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ActionQuest ATL
June 27, 2007 - by Ian Bogost

My Georgia Tech colleague Celia Pearce and the Design Studio for Social Intervention are about to run ActionQuest ATL, a "Big Game for Social Change," which will run in conjunction with the United States Social Forum June 28 - July 1. You can sign up online or in person (Little Five Points Community Center, 1083 Austin Ave. N.E. 30307 or Renaissance Park, Piedmont & Pine).




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