Jeremy Bailenson says the experience creates empathy and sparks activism to address homelessness.
Shame kept people silent, often for decades or a lifetime, and isolated; speaking up has formed communities and sparked activism.
On Friday, NYU hosted a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement, the founding document of SDS that sparked activism in the 1960's.
The reconciliation law's passage is already acting as a spark to activism, and Tunisian youths are organizing on social media and gathering to discuss options for running for office.
In addition to her hope for the show's characters to spark more activism in America, the 47-year-old filmmaker also wants politicians and law enforcement officials to take note of the show's underlying messages to help create a more unified America.
Many of the issues are not new, but fresh voices like Murphy's are sparking renewed activism.
As with other colleges, the civil rights movement and American involvement in Vietnam had sparked political activism at Princeton, including student demand to be part of campus governance.
What will become of Occupy Wall Street is uncertain: protesters now face eviction from Zucotti Park; yet the movement has sparked similar activism in Chicago, Boston, Denver and other cities throughout the United States.
The outcry resulting from these murky land deals, from Angola to Argentina, has sparked passionate activism from many NGOs who now provide a voice to the world's landless poor.
For divestment campaigner Nigel Rolland, who works in housing in Tameside, Greater Manchester, it was the discovery six years ago that his pension was being invested in weapons manufacturer British Aerospace that sparked his activism.
