5.02.09 countering xenophobia, racism, anti-immigrant bias

On Femicide in Pittsburgh: End Men's Violence

Posted August 5th, 2009 by sdiener
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How many massacres perpetrated by men against women will it take before we as a society, especially those of us who are men, work seriously to end men's violence?

Last night, news reports indicate that George Sodini murdered at least three women (Elizabeth Gannon, Heidi Overmier and Jody Billingsley) and injured nine other women at a fitness club near Pittsburgh, PA before shooting himself.

Tell New Yorker: Exploiting Prostituted Haitian Women Dying of HIV: Not Funny

Posted August 3rd, 2009 by sdiener
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Zev Borow wrote in a humor column about sunblock in the New Yorker:

"SPF 175—Ever wanted to have unprotected sex with a prostitute in Haiti? Don’t answer. Doesn’t matter. The point is with SPF 175 that’s now an option." Whoa. I think it's the pseudo-cool casualness of the misogyny and racism displayed here that outrages me most.

Freedom Summer: A School for Young Community Organizers

Authors: Maile Kaneko

Summary:Youth conduct power analyses of policies and institutions that specifically affect people of color and poor communities.

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With Sadness, Myers Center Closes: Announces Awards for Outstanding Titles in Human Rights

Authors: Loretta J. Williams

Summary:

May our relationships and commitment to building a just and equitable future continue, for in the struggle for justice is the hope of the future.

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The Immigration System: Maybe Not So Broken

Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2005. On May Day, immigrants and their supporters filled the streets of Los Angeles twice in one day -- a huge march downtown, and another through the Wiltshire Districtís Miracle Mile. Marchers protested anti-immigrant bil
Authors: David L. Wilson

Summary:

Why do we so rarely hear the views of the people most directly affected -- the millions of undocumented immigrants themselves?

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From the Editor's Desk

Ant washing dishes drawing
Authors: Sara Burke

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Preventing Domestic Violence: Policy Recommendations for the Next US Administration

Authors: Family Violence Protection Fund

Summary:

Agitation for education, prevention, and intervention.

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What’s up with the Violence?

Oakland, CA, January 14, 2009. A rally protesting the killing of Oscar Grant, a young African American supermarket worker, by an officer of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police. Only after more than a week of public protests was the officer arrested. photo &
Authors: Shamara Rhodes

Summary:

I think to myself, if so many teenagers
are dying now my whole generation of
teenagers is going to be gone by the
time I turn eighteen.

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Everything Is Different — But our Work Goes on: A Report from United for Justice with Peace

Authors: Joseph Gainza

Summary:

Just as the sources of the crises confronting
us are connected, so too must be the
solutions we bring forward and
demand be implemented.

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WE, PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI BEREAVED FAMILIES, MAKE THIS URGENT APPEAL

Tel Aviv, Israel, January 4, 2009. Sixteen activists were brought to court after they were arrested during a protest outside an Israeli air force base. Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org
Authors: Parents Circle - Families Forum

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