March 2011
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“Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth...”
– Love In The Time of Cholera (via bembacoloraaa)
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“I shall become a collector of me. / And put meat on my soul.”
– Sonia Sanchez
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via @thefortunesoc - "National Employment Law... →
More than one in four U.S. adults—roughly 65 million people—have an arrest or conviction that shows up in a routine criminal background check, and a new report from the National Employment Law Project finds that these Americans are facing unprecedented barriers to employment.
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“Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be....”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via lyteworks)
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“At this time I’d like to say a few words especially to my sisters:...”
– Assata Shakur
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“I love myself when I am laughing… and then again when I am looking mean...”
– Zora Neale Hurston
Event: From Playgrounds to Pimps: A Call to Action...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Eva Lución
646.642.4784
united.nile@gmail.com
MEDIA ADVISORY
From Playgrounds to Pimps: A Call to Action
Presented by United Nile in collaboration with GEMS
In association with The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Center’s
Women’s History Month Program for 2011
WHAT: Special screening of award-winning film Very Young Girls. This film is an exposé...
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He was 14 yrs. 6mos. & 5 days old --- and the...
George Junius Stinney, Jr.,
[b. 1929 - d. 1944]
In a South Carolina prison sixty-six years ago, guards walked a 14-year-old boy, bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 5’ 1” and 95 pounds, the straps didn’t fit, and an electrode was too big for his leg.
The switch was pulled and the adult sized death mask fell from George Stinney’s face. Tears streamed from his...
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Law Empowerment Luncheon with Honorable Judge...
Saturday, March 26th, 12-2PM
at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (Executive Conference)
145 Brooklyn Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Are you an aspiring law student or current law student who needs guidance in the field? Want to learn the tricks of the trade and get the inside scope on how to land that dream job?
Join the Haitian American Caucus Law Department in a Judicial Empowerment Luncheon...
Counter Demonstrate against the anti-choice "40... →
Saturday, March 12th, 9AM-12PM
Dr. Emily Women’s Health Center
560 Southern Blvd., South Bronx
Subway # 6 train to East 149th St. OR Bus BX 19
Join the New York Coalition for Abortion Clinic Defense to make a unified, visible statement that NYC IS PRO-COICE.
There will be:
- Banner/sign making
- Escort training
- March
- Show of strength in support of reproductive justice
For more...
Tahrir Square, 8th March: not a good day for women →
The posters were torn to shreds, laying in scattered piles at the south end of Midan Tahrir, where Egypt’s anti-government protests began on 25 January. Some had giant X marks scrawled across them, others had been covered in writing reading “Not now.” All the posters were covered by the marks of dirty shoes, as hundreds of reactionary Egyptian men trampled them underfoot.
The posters were...
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“I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I...”
– Zora Neale Hurston (via dreamhampton1)
“I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and...”
– Marian Wright Edelman
“you must get your living by loving.”
– Thoreau (via analoglady)
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Your Hue: 2011 V-Day Spotlight: Women & Girls in... →
yourhue:
n 2011, V-Day’s Spotlight Campaign will be on the Women and Girls of Haiti. The Spotlight will highlight the high levels of violence against women and girls in Haiti, and will focus on the increased rates of sexual violence since the devastating earthquake that took place in January…
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Criminalizing the Truth Tellers – An Analysis by...
Subject: Criminalizing the Truth Tellers - An Analysis Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:25:40 -0500 Criminalizing the Truth Tellers – An Analysis (5 March 2011) Part I There is no doubt that Julian Assange, the head of the Wikileaks organization, and Bradley Manning, the soldier who allegedly leaked U.S. classified documents, are being singled out and made examples of by the Obama administration....
