Videos, audio recordings, and photographs of these performances are presented in various venues and distributed online and on DVD as open-source media.
The speech, which she based on notes found in her husband's pockets when he died, addresses the war in Vietnam, domestic poverty, and the power of women to effect social change.
The original speech was given at the April 17, 1965 March on Washington To End the War in Vietnam by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) President Paul Potter.
Potter offered an insightful critique of our government's use of the rhetoric of freedom to justify war, and calls for citizens of the United States to create a massive social movement to build a "democratic and humane society in which Vietnams are unthinkable.
[citation needed] Based on a 1971 speech by César Chávez at 6:00 PM, Saturday, July 19, 2008, at South Lawn, Exposition Park, Los Angeles Presented by Creative Time [1] with Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE) [2] Based on a 1969 speech by Angela Davis at 6:00 PM, Saturday, August 2, 2008, at DeFremery Park, Oakland Presented by Creative Time [3] with the Oakland Museum of California [4] Based on a 1967 speech by Stokely Carmichael at 6:00 PM, Sunday, September 7, 2008, Adjacent to the United Nations, NYC Presented by Creative Time [5] The Port Huron Project was organized by Mark Tribe, then an assistant professor in the Department of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University, who is also an artist and curator whose interests include art, technology, and politics.