5.13 countering ageism, promoting generational justice

Road Test: NY Activists Create a New Poor People's Campaign

Bushwick, NY, February 2008. A protest against a negligent landlord. PHOTO: Make the Road New York
Authors: Melony Swasey

Summary:

Make the Road New York is admired for its consensus-based, collective decision-making, an intensive process that builds strong, trusting relationships, leadership, and shared agreement among members.

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Remembering Tony Henry And a Generation of Leaders

Tony Henry, 1989. PHOTO: American Friends Service Committee
Authors: Keith Harvey

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We need to remember that the dream was not just Dr. King's, but belongs to the many, many people who gave their time, their energy -- even their lives -- to achieve this powerful vision.

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How to Avoid Destroying Our Movements: On the death of SDS, Nonviolence, and the War

Meaghan Linick (right) of Newschool SDS, Iraq Moratorium, 2007. Photo Thomas Good/Next Left Notes
Authors: Mark Rudd

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We (the Weather Underground) did the FBI's work for them.

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How Student Radicals Can Be Relevant: Athens, OH SDS Scores Victories -- Sealed with a Pinkie-Swear

Demonstrators at Indonesian Consulate, NY Photo: www.etan.org
Authors: Joshua Kahn Russell

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Reaching beyond the usual suspects.

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How to Mobilize Students to Ally for Safe Schools: The Growth of Gay Straight Alliances

GLSEN members, Philadelphia. Photo: Conrad Ventur
Authors: Daryl Presgraves

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"You're gay and I'm straight, so let's call it a Gay-Straight Alliance."

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How Peace Activists Can Win Access to Schools Equal to that of Military Recruiters

Authors: Rick Jahnkow

Summary:

Students have the right to speak out whether peace activists' right to equal access has been recognized yet or not.

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Whisperings of Truth: A Pastoral Letter from The Friends Church of Kenya

Authors: Friends Church of Kenya

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Refusal to fight with weapons is not surrender -- we are not passive when threatened by the greedy, the cruel, the tyrant, and the unjust.

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No Justice, No Peace: Listening to the Youth

Children living in showgrounds.
Authors: Malesi Kinaro

Summary:

The poor and the youth of this nation must be given a say -- not a token!

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The Work Begins: A Conversation with Quaker Kenyan Peacemakers

Women rescue a man.
Authors: David Zarembka Eden Grace John Muhanji

Summary:

What changes can we make so that Kenyans can promise each other, "Never again"?

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Let's Talk

Authors: Shaundra Cunningham

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Shaundra Cunningham on India.Arie

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