(And recommended reading — please note this is nowhere near an exhaustive list of either 1) people doing this type of work or 2) where to read about them. However, I’ve listed a few articles and links in case you’d like to get started on learning more!)
AIDS Memorial Quilt
- https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt
- Interactive AIDS Quilt
- Stitching a Revolution: The Making of an Activist
- @aidsmemorialquilt
Arpilleristas
- The Anonymous Women Who Embroidered the Cruel History of the Chilean Dictatorship
- Arpilleras, recounting the art of resistance from waste
- 30,000 People Were ‘Disappeared’ in Argentina’s Dirty War. These Women Never Stopped Looking
- Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile
Daria Serenko
Freedom Quilting Bee
- https://fqblegacy.org/
- A Timeline of the Freedom Quilting Bee
- The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement
- The Freedom Quilting Bee: Textile Art and Mutual Aid in the Civil Rights South
- @fqb.legacy
Madres de la Plaza de Mayo
- https://madres.org/
- 46 Years of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
- The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo: The Story of Renee Epelbaum 1976-1985
- @madresdeplazademayo
Mehrnush Songhori
Rachael Matthews (Cast Off Knitting Club)
Rufina Bazlova
- https://www.vyzyvanka.com/
- Artist Rufina Bazlova Uses Embroidery as a Form of ‘Gentle Protest’
- Guerrilla Crafts podcast interview with Rufina Bazlova
- @rufinabazlova
Sabba Elahi
Shanalee Hampton
- How Shanalee Hampton’s Embroidery Art Became a Platform for Gun Control
- Dear Textiles interview with Shanalee Hampton
- @shanaleehampton