• Raquel Wilson

    artist activist culturalist

    Raquel Wilson’s love for all things cultural, matched with her activist spirit make her a secret weapon in a time of creative idea exploration and a growing surge of international social consciousness. An artist and social anthropologist, she harbors a passion for creating opportunities that give the “underdog” a chance at success.

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  • featured project

    Dream the Planet uses technology to connect young women and girls, ages 9-18, across six continents to work together on finding solutions for common social issues.

    Enabling young female leaders to become catalysts for change, Dream the Planet’s mission is to reinforce how young women and girls view themselves as individuals, with a distinct and important place in the worldwide community.

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New artwork added to gallery

By admin | Published: 6 June 2010

I recently completed a new digital oil piece entitled “Morning”. Created completely in Adobe PhotoShop, the piece was inspired by Danielle LaPorte’s blog post, “Note to my 20 year old self”.

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Visiting The Stoop

By admin | Published: 2 May 2010

This weekend I had the opportunity to visit with Brooklyn-based youth organization The Stoop. A program from THE RE:CONSTRUCTION PERIOD™, a community-based organization that develops and cultivates innovative curriculum and programming to support youth organizations, institutions and communities, The Stoop is a weekly conversation connecting successful Brooklyn creative professionals with Brooklyn high school and middle school students.

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Young speakers take center stage at first TEDx conference exclusively for African youth

By admin | Published: 16 March 2010

x=independently organized TED eventOn Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 8:00AM – 6PM GMT, the inaugural TEDxYouthInspire conference will be held at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, Ghana. The free one-day event, a first for young African visionaries ages 14-25, will welcome a host of youth speakers, a Ghanaian dance ensemble and an Academy Award-nominated short film.

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