018). 250:www.tacticalmediafiles.net 60:notanalternative.org/ and 563:Janes, Robert R. 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Northwestern University
http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org
March for Science
Holton-Arms School
Northwestern University
Vashon, Washington
environmental justice
The New York Times
ArtNet
March for Science
sustainability
Greenpeace
United Nations Foundation
climate change deniers
doi
10.1111/cura.12200
ISSN
0011-3069
"Museums must take a stand and cut ties to fossil fuels"
"The Natural History Museum"
New York
"Not An Alternative -- Art, Art History & Visual Studies"
"Participationism (re: Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus) - Tactical Media Files"
"Protests Ebb in Aftermath of Violence"
The Buffalo News
Archived
"Occupy Wall Street baby born in a Brooklyn cab, and videographer dad captures it on film"
New York Daily News
Archived

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