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Pop Culture and Education

Now What?!

The nonprofit creates short, animated videos on key domestic issues facing the United States in order to educate the populace and help convince more people to vote in national elections.

Hunger Action Heroes Unite!

Red Dead’s History

TeachRock

Teaching Bob Dylan

Solution Squad

Set Phasers to Teach

The Marvel Age of Comics

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

Wyatt Wingfoot invites the Fantastic Four to his Oklahoma reservation for help against the Miracle Man while Native Americans fought for fishing rights in the real world state of Washington.

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow interacted with many of Seattle’s homeless during writer Mike Grell’s classic comic book series, and acts as a fictional counterpart to the actual homeless situation in the city.

Comic Books and the Real World

Starfire: Apartheid No More

The DC Comics superhero Starfire traveled to South Africa in 1986 and witnessed the atrocious treatment of blacks firsthand just as the anti-apartheid movement in U.S. was hitting its stride.